Surgery Update

I met with the urologist to follow up on the surgery.  Things are healing well though it is going to be 3-4 weeks to fully recover.  There isn't any pain with the surgery at this point.  It's more of a discomfort feeling. 

Now on to the good stuff.  The tests came back and it is indeed cancer.  There are two types of Testicular cancer.  I fortunately have the less aggressive one.  This type is called Seminomas.  Also the last of the blood tests came back and it was also in the normal range.   This means that all of the tests they ran for tumor markers came back normal.  The also tested some area around the testicle they removed and did not find cancer there.  The next step is a CT -Scan to see if it has spread to the lymph nodes.  We won't know if it has spread or not until the CT-scan however the current thought is that it may not have spread. 

The follow up treatment plan will be based on the CT-Scan.  Even if it hasn't spread they will most likely recommend one chemo treatment to make sure it hasn't spread.  I have been told this would not be like what I went through last time.  (Easy for them to say since they aren't getting it.)  If it has spread then the options would be multiple chemo treatments or radiation.  Either way I am still in the 95% + survival group.  Apparently this is the most treatable cancer for men to get. 

That's it for now.  Hopefully the CT-Scan will be scheduled for next week though I don't expect to hear any news until the week afterwards.