Bio: Hey everyone. My name is Alex and I’m 24 years old. I was diagnosed with 3C mixed, non-seminoma, testicular choriocarcinoma on Dec. 1, 2018. I have so far undergone three rounds of VIP chemotherapy (one more round to go!!) and a radical orchiectomy of the right testicle. I’ve been looking around for places to blog and get my story out…more
Cancer Type: Testicular Cancer
Stage of Cancer: Stage 3C cancer
Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: 3C Testicular Choriocarcinoma
Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Radical orchiectomy of the right testicle- Dec. 28, 2018. I did not show symptoms of TC, other than back pain and then eventually my left flank became sore. According to the ultrasound, there was a small scarring on my right testicle- pathologically speaking, where the testicle has “burnt out” from the cancer, but the cancer had already spread to my…more
Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: VIPx4. Etoposide, ifosfomide, cisplatin- four cycles, five days in a row each, every three weeks.