Dear Testicular Cancer

I haven’t posted much in the last week. I guess I’ve been able to start focusing on other things than the treatment and cancer, which is very good. My mind starts to function again on a more normal level. I am more relaxed and I don’t freak out about every little pain I feel. In fact I haven’t even felt the tiny infection in my left testicle anymore. Vitamins A,B, C and E, Isoflavones, Q10 as well as a ton of green tea have become my daily companions. I definitely don’t want to give cancer another chance. I have also started to exercise once a day on the bicycle for 10 to 15 minutes. I’ll move up slowly since I’m quite out of shape as I’ve noticed.

Round two of chemo has gone by like a breeze. The first four days were as expected a little bit unfomfortable with flu-like symptoms, but definitely not as bad as the first round. The doctor has prescribed me some laxative which has helped a great deal with the constipation. It helps to know how the body will react. I again drank tea and water until I could not bare the taste of water anymore then I switched to apple juice and soy milk. Also rinsing my mouth with warm salt water helped with the taste a little bit. Supposedly it’s also good to strengthen the gums.

I am now in the second week. My blood results after week one were good. One more doctor visit and I will head back to New York. I will take things slowly but I have to start getting back into life. I have already my first job lined up with an old school friend in New York. I have not told him anything about the past few weeks. I don’t think I will.

Tags: chemotherapy, paraplatin, recovering, testicular cancer

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