Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Drew's first diagnosis with Testicular Cancer

The first time Drew was diagnosed with Testicular cancer I hadn't met him yet. This was about 3 years ago, Drew was about to turn 24. We worked together but never talked. I was a receptionist where he worked and would only see him walk through the lobby. He seemed like a pretty healthy young man from what I could remember. What I didn't know then was that he was about to be diagnosed with stage 4 Testicular cancer.
Drew had been sick for a few months, pain, stomach issues, and other symptoms but the doctors could not see what was wrong with him. He had told me that by the time he was diagnosed the cancer had spread into his chest and it looked like a snow storm of tumors in the X-ray. He had surgery immediately and then started chemo for the first time. Chemo was followed by another surgery to remove tumors from his abdomin and chest area. The surgent stopped the surgery because they thought they could do more harm so they were going to monitor Drew. During all of this time he didn't work, from about last week of June to right before Christmas he was off. I had no clue what he was going through, I just thought he was on a different assignment. After I met him there was one time I could remember him coming in and he had no hair but at the time I thought nothing about this young man going through such a fight to beat cancer.

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