Arrived Home

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.

Out of Hospital

Hello all! Well after 78 hours from checking in last Friday morning, I have been discharged from the hospital. I saw the doctors this morning and they were very happy with the incision and allowed me to go home. The first two nights in the hospital were a little rough, but with the help of the nurses and the medicine I was able to get through them. Have Mom, Dad, Jenn and James with me all weekend also helped a lot. Getting around is getting easier with each new day, at first just taking a few steps was a challenge, however, now I am able to get up and around with very little help. The actual task of getting up from the sitting down or laying down position is the hardest. Over the next two days I should be able to get around a lot better and hopefully the flight home will go smoothly, will not be any fun if there is any turbulance on the way home. Jenn and I leave Indy on Wednesday at 8:30am, so we should be at home by noon that day. Once I am home, I will post another blog.

Thanks again for all your support and prayers.