Testicular Cancer Survival

Question: What do you do if a Doctor neglects to read the chart? I am absolutely Livid!!! Finally talked my friend into going to the doctor for a lump, now 2 lumps on his right testicle, I made the appointment myself and told them about it! They put it right in the chart! The doc comes in asks him if he can pass his DOT physical he says "yes" then the Doctor just signs off and sends him on his way. What do they have Charts for if the Doctor isn't going to read it!! What should or can I do about this!! The survival rate of Testicular Cancer is much higher when detected early! It took me so long to get him to go in the first place!! Then the Doctor is neglectful!! I know everyone will say take him to a different doctor, but What should i do about this one? It is not easy to get a man completely scared of Doctors and very attached to his Family Jewels to go to the doc when he knows he will end up losing them!!

Answer: make another appointment to go see the doctor or better yet go to another doctor... not all of them neglet to read the chart. and to satifsy your anger picture yourself hitting the doctor in the head with the chart he didnt read. this might potentially be serious so make the most appointments you can, with various doctors.

Question: Dilemma: My ex contacted me after 6 years and told me he has cancer!? Dilemma -- 6 years has passed and my ex has been forgotten and now... he’s come back into my life to tell me he is sorry, misses me and loves me. He’s even gone as far as telling me he should have married me and we could have had a child by now. Seriously?? I did give him my phone number. He called and after our first time on the phone in 6 years he confessed many things. To top it off—he told me he has been diagnosed with Testicular Cancer. I am so angry and confused. He’s already died once in my eyes. Now with that said, his survival outlook seems good, but he’s scared. Before talking to me he wasn’t going to seek ANY treatment after being diagnosed. He needs to go to another doctor for additional tests-this he told me. To my surprise he’s now made an appointment the day after I told him I’d love him back if he took care of himself. I felt that was the only way to get him to the doctor because he didn’t mind the death wish before I said that. My feelings are coming back for him. He’s not the right person for me. The way I look at it, he had his chance. But how can one turn their back on an old loved (now sick) ex. Kills me to hear him say how he’s wasted 6 years of his life without me. Should I continue to talk to him? Should I see him? It’s eating me up inside and the good person in me wants to support/help him emotionally. His family is estranged and he doesn’t have “real� friends in his life—one of the problems of being in the entertainment industry (you never know who your true friends are). I’ve been there before his popularity took off. That’s why he’s come to me. Can anyone give me sound advice to my dilemma?

Answer: he needs something and someone but he didn't want you 6 years ago what has changed? your better off without this one

Question: So I've been wanting to break up with my boyfriend for some time, but there's one problem? He just found out he's got testicular cancer. It's in stage 2 and his doctors says that surgery and chemo and radiation wwillmost likely cure it. He said testicular ccancerppatientshave very good survival rate. But here's the problem. I don't love him any more. We're kind to one another but tthat's about it. Heck we don't even have sex any more. It's more of companion thing. I was getting al ready to tell him and then he finds out he can cancer. If i break up with him, i'm the ****-hole who dumped a guy with cancer. But i am so unhappy. what should i do?

Answer: You're right, you DON'T want to be known as that A hole. Screw it, I say stay while he recovers, what's a few more sexless months anyway? Nobody says you can't be on the prowl while he gets well.

Question: What to do with vivid dreams that stay with you all day? My mom has cancer. I had the most vivid dream last night and I can't shake it. In the dream, she had told me that she would never smoke again unless she found out she was terminal. I was on the phone with her and I could hear her smoking. I confronted her and she finally told me that she had been keeping it from me and my sisters. (all in the dream of course). This has made me very emotional to me. I guess it has made me confront my emotions that I've been pushing down. The 5 year survival rate for her cancer is 2% and she has had it for 1.5 already, so the math freaks me out. I feel like I'm going to have an anxiety attack. just as a side note-- I lost my dad to testicular cancer 12 years ago and my 39 y.o. sister was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 08. thanks for any insight :) I just wanted to add that she hasn't smoked a cigarette since her diagnosis, so that is not something that I worry about currently. thanks guys!

Answer: I think your dream is letting you confront emotions which are vivid and scary. Notice that in the dream your mom was communicating a fact to you, but doing it in a very roundabout way: "Darling I'd never smoke unless I was terminal" - Then: "Puff puff" (hear me smoking while on the phone with you). You probably wish intensely that there was some clue to tell you how long your mother will survive her cancer. And because a mom often wishes to spare her children from hurts or hard realities, you wonder if she is hiding anything. The vivid dream mirrors the intensity of your emotions, so of course the strong feelings have remained with you. Your dream is letting you experience in little doses the huge anxiety that your mom won't always be around in your life. Dreaming at night neutralizes some of the unresolved emotional impact of your mother's illness and what you already know about how hard it is to lose a parent, the loss of your dad. It's all painful, anxiety-provoking and you have no power to change the outcome. I hope you and your sisters will be able to have your mom around for a long long time.

