dsygerminoma

[dancingshoes]

hey earlier this summer i was diagnosed with a stage 2 dsygerminoma...i am now comming to the end of my 4 courses of BEP and was wondering what the long term side affects may beand also how long i will have to keep goin in for scans and check-ups as i am really wary of hospitals now and feel sick as i enter them andif there was any advice of how to get over this.
many thanks
xx

[dancingshoes]

Thank you!!! i have just completed my last 3 days of chemo!! can wait till ive recovered and get back to some normality! i asked my doctor about a pulmonary function test and im having one 2 weeks from now so hopefully they will monitor my lungs after having belomycin. Thank you so much again!!
xxx

[Annekathryn Goodman, M.D.]

Hey dancing shoes,
You have been through a really tough chemo. Your feelings about hospitals are natural.

the standard follow up is :
checks with blood work every 3-4 months for the first 3 years. hen every 6 months for another 2 years. At 5 years, we go to yearly checks.
yearly CT scans of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis
You should ask for pulmonary function test to see how your lungs are now after 4 cycles of bleomycin. it is good to get a baseline test just in case your develop some pulmonary fibrosis later. So you know what your function is

NEVER smoke and tell people who smoke not to smoke around you. Protect your lungs!

best wishes