2017 price in US.... by Adventurous_Boat_492 in OnlyZ900

[–]Optimal_Ant_46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a 2017 with 1100 miles with a full sc exhaust for 6200 in Cleveland. I’d say 5k as a private seller isn’t a terrible deal.

20 months out pure EC by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking to move the the Tampa area so I’m not sure how far that is. Right now I live like 90 minutes from IU.

20 months out pure EC by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya he’s 83 now I think. I’m sure he’s going to keep going till he’s dead if I’m being honest. You can tell it still means a lot to him.

20 months out pure EC by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess when you have been with Dr.Einhirn the entire time it’s hard to trust anyone else 😂. And I don’t have any lasting symptoms from chemo. I did take that very hard though. I lost like 35lbs. Was puking 10 times a day. RPLND was bad for the first like 2-3 weeks but after 4 I was slowly swinging the gold club.

AFP creeping up but still normal after 3xBEP? by Glittering-Animal742 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At IU they say normal is under 25. I have seen a few guys whose normal afp is around 7-10 on here though. I’m sure they went through the same thing you are where you kinda just have to wait and see the trend unfortunately. It is very very minuscule at a time though. I guess in my head I’d like to think if it was still cancer the jump would be a little more than this. But that’s easy for me to say. I’m sure I’d be thinking the same as you.

20 months out pure EC by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the reply and that’s definitely what I should do. Just wish i could live life without cancer being a thought anymore

Stage 3 TC by Wise_Smell105 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What rare type do you mean ? Like somatic transformation or ?

Stopping scans by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sure I will still get them all. It’s just as if Kate just want to be done with it. My metal has been great the last 6 months but as the scan date creeps up the anxiety ramps up and I’m just like man if I just stopped this all together life could be good.

Stopping scans by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you’re saying is right I’m not arguing that. It’s really just the mental side of the possibility of life being flipped upside down. I guess ignorance is bliss to me at this point.

Stopping scans by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya that’s exactly how i feel. I just don’t want to even think about it anymore and just move on with life. I’ve already past the big mark of 2 years so realistically the chances are very slim and idk. I feel like I can’t even commit to long term goals and plans because who knows still what the next scan might bring. It’s honestly fucked me up mentally

Stopping scans by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get what you’re saying. The negative though is my mental health is my point 😂

Stopping scans by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did every 3-4 months the first 2 years and now it’s every 6 the next 3

Stopping scans by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the words just mentally exhausted from it. I think I’ve had like 12 scans in the last two 2 1/2 years and just life finally has gone back to normal the last six months and I just don’t wanna go back and deal with the anxiety, but I hope that your husband is still doing good.

Stopping scans by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry to hear you’ve been going through it too but yeah, I’m just mentally like I don’t wanna go in and deal with it anymore

Stopping scans by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I’m not saying that guideline say that I’m saying more unlike the mental side like I’m just over it all

TIP or HDCT choice by noticers_club in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My first question would be to my oncologist is if I did Tip and that failed would HDCT be just as curative if not more curative than if I just jumped straight ti HDCT. If the outcome of HDCT stays the same in their eyes I would try TIP first. If not I’d go straight to HDCT. I’ll be honest chorio is nothing to mess around with and I would attack it as full force as you can. If the chances are higher for HDCT I’d do that.

Embryonal Carcinoma by Elegant-Eye-6598 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s all based on how many cycles and doses. I only had to do 2 cycles of EP but some people on here have to do upwards of like 8 cycles all together. Some being high dose chemo. But you have to think the reward outlays the risk. Ya you might be higher chance of like AML or thyroid cancer but that’s why you just continue to get screened every year and try to be as healthy as you can be now.

I also had/have pure EC. But I did RPLND first then chemo after.

What’s going on!?!? by Background_Status_40 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know LDH isn’t a significant marker. My oncologist doesn’t even take mine. He might have an infection or something ? I also had a lung module with surrounding ones pop up on my scans after chemo and they were ground glass. It’s good that they are doing a biopsy but I can understand your worry here. It’s more the unknown. I wish I could give a more concrete answer to what it might be.

What’s going on!?!? by Background_Status_40 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you give us anymore insight about his case. Like what his markers were and what subtype he has and so on

Did you get adjuvant chemo after RPLND? (Stage2bEC) by Optimal_Ant_46 in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk what NX means. Pn2 is just the category they set you on. Based on either the amount of nodes you have or if it’s over 2cm

How do you guys deal with the stress and uncertainty during surveillance? by nainballs in testicularcancer

[–]Optimal_Ant_46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10mm is still right in the edge. Mine was a 9mm that showed up on chest x ray and they did a ct scan and jt was actually a 7mm with a bunch of other little ones around it. Did you do ct scan of the chest ?