The time line:
April 7, 2014 - I went in to see Dr. Morris Moore in the Kaiser Permanente offices in Boulder. He set me up to see a urologist.
Monday April 14th saw the urologist and I was booked for surgery to remove my left testicle on Wednesday April 16th.
Friday April 18th, I was told by the on-call urologists that the preliminary pathology report came back and I have cancer. More specifically embryonal carcinoma, one of the types of testicular cancer.
Tuesday April 29th met with my oncologist Dr. Hyde. Definitely cancer, highly cure-able with two or one round of chemotherapy. Options of wait and watch or removal of lymph nodes for testing are options, but chemotherapy is the route to go.
Thursday May 1st, respiratory testing.
Monday May 5th PET scan
Wednesday May 7th meet once again with Dr. Hyde for the definitive plan.
Potential date to start chemotherapy on May 12th.... Monday.
What happens when the panic, a nervous break down and growing up meet at a dinner for coffee. Also... mainly for now.. to let everyone know what is going on in my head and how much I could not be doing this without them.
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