Cancer Sucks

I’ve been trying for a while to decide whether or not to post this, but I figured I might as well. It’s easier than explaining everything over and over again to everyone.

A couple of years ago I had a testicular seminoma. That means cancer for those of you who haven’t been keeping up with the medical journals. Anyway, I got through that after some surgery and some radiation therapy.

Recently, however, the seminoma has returned. This time though, it has metastasized to a couple of different places in my bones. This means that radiation therapy isn’t an option. I have to undergo chemotherapy.

My therapy is a moderate one as far as chemotherapy goes. I have to spend one week out of every three in the hospital while they circulate some drugs through my body that should attack any fast-growing cells, such as cancer cells, and unfortunately, hair cells. Yes, I will go bald in a couple of weeks.

Hopefully by the end of August, I’ll be rid of this cancer once and for all. It certainly did pick an inconvenient time to reappear though, didn’t it? I mean, I have a new baby on the way, and we’re moving in just 2 weeks. Funny how things work out.

Anyway, wish me luck. I’ll post more as I know more.