Hello from room P919!

I (Kim) thought that we would start this so that all of you guys could keep uptodate on Jason's treatment. I suppose the best place to start would be the beginning,so settle in.
Most of you know that in February of 2008 Jason had surgery to remove a tumor and we were told that it was testicular cancer (tc from here on out). He underwent 17 bouts of radiation and we were basically sent on our way with a pat on the back. Well in February of this year Jason complained about his back hurting, we both thought that this was due to helping move an entertainment center. We put it off and he just pushed on through. In May it became so bad that we finally went to the dr. We did the standard practice of physical therapy, steroid shots, nothing helped the pain. So the Dr. Watters decided that surgery to remove the bulging part of the disc would be Jason's next best option. He was scheduled for surgery for 09-04-09, but the dr. wanted one more MRi before. We went on 09-01-09 to get that done. We went to Dr. Watters office on 09-03-09 and were told that it wasnt back surgery that was needed, we needed to contact an oncologist. We left straight from Dr. Watters office to the Emergency Room at MD Anderson. We waited forever, they were busy, but we were eventually seen. They drew blood, did a full body MRI, CT Scans with and without contrast of his head, chest, and abdomen. The results showed that Jason had a large (cantaloupe size) mass on his left hip bone that wraps around the bone and encompasses the sciatic nerve, as well as tumors near the spine. He was finally admitted into a room on Friday evening. Saturday morning Dr. Tannir, his new GU doctor came in and explained what was going on. In his opinion that this could be nothing other than a recurrance of his last cancer that has now metastasized. The position of it, the nature of it, and his tumor markes lead him to believe that and postponing treatment in order to get a biopsy would be putting Jason's life at risk. So no arguments from us we decided to start on a standard but heavy duty course of chemotherapy for Jason. He will have 4 cycles of chemo. The layout will be Day 1 through 5 he will be in the hospital on day 8 we will be out patient for chemo, on day 15 we will be outpatient for chemo, then back in the hospital on day 21 to start the cycle over. If all goes according to plan we should be done with chemo in the middle of November.
So far the chemo hasnt had really any effects on him. He had a little nausea the 2nd day, but I attribute that to the chopped beef sandwhich and soda. He seems a little more tired than usual but he is up all night having to urinate constantly do to post chem rehydration. He has gotten to see Ronan a couple of times and that lifts his spirits. We should be going home on Thursday and everyone always feels better when they are at home.
Thats about all for now. I will repost when there is more news. Keep those prayers and well wishes coming, they mean so much to both of us.

Kimmy