I wanted to let everyone know I had surgery this week for testicular cancer. I'm doing good and heard from my doc today. He said it was the lesser of the two types of testicular cancer and is pretty much cured after they removed the testicle. I still have to get a CAT scan to check other areas and then discuss any treatment. The treatment is either do nothing and just observe or radiation. It was kind of weird to be in the hospital and have something else be the focus for once.

I know it's off topic but I just wanted to raise awareness for all the guys here. I caught it early. Be aware and check yourself.

Here's to good health to all!!

Glad they caught it early...wishing you a speedy recovery!

Check out and join tc-cancer forum. It has a wealth of medical information. Ceveral members are tc reserchers. It's a GREAT supportive community.

So glad that you caught it early...and happy recovery...hopefully you will need the minimum of post op treatment.
Sharon

Thanks everyone and thanks Dave for the link! Lots of good info there.

Justin, I really encourage you to join and get feedback on the specifics of your situation. Those folks are really up on the ins and outs of TC. For example, it sounds like your doctor is saying your tumor was 100% seminoma and if so, it probably is the most simple type to treat. However, if it's even 1% non-seminoma, it needs to be evaluated from that perspective. Precautionary radiation for seminoma is rapidly giving way to single dose carboplatin. Reasons for this include that radiation has its own cancer risks, you have a lifetime max for radiation and might need it later, and radition can't target micro-metastaces floating around but chemo can.
If you can post your pathology report, blood markers, etc... they can really guide you in your decision making.
I had a scare with a very rare benign lump so I have not had to deal with TC.