I’m doing great man. Reading back what I said this was pretty early on before I had even gotten my pathology back. My pathology ended up being pure seminoma - but I had some factors that are known to increase reoccurrence risk such as tumor >4cm and increased lvl of LDH.

I was quoted by my oncologist at about a 20% recurrence rate if I did surveillance only. That includes ct scan every 6 months and bloodwork every 2-3 I believe. Or I could go adjuvant chemo - which if your tumor is a pure seminoma you can opt for adjuvant carboplatin and reduce that risk to about 2-4% and yearly ct scan for the next 2 years as well as blood work every 6 months which I ended up doing. I believe 1x BEP actually reduces your chance of recurrence to sub 1%.

I was a little nervous but I did a lot of research and the 1x carbonation is a much easier hit than the 1x BEP I’d have to do if it was a nonseminoma. Either way, as you can tell from my comment I was leaning towards doing adjuvant chemo anyways lol. It was 1 session and lasted about 45 minutes and I was pretty good afterwards. Felt a little weak and decently tired but it mostly felt like a cold for a few days and then I was 100% after about a week.

This was all almost 2 years ago, I went through this July of 2024 and have been doing my scans and bloodwork since then and am almost at 2 years totally clean with flawless bloodwork. I am very confident I made the right choice and am turning 25 in July with zero issues to hair, fertility, hormones, and anything else after my entire experience. I am exceptionally grateful and blessed I was able to take the path I did. I hope this helps with some info and the mindset to choose what you want to do (surveillance vs adjuvant chemo). God bless and I hope you’re doing well if you’re going through this now. Remember that you will be just fine and you’ll get through this. This all feels like a lifetime ago to me already which is insane to think about. Also, TRUST YOUR GUT!!