5/11/07

Cancer free

May 10: Follow-up with the Oncologist went really well. Tumor markers and chest x-ray results were normal. The doctor declared me cancer free which was really good to hear. She told me that in the tumors that were removed, two different pathologists were able to only find three cancer cells. The cells were so small the type of cancer couldn't be identified. She rates my chance of recurrence at 3%. People are considered "in remission" for testes cancer after two years of normal tests. All other cancer is five years. She wants to be more aggressive with surveilance because of the cells that were found so in six weeks I'll have a CT scan instead of the normal six months.