My Testicular Cancer Blog
This page is dedicated to my post about my journey with testicular cancer
Hi everybody, if you are still reading this blog, I am going to move it to this URL https://testicularcancerblog.weebly.com. The reason for this is because I want the blog to be easier to find especially for those who have testicular cancer.
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Hello and good evening readers! It has been about ten weeks since my one and only needed round of BEP chemotherapy. As you can see my hair is growing back a bit faster now, the only differences from before is that it is more sparse and is kind of a difference color. My hair used to be kinda brown, but this hair is a bit more gray? or it could just be my imagination. I'm hoping that it keeps growing at this rate, so I could eventually have a fohawk again, even if it looks lighter than before. Nothing else new to report, but as usual feel free to message me if you have any comments or questions!
Ten weeks already?? Time seems faster when you are busy. Hello, everyone, this is my 10 week post chemo update from my 1 cycle of BEP treatment. As you could see from the pictures, I am doing a lot better now. My hair is really growing now, it is very thin, but compared to the other pictures it looks like it's getting fuller. Even if it isn't my goatee is the fullest it has ever been. On top of full time hours at work, I started volunteering at a cancer center and I'm feeling very satisfied. I do have another CT scan scheduled on August, but I'm not too worried. Anyways, I hope all is well and if you want, feel free to contact me!
Good morning everybody! Just posting another pic of my hair growing back from chemo. I plan to do this every week until it's full again... or at least long enough to spike again. For those who are new to the blog, well I had stage 1 testicular cancer and had to go through a round of chemo. With it came the side effects of nausea, vomiting and most observably hair loss. It's been 8 weeks since then and my hair is finally visible and growing back. I don't know how it will look in the long term, but so far it feels like a newborn's hair. Anyways, I plan to upload a video to YouTube when this is all done. As usual, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to message me!
Good morning! It's officially seven weeks after my one round of chemotherapy. This is an updated picture of my hair. Don't let the picture fool you, even though you may see more darkness, these hairs are super thin and light. This means that whenever I go into direct sunlight or a well lit area that my head looks bald still. However, something interesting is happening... I'm growing a mustache! I may have tried to grow a goatee in the past, but this mustache is actually thick, like really thick. I want to try and grow my hair out for a few more months, but if it doesn't get thicker, I may just stay with the bald look. Not my first choice, but hey, I'd rather be bald and healthy than not healthy. Also, emotionally, I am still going through some ups and downs, but I think mainly it's the hair thing. I may lose some of you in these references, but I feel like losing hair in entertainment culture has been a big cue in character change. Such as when in Breaking Bad, Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher gets cancer and loses his hair, then picks up the persona of Heisenberg, a drug lord. Or even in one of my favorite cartoons, Futurama, where Fry sees his crush with another man, but it turns out to be himself from an alternate timeline when he lives alone and matures, but gets attacked and loses all his hair, but becomes, in my opinion, a better person, Lars. It may sound strange, but when I look in the mirror I don't recognize myself physically anymore. Don't get me wrong, I still feel the same, but I don't look myself anymore and I think that's what I'm getting used to. Sorry if I sound extremely vain right now, but I'm just documenting these feelings, so if someone else is going through something similar, they know. Anyways... the last three images were taken from google images and with that, have a great day and message me if you have any questions or comments!
Hey guys! Just as before everything is good, I'm going to the gym often, but mostly to lift weights. I'm pretty much back to normal in that area (I never lifted heavy to begin with). As you can see, more hair! or at least longer hair? Either way, in the light I still look bald with just a little fuzz, but that's cool. I know that hair takes time to grow back, just waiting for them to become long enough to have a fohawk. Anyways, have a great day!
It has been a little over 5 weeks since my last chemotherapy treatment! In the third week of chemo most of my hair started falling out (even my goatee), so I decided to get my razor blade and shave everything. I got many nicknames after that such as Walter Brown, Mr. Clean, Uncle Fester (from the Adams Family) and my personal favorite, someone asked me to take a seat... then called me Professor X. People are creative. Anyways, side effects of the chemo are gone, I no longer feel nauseated, week and my hair is finally starting to come back! I know it might be a little vain to say I miss my hair especially knowing that I was extremely lucky by catching the cancer this early... but I miss my hair! Here are the pictures of my hair in very dim lighting, as you could see it's finally coming back and it's more dense in the back of my head. Also side note, I had cheese the other day without any problems, which is weird because I'm lactose intolerant... maybe the chemo affected my gut flora? I'll keep you guys updated with what happens next and as usual, please have a good day and stay healthy!
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