It's been a little over a year since I've written anything here. I have to get better at doing this thing. Lol. Just got through with the latest round of cancer testing and once again for the 9th year I'm cancer free. Next April if I pass the cancer testing I'll be considered graduated and cured and won't have to go back ever. I hope everyone is doing well with their cancer journies. 

Looks like it's been exactly 1 year since I've written anything here. Sorry for that Lol. I had my 8 year cancer re-check 2 weeks ago and the same as the last 7 years, Cancer Free. I've been on a 1 year re-check with my cancer doctor and every 6 months with my urologist. I am seeing him this coming Thursday so he can do the "touchy, feely" test as I call it.  Everything else with me has been great. There are no signs of the cancer coming back since my tumor markers continue to be <1. I hope everyone else is doing good and if anyone needs anything I'm here for you.

It's been 11 months since my last journal entry. April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month. A lot has happened. The Pandemic is winding down and I continue to test cancer free. I have had 3 appointments since my last entry and the only thing wrong now is my testosterone levels are still out of whack. Higher levels in the winter, Lower levels in the summer. I'm trying to control that. I currently take a testosterone gel for my problem and am supposed to take a half a pump in the winter because of the higher levels which is impossible. Gel spreads like wildfire. My doctor is talking shots instead but I'm not too crazy about that. I'm confident it will level out and hopefully I can control it through the summer. 

I had my latest appointment with my cancer doctor yesterday and my tumor markers continue to be non existent. Blood work came back normal again so, unless something drastically happens between now and May 27 (The date of my actual Cancerversary) I will be cancer free for 7 years and that's no April Fools joke.

Today is my 6 year Cancerversary. The 6 year anniversary since my last chemotherapy treatment for Testicular Cancer. Just had my follow-up appointment with my Urologist a week ago and my tumor markers are at 1 right where they are supposed to be. I never thought losing 121 pounds 3 years ago and keeping it off would make a difference in my health but it has. I have also gotten rid of my sleep apnea as a result and my testesterone level is above 600 for the first time in forever when I struggled to keep it above 400 for the longest time. I'm going to be 51 at years end and been as healthy as I've ever been in my life. I've been blessed to have a great medical team along the way that has kept me straight and educated me on how to stay healthy especially through this Corona-Virus Pandemic. Things are looking up for me health wise for the first time in my life.

Today is my 5 year cancerversary. Back on July 13, 2013 I was diagnosed with Stage II Testicular Cancer. On July 25, 2013 I had surgery to resect my right testicle and shortly thereafter I went through 1 year of off and on chemotherapy. 5 days a week, 7 hours a day getting poison pumped though my body to get rid of the poison in my body. During this experience I learned to take better care of my body losing 121 pounds in 3 and a half years and managed to keep it off to this day. Hopefully I'll be cancer free for the rest of my life.