Well Jenn and I are happy to be home and I am improving with each new day. The airplane ride home was uneventful, no problems with anything. Jill was just a "little" excited to see us to say the least! I received a phone call yesterday afternoon from Dr. Foster about the results of the pathology from the lymph nodes they removed. He removed 23 nodes from my left side and only the 3 of the lymph nodes were infected with cancer. This is good news. There is no evidence of the cancer spreading anywhere else, the 3 enlarged lymph nodes that showed up in the CT scan were not any bigger than before and everything else looked fine. The type of cancer that was found in the nodes was seminoma which made up 80% of the tumor in the left testicle that was removed last month. So, the next step is to revisit the oncologist and see what he recommends. I can either go to surveillance mode now and visit the doctor every 2-3 months for a checkup to see if there is any reoccurrence, which there is a 30% chance, or I can take 2 rounds of chemotherapy now reduce that reoccurrence chance down to less than 1%. I will have to do my research and talk with my doctors before making a decision.
All for now, once I have more info I will post it here. Thanks again to everyone.
2 comments:
YEAH! So glad that everything went well and that your flight was uneventful.
Wishing you continued success in your recovery!
Hi Andrew, Andy again...
I just heard an interview with Scott Hamilton and he has a web site with a great deal of info on chemo that is in english (not medical jargon). You may have already visited it, but here it is if you want to check it out: www.chemocare.com.
Hope to see you soon!
Andy
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