Question: How can I qualify for MEPS? Here's the deal. I was 2 years old when I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. It was cleared up super fast and my survival rate was written clearly as 99%. I'm 21 now. I've never broken a bone or had any health problems whatsoever. I'm in top physical shape and I always have been. I can even produce kids. Why in God's name was I disqualified? All the recruiters said there's no reason I can't join and they're currently pleading my case. I was told that if I get more paperwork from my doctor I had growing up as well as a new physical stating I'm perfectly healthy then I might still have a chance. Anyone know what I can do or what my chances are? This is just ridiculous. I have every last bit of paperwork from the beginning of my cancer to the day they said I was clean. The doctor at MEPS has seen that much. I'm just getting papers from my childhood doctor that I saw until I was 18. My recruiter just said that every little bit more helps.

Answer: I had a heart mummer when i was a kid and had to go through the same **** you are at MEPS. Just keep on the recruiter at MEPS (he is the one who will get things moving) and don't lose hope, it took me nearly a year to get all the red tape cleared away but it was worth it. But you should definitely get all of the paper work you have on the cancer from both doctors. With the paper work from your first doctor they want to see documentation of when the cancer was first discovered. good luck

Question: Give me a star for Nene? Nene of the Denver Nuggets recently had a malignant testicular tumor removed. The doctors says that his recovery rate is high and resurgence chances are small but it's still a malignant tumor so please give this question a star in support of Nene and what we hope is a speedy recovery! I'm a Knicks fan but this goes beyond fan loyalty. I really hope that he has a full recovery and never has a recurrence. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ap… Also, testicular cancer is the most common cancer for men aged 15-30. Men of this group are at the highest risk for this potentially deadly cancer. If you're a man in this age group, and most likely you are, check this site for more information, including a very important self test (early detection is the key to survival): http://tcrc.acor.org/

Answer: yes i wish him nothing but good for him. id hate to see another athlete pass. he will be in my prayers

Question: How bad is testicular cancer if caught early on? My husband's best friend, who will be 30 in 3 weeks, found a mass on his testicle and just had it removed today...the doctors say that there is a 99% chance that it is cancer.... If caught early on how bad is testicular cancer and what can his friend expect to go through? Will it be difficult for him to have kids if and when he wants to and what are his chances for survival or recurrence? This is my husband's best friend since college, the best man in our wedding and all around good guy....why do bad things happen to good people? I just don't get it... I am so sad for him...I just want to know what he has to expect and the best way to support my husband in this as well has his friend when we visit. TX mom I asume it was caught early because he just started feeling pain, then did and exam and felt the mass and his girlfriend made him get checked right away...this all happened in a course of a week

Answer: Oh that is so awefull! It does seem like bad things happen to the best of people! Well atleast they caught it early! All you can do is think positive! The mass is gone, so that is one positive step in the healing process. Alot of times with testicular cancer men can become sterile after agressive forms of chemo, etc. Best bet is for him to have his sperm frozen for later use, that way incase anything were to go wrong, he still has the chance of becoming a father. I think that he will make it through just fine! Sending prayers that way, and I hope everything goes well!

Question: Dilemma: My ex contacted me after 6 years and told me he has cancer!? Dilemma -- 6 years has passed and my ex has been forgotten and now... he’s come back into my life to tell me he is sorry, misses me and loves me. He’s even gone as far as telling me he should have married me and we could have had a child by now. Seriously?? I did give him my phone number. He called and after our first time on the phone in 6 years he confessed many things. To top it off—he told me he has been diagnosed with Testicular Cancer. I am so angry and confused. He’s already died once in my eyes. Now with that said, his survival outlook seems good, but he’s scared. Before talking to me he wasn’t going to seek ANY treatment after being diagnosed. He needs to go to another doctor for additional tests-this he told me. To my surprise he’s now made an appointment the day after I told him I’d love him back if he took care of himself. I felt that was the only way to get him to the doctor because he didn’t mind the death wish before I said that. My feelings are coming back for him. He’s not the right person for me. The way I look at it, he had his chance. But how can one turn their back on an old loved (now sick) ex. Kills me to hear him say how he’s wasted 6 years of his life without me. Should I continue to talk to him? Should I see him? It’s eating me up inside and the good person in me wants to support/help him emotionally. His family is estranged and he doesn’t have “real� friends in his life—one of the problems of being in the entertainment industry (you never know who your true friends are). I’ve been there before his popularity took off. That’s why he’s come to me. Can anyone give me sound advice to my dilemma?

Answer: yes