Tuesday was an exciting day for us since we were coming home! After Tuesdays chemo treatment Josh will get a 3 week break except for the 1 treatment that he gets every week. We didn’t really like the nurse that day, she was young and we both wondered how she made it through school because …
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Chemo: Round 1 / Day 4
Today Josh went to xray at about 7am for a brain scan to make sure there is no cancer in his brain. We have been waiting on edge all day awaiting the results. We finally got them at about 6—its good! There is no cancer in his brain! Our excitement was short lived however….about 10 …
Chemo: Round 1 / Day 3
Sunday was an okay day. Kobie came with my parents to visit, that was nice even though he was a little scared of daddy with all the tubes, etc on daddy. He did LOVE daddys bed though–LOL! This post was posted on Tuesday June 10, 2008 at 9:08AM
Chemo: Round 1 / Day 2
Saturday Josh started to feel a little sick. Thankfully he has not thrown up yet but he really hasn’t ate anything either! He slept almost all day saturday. This post was posted on Tuesday June 10, 2008 at 9:06AM
First oncologist appointment
So Friday at 7:15 we had our first oncologist appointment. I must say after we thought about going to about every different oncologist at Blue Ridge Cancer Care and a few at Duke thankfully we found one that we both like on the first try…out of sheer luck too! We hadn’t considered Dr. Schertz but …
Surgery follow-up
We went for a followup from the surgery on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. We got the staples removed and the results of the biopsy of the testicle that was removed. The cancer is stage 3 (there are 3 stages in testicular cancer) nonseminoma germ cell tumors. In testicular cancer there is seminoma and nonseminoma. Seminoma …
First surgery
We had to be at the hospital at 10am for the surgery. My dad went with me so I wouldn’t be so bored. They didn’t take him back until about 12:30. Surgery lasted about an hour. The doctor came out and talked to me when it was done, I really liked him…everyone else was getting …
The urologist
So far in our journey this is the only appointment that I have missed. My grandparents took Josh so I could work. He had an appointment with a urologist on Tuesday, May 27. The urologist wanted to remove the testicle, he wanted to remove it fast. The surgery was scheduled for Wednesday, May 28 at …
The biopsy
An ultrasound, more labwork, and a biopsy were scheduled for Wednesday, May 21, 2008. At this point Josh and I were basically in a whirlwind of emotions, we didn’t know what to think or do. Our family doctor really did his best to speed things up. The ultrasound of the testicle was very interesting to …
The diagnosis
On Monday, May 19 the doctor called with the results of the lab work—-NORMAL. I thought we were in the clear, in fact, I think we both thought that we were in the clear. Later that afternoon the doctor called again and said that the CT of the chest revealed that the two spots were …