Tom & I have learned quite a bit in the last week - the most jarring being how quickly life can change. Suddenly trips that were planned are on hold, priorities shift and we start to embrace the new normal. Among all the messages etc., and a few million dollar questions keep coming up:
1. Were there any symptoms? Did we expect this was coming?: No, 100% no. On Tuesday, Tom got up early, went for a run, and felt a little weird when he got home. He showered up, went to work, was pretty fatigued Tuesday night with a cough, but nothing completely unusual. We figured he maybe was catching a cold or bug. We were up throughout the night Tuesday as the cough worsened and she started feeling worse. In the wee hours of the morning we made the decision to head to the ER and the rest is history.
2. What type of cancer is this? Well, it's rare. Because if you're going to get cancer, you might as well be unique. It has been diagnosed as a germ cell tumor which is currently located in the soft tissue around his lungs.
3. Has it spread? Luckily, no. For now we are dealing with the primary tumor with no additional cancer tumors in his body.
4. What's Next? Chemo. A long rigorous sequence of chemo and one surgery, but one that we hope will completely remove the cancer from his body. We are very optimistic that with the right treatment we will beat this cancer. More to come on the What's Next over the next week as we meet with doctors and get ourselves a plan.
Hope this helps!
1. Were there any symptoms? Did we expect this was coming?: No, 100% no. On Tuesday, Tom got up early, went for a run, and felt a little weird when he got home. He showered up, went to work, was pretty fatigued Tuesday night with a cough, but nothing completely unusual. We figured he maybe was catching a cold or bug. We were up throughout the night Tuesday as the cough worsened and she started feeling worse. In the wee hours of the morning we made the decision to head to the ER and the rest is history.
2. What type of cancer is this? Well, it's rare. Because if you're going to get cancer, you might as well be unique. It has been diagnosed as a germ cell tumor which is currently located in the soft tissue around his lungs.
3. Has it spread? Luckily, no. For now we are dealing with the primary tumor with no additional cancer tumors in his body.
4. What's Next? Chemo. A long rigorous sequence of chemo and one surgery, but one that we hope will completely remove the cancer from his body. We are very optimistic that with the right treatment we will beat this cancer. More to come on the What's Next over the next week as we meet with doctors and get ourselves a plan.
Hope this helps!