Finally a diagnosis!!

We finally got a diagnosis! Tom's doctors (general surgeon and heme/onc) presented his case in their biweekly "Tumor Conference" this week. As a result the other members of the conference looked at his case with "a fresh set of eyes" and recommended some more tests. Those tests led us to another doctor, a urologist, because everything is now indicating that Tom has testicular cancer. He will have surgery Wednesday to remove the cancerous nodule and then, depending on what type of testicular cancer it turns out to be, they will decide whether to do chemo, radiation, or surgery to remove surrounding lymph nodes and in what order those things will occur.
The surgery Wednesday will be outpatient surgery at St.Vincent East. We are doing pretty well. It has been such a blessing to have Tom's mom here to help out and let me go back to clinical. We appreciate all of you and your prayers and kind words. We are very thankful to finally have a diagnosis and especially something that is so easily treated! (Dr. Bragg, the urologist said ~98% cure rate)
MB