Just some encouragement...
Just some encouragement...
My daughter's ex-finace', Zack, 21, was diagnosed with testicular cancer last spring. He had been having difficulty breathing for months with some pain as well in the chest region. Turns out he had a grapefruit size tumor in his chest. My daughter flew with him on a medivac plane to Mayo where his diagnosis was confirmed. He started on an intense chemo schedule. Seems like it was five days straight - 24 hours a day IV - off five days, type deal. I know it was hard on him due to the intensity. Following the required chemo, turns out when he went back to Mayo b/c another round of chemo was necessary as was exploratory surgery - open chest. The great news is he is doing just fine, prognosis is excellent and is back in school finishing up his senior year at Marshall. He's been accepted into WVU's dental program for this fall.
Funny how life is...he was around me during my OHS and my chemo during my lymophoma scare and he always said it took such a strong person to deal with those things. Turns out he's pretty darn strong as well.
I think when we hear cancer it is always such a blow. However, now we live in such a high tech world where cutting edge medical miracles are almost an every day occurence. At least in some cases.... Testicular cancer ...Zack was told....is curable. I would hang tight to Lance Armstrong's legacy as well as making sure your nephew starts his own!
Healing thoughts,
Debbi
