Pathology Report is in.

I just got off the phone with Dr. Brennan. My tumor was confirmed to be cancerous. It is also confirmed to be Seminoma. This is the kind that's the best to have if you have to have it. They need for my body to heal from surgery, then they want to do a cat scan on my abdominal area as well as kidney area. He did say that the bloodwork shows no elevation but bloodwork doesn't show everything. Dr. Brennan told me that anyone who has a testicular tumor removed that is confirmed cancerous, Seminoma or Non-Seminoma, then goes in for the abdominal cat scans. Standard precedure. Also standard precedure will be some radiation treatments to follow a clear cat scan. If the cat scan is not clear than we will start talking in a different direction.

This is the news we wanted. There was a 2 percent chance it would come back benign, but besides that, we got the best news possible. It is Seminoma rather than Non-Seminoma. He added that there was no cancer on the tube that goes to my blood supply, which is great.

You know, I wanted him to say that he had removed the cancer and that they had gotten it all and this is over. The thing is, he doesn't have enough information yet to say that for a fact. They need to run a couple more tests to be able to say such a thing. I get that.

At least I'm not spending the weekend wondering.

I'm feeling a little less pain than I felt earlier this morning. I plan to start working Monday. I've been doing some stuff here and there but I think it will be good to dive into it next week. I will have to do it from home, of course. I'm lucky to have a job where I can be very productive from a home office.