{"id":9396,"date":"2009-12-28T23:03:58","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T06:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=9396"},"modified":"2009-12-28T23:03:58","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T06:03:58","slug":"a-point-of-personal-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=9396","title":{"rendered":"A Point of Personal Privilege"},"content":{"rendered":"

So those of you who follow my twitter feed (and for those of you who don’t, you are welcome to<\/a>) may have noticed that last night my tweets weren’t so much…fun. This is not because the Vikings managed to lose yet another winnable game on the road, though that of course doesn’t help matters.<\/p>\n

No, last night I went into the doctor with pain in my…er…boy parts. The doctor sent me directly to the emergency room, where I got an ultrasound, which showed I likely have testicular cancer.<\/p>\n

So that’s not fun.<\/p>\n

I know next to nothing right now, other than that tomorrow morning I get to make an appointment to go to see a urologist who will be removing my faulty gonad forthwith. I know nothing beyond that; I assume I’ll find out shortly.<\/p>\n

At any rate, this is of course not the most fabulous news, but it is what it is. The good news — and it is good news — is that testicular cancer is extremely treatable<\/a>, and the vast majority of men who suffer from it are treated successfully, even if the cancer has metastasized<\/a>. So the odds are in my favor. And there is still a chance it isn’t cancer at all, but just a painful benign tumor, in which case the gonad has to come out, but treatment afterward won’t include any not-fun things like chemotherapy or radiation.<\/p>\n

All that said, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit scared by this; cancer is not something you ever want to get. But something’s going to get all of us in the end. I’m just hoping that something, in my case and yours, is extreme old age.<\/p>\n

So please, do forgive me if posting is a bit light over the next few days; I’ll update as I have updates. Oh, and men, since this is something I never bothered to do, let me suggest you listen to Mr. Tom Green here.<\/p>\n

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