I 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.
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This post was sent to us anonymously from a testicular cancer survivor, who speaks about the struggles he has faced after his battle with TC.
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"In July of 2011 I had discovered a lump on my left testicle. After a big push from my fiance to go to the doctor, I went and had an ultrasound done. There was indeed a mass on my left testicle. Soon after I was referred to a urologist.
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I was diagnosed with testicular cancer (Non seminoma, germ cell, embryonal carcinoma) on October 13, 2011. Lucky enough, I caught it very early at Stage 1b. I went through the orchiectomy and one round of BEP chemotherapy.
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I 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.
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The date itself should have been my first ominous warning. It was September 11. This of course was 11 years after the terrorist attack. A day that has now taken on an entirely different role in my mind.
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Michael 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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Dane and I married on July 23, 2010 and on top of the world. We were best friends for 13 years prior to marriage and we were ready to start a family.
Three months after we got home from our honeymoon, Dane started having lower back pain. All visits to orthopedics, back specialists, etc. had the same diagnosis: a pinched nerve or a slipped disk. He was losing a lot of weight saying he didn't have an appetite because of the pain medication the doctor had given him.
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