stevepake
Survivor: Testicular Cancer
I am a Survivor
Steve Pake is a five year survivor of Testicular Cancer. He resides in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife, and two young children. He enjoys travel and fine dining, adventures with his family, running, writing, photography, and plenty of time with friends. Steve also blogs about cancer and the survivorship experience at his website, stevepake.com, and at the non-profit Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation (tcafinfo.org), based out of Grand Junction, Colorado.
Steve Pake is a five year survivor of Testicular Cancer. He resides in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife, and two young children. He enjoys travel and fine dining, adventures with his family, running, writing, photography, and plenty of time with friends. Steve also blogs... [Read More]
Treatment Information
Stage of Treatment
Finished treatment 5 or more years ago
Treatment Types:
Chemotherapy
Lymph Node Biopsy
Surgery
Hospital:
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York City)
Side Effect:
Anxiety
Body Aches
Chemobrain
Depression
Fatigue/Weakness
Hair Loss or Alopecia
Infertility
Insomnia
Weight Gain
Mood changes
Nausea & Vomitting
Neuropathy
Post Traumatic Stress
Skin & Nail Problems
Sexual Complications
Swelling (Edema)
[View More]IHC Blog Posts (19)
Happy 20 Year Anniversary to US!
October 11th, 2016Personal blog... Celebrating 20 years with the woman of my dreams today! :)
http://www.stevepake.com/life/2016/10/11/20-years
Couldn't be happier or more in love. We've been through so much together beyond just cancer, and how blessed are we in that we've only ever grown together and more closely to each other through all of this, despite all that life has thrown our way. Something to truly appreciate. So blessed. :)
My PTSD Essay Series
May 4th, 2016I recently completed a series of essays on PTSD after Cancer, a culmination of nearly two years of writing work! These are long form essays that I put my heart and soul into, trying to heal from PTSD after Cancer, which affected me for many years. I'm happy to say that I'm spiritually cured of this, and haven't had any issues in quite a long time now! The response to these essays, published only on my website for now, has been overwhelmingly positive from the cancer community, and I'm so happy that others have been able to find themselves in these essays, know they're not alone in what they've been feeling, and that there's a way out of this misery.
http://www.stevepake.com/ptsd-after-cancer/
If you've been suffering from posttraumatic stress after cancer, definitely give these essays a read!
Steve
Newest Blog - "Five Years and a Day Since Cancer"
March 17th, 2016I write at both my personal website, (www.stevepake.com), and am also a blogger at the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation. (www.tcafinfo.org), in addition to writing for I Had Cancer, so I'm always in the midst of various writing projects. Everything I've ever written is up at my website, but not all that I write makes it to either TCAF or IHC. So the best place to go is to my website, which is my writing hub.
My latest blog is "Five Years and a Day Since Cancer", which is up at my website, and was also cross-posted to the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation.
http://www.stevepake.com/cancer-blog/2016/3/15/five-years-and-a-day-sinc...
This is a blog about what it feels like to finally start to feel closure, and that you're mentally moving on from cancer, after a five year long journey. Mentally healing from cancer takes a whole lot longer than the physical healing does. The scars from cancer run very deep. Hope you'll give it a read!
Check out my Website - StevePake.com
March 17th, 2016In addition to my blogs here at IHadCancer.com, I have an entire website filled with various writings on the topic of cancer survivorship, so be sure to check them out. Welcomed to connect with me via various social media accounts, linked via my website as well.
Instagram: @YACancerbySteve - https://www.instagram.com/yacancerbysteve/
Twitter: @StevePake - https://twitter.com/StevePake
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yacancerbysteve/
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