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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SUPPORTS TESTICULAR CANCER AWARENESS FOUNDATION

Jacksonville Jaguars and #65 Brandon Linder - “I am honored to represent my best friend, Steve “Telly” Tellefsen and raise awareness for Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation. I play this great game to honor him, and I look forward to helping raise awareness for this disease.”

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A Ballsy Oral History of the Life-Saving Deadpool Testicular Cancer PSA

This promotion with Deadpool and Ryan Reynolds was really amazing. While it’s a very serious topic, it makes sense to use humor because that’s how the message gets across to men. I formed the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation in 2009 as a way to educate people. My son was diagnosed with an aggressive form of testicular cancer at age 13.

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Living Under the Shadow Of Cancer

Cancer. The bastard disease of humankind that kills without hesitation, without prejudice. It is one of the most dreaded words in the medical world, especially if you are a patient. Cancer will turn a world upside down, backwards, and inside out. And more than likely, cancer will be what kills me in the end. That’s a depressing thought to have I know. It’s one of those things that is just ingrained in my mind, and something that contributes to daily anxiety. Let me break it down for you.

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Infertility After Testicular Cancer

It has been a year since my first blog for TCAF, and I finally feel ready to openly talk about why it took so long to write this. This time last year was extremely hard for me. Four months out from Nate’s RPLND, life had slowly begun returning back to normal and the realities of what that meant were hitting hard. Not only were we recovering from everything we had been through during our cancer journey, but we were suddenly facing a new challenge... infertility.

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TCAF in Schools and Health Clinics - Testicular Cancer Awareness Education Where It Matters Most

Nothing matters more to all of us at the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation than getting out into the public, and helping to raise awareness about testicular cancer. It's the number one form of cancer in men ages 15-44, yet almost no one talks about the disease! The rate of testicular cancer in young men is nearly the same as the rate of breast cancer in young women, yet all you ever see are pink ribbons and breast cancer awareness campaigns. There's nothing wrong with that, but we need to be talking about men's cancers and testicular cancer, too! We need to see more BLUE out there, and so it was great to see so much awareness activity this past week by TCAF Ambassadors in both schools and at health fairs.

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Announcing TCAF Caregiver and Co-Survivor Blogger Alexia Karanikas

Today is a very special day. Not only does today mark the start of Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, but my husband, Nate, and I are also celebrating a huge milestone. He is officially two years cancer free! Considering that the majority of relapses occur in the first two years, this is a moment we have cautiously awaited for the last 731 days. I feel so grateful to TCAF founder, Kim Jones, for the opportunity to write my first blog in support of all past and present testicular cancer patients and caregivers during such a monumental moment in our lives.

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