chemo reacting to 2 types of testicular cancer but not the 3rd?? diagnossed terminal

hello, my husband has testicular cancer and is currently getting chemo, first the doctors said he would make it but now they say his chemo is reacting to 2 of the 3 different types of testicular cancer he has, and is not reacting to the last. They diagnossed him terminal but does anyone have experience with this? is there any way around this? they are still performing sergury and continuing chemo but will this help if he was diagnossed terminal??? thank you so much i am new to this and very confussed and uninformed.

 

On 6/28/2009 loving_my_hubby wrote:

hello, my husband has testicular cancer and is currently getting chemo, first the doctors said he would make it but now they say his chemo is reacting to 2 of the 3 different types of testicular cancer he has, and is not reacting to the last. They diagnossed him terminal but does anyone have experience with this? is there any way around this? they are still performing sergury and continuing chemo but will this help if he was diagnossed terminal??? thank you so much i am new to this and very confussed and uninformed.

 

This sounds so much like my son Scott, 23 and been given months or if we lucky only 2 years to live. i do not think there is any right way to deal with this. Although I have been through cancer with my dad, brother and sister there is no advise I can give you to help, Just be there as i am sure you are for your husband as he needs to feel love as much love as you can give him and my advise to you is lean on family, you to are going to need support as he might be the one with the horrible illness but you will be going through it with him.

I am praying my son/nephew will get through and prove the doctors wrong and I will pay for you husband to. You need to both enjoy life, and never give up hope, keep serching and looking for new treatments and talk to you doctor about them even if they sound really unhelpfull.

Now saying all that I hope you are not my son/nephews wife.

Nothing you do will prepare you for the tough times ahead. I have found that out by experence

 

regards maryann

I'm so sorry to hear this.  Please call Dr. Einhorn at Indiana University, he is THE MAN when it comes to this cancer, and can help you with this. It seems like there is another way to get at it.