09-21-08 07:36: Bob Ackley to James Bradley "Testicular Cancer"

 BA> Replying to a message of James Bradley to Bob Ackley:

 AP>> I am curious to know if there are any other testicular cancer
 AP>> survivors on here?

 BA>> I survived prostate cancer (1995).  I know, it's not the same thing,
 BA>> but it's close .

 JB> I would say, "LM*O" but I might be reprimanded.

 JB> My liposarcoma (fat tissue) was surgically removed a bit starboard
 JB> (right at the hip joint) from your troubles. I don't know if that
 JB> makes us a trinity, or an axis of evil. 

 BA> I have a second cousin (our grandparents were siblings) who is
 BA> currently suffering from what appears to be a cancer in that area.
 BA> He's five years younger than I am and has had it rough for the past
 BA> several years - lost part of one leg to complications from diabetes,
 BA> and had a kidney transplant to get him off dialysis a couple of years
 BA> ago.  The antirejection drugs make any sort of surgery dicey.  Not sure
 BA> what the actual situation is there, he's 1,800 miles away in CA.

I was told at the time, it was one of the rarer forms of cancer, and one of the
least deleterious on the books. I later found out, that treatment whatsoever
would be avoided. Maybe your second-cousin has a tumor in other-than-fat
tissue?


... James
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