Everyone has a story to tell. Not everyone has a story to tell about their personal journey with testicular cancer. Whether you are currently in treatment, have found your way to remission, or are a caregiver, this blog is for you and your words. Let your story be a lighthouse for someone else’s journey.
Jim Mielziner knows he wasn’t the oldest man to be diagnosed with testicular cancer. That dubious distinction belongs to a 96-year-old African American man. But Jim is the oldest man by at least 7 years on the Testicular Cancer Support Group Facebook page. That being said, only 4% of T.C. cases occur in men over 65. Most people don’t endure the problems he had, even older men, but he survived and so can others.
Read More“ When I heard the words ‘you have cancer’ roll off his tongue, I didn’t really understand what he was saying. I don’t think I really processed it. It wasn’t until I rang my mum when I realized what I was saying. ‘Mum, I have cancer’. As soon as I said it, I started crying.”
Read MoreIt was a normal Florida summer night, hot and muggy, and I was enjoying a game of 5 on 5 full court basketball and feeling great. Having played three years of high school basketball, enlisted in the U.S. Army where I jumped out of airplanes, just returning home as a Gulf War Veteran, I thought I was in the best shape of my life.
Read MoreOn Feb 2nd 2014 I was struck down with severe abdominal pain on my lower right side. After being told I may have cancer I laid in a hospital bed for 5 days before finally being told I had stage 2 testicular cancer and that first thing Monday morning I will be losing my right testicle.
Read MoreOn Jan 30th 2002 I found a lump on the right side. I told my wife and she called our Urologist. I went to see him the next day.
Read MoreI am currently serving in the US Army and when I noticed that my right testicle was about twice the size of my left. I was in the United States. A doctor misdiagnosed the problem and so I went on a deployment to Afghanistan.
Read MoreThis post was sent to us anonymously from a testicular cancer survivor, who speaks about the struggles he has faced after his battle with TC.
Read MoreI have been diagnosed with testicular cancer twice. Once in May of 2009, and again in December 2012. The first time, I was numb to it. I just wanted it out. It wasn't that bad and I didn't even need chemo or radiation. I caught it in time. They told me it was an aggressive tumor and it was good that I came in when I did. But the second time was a little different.
Read MoreMichael Muriett first came in contact with TCAF on August 22, 2012, just two short days after losing his 19 year old son Justin to TC.
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