Stan sneding good thoughts and tons of prayers your way....your attitude will get you through this! :) PS as for what tom said get yourself a laptop because daytime tv does suck bad!;)

Good luck Stan!

Sorry that you have to go through this. Best of luck for a quick recovery.

Good thoughts going out to you. I hope the operation goes well and you recover quickly!

My thoughts and prayers are with you!!!

Good luck, and to quote Lance Armstrong, "livestrong".

dear tristan, i am so sorry to learn of your illness and want you to know that you will be in my family's prayers. best wishes.

my husband and i have a dear friend who who is now considered recovered from the same illness and is the proud papa of twin boys!!

Good luck and best wishes:)

I'll be sending good thoughts your way, Stan. Get well soon.

woohoo You can do this!!!!!!! ***muah***

Good luck, you'll be in my thoughts

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Don't forget Michael Strahan and Pete Rose.

Michael Strahan averages about a half a sack a game. Pete Rose was the king of the single.

Damn dude, good luck today. You are a soldier, you will get through this.

Hurry back and in top condition.

Yo Stan, Please Let Us know ASAP when You Feel Up To It!

Lot of Us out Here are Thinking of You!:)

Best Man!!!!!!:cool:

Good luck and hope for a speedy recovery.

You will be in my prayers...God bless, and I hope that you have a quick recovery.

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Hello everyone!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I've been resting all week, meaning I finished Lance Armstrong's autobio, among other things.

I was able to get a lot of perspective this week. I consider myself extremely lucky since it was caught during the first stage, meaning it hadn't spread to my lymph nodes. I have to undergo some radiation treatments and what not, but chemo isn't neccessary.

I believe I've been given a second chance, a wake up call, of how fortunate to be where I am now. Although is wasn't as serious as it could have been, it feels like it was a signal to stop makign up excuses and waiting and just start getting shit done, volunteering, serious coaching, all the stuff I've been talking about for years.

Anyway, thanks again, I'm trying to get back to normal life asap.

Max, that was probably the funiest line I've heard so far. The guys have just been calling me Lance and Tom, and asking me how my bike ride went, but they had a whole week to prepare.

I'd rather we all laugh at losing lefty than you all cry over me being dead.

STAN! I'm glad everything is going fine for you bro. That is freakin great news.

Don't worry about 1 nut. Now it will only hurt half as much when you get hit there.

You da man. Take care brutha

It is SOOOOO GOOOOD to hear how good you're doing, Stan!!

And you're definitely right - it's better to laugh about losing Lefty than to cry at a funeral! Thank heavens you got treatment in time!!!

Welcome back!!

High Five homie.

http://josiah.webmunkee.com/lancearmstrongnike.mov
Man I love this.

I also love that Nike ad where they show Lance's shaved head with the surgical scars. Fucking awesome.

-Rudey

Best news I've had today.

Be well!

I'm glad to know that you're doing well after surgery.
Thanks for the update Stan.:)

That's great that you're doing well - hope your recovery continues. Be well and keep getting better.

YAY STAN! So glad to here you're doing well and don't need chemo and have positive attitude!

Glad that to see you back and with good news.

Glad you're doing well!!:D

Stan, glad to hear you are doing good.

I'm going to take you up on your offer of getting shit done. Specifically, I am going to ask that you post here (or somewhere else where its more relevant, if there is a place) what guys our age NEED TO KNOW about testicular cancer. It is one of the (if not the leading) cause of death of men aged 21-35. Women have done an amazing job of promoting awareness of breast cancer and such, yet us guys lag so far behind. We dont talk about it, dont do the self exams (if we even know how to) or even know the warning signs. So if you could do that when you are up to it, or at least point us in the right direction, it would be awesome. (Maybe a resource that has been helpful for you). If one of us is made more aware, and in the future is able to help ourselves, or a friend because of what we learned from you, some good can come out of your experience. Because between our peers, and those we advise (if you are an advisor), its just a matter of time before it happens to someone else we know.

Again, when you are up to it. Stay stong dude.

lifesaver- what a great idea for all our greekchat boys to get informed on testicular cancer!! we want you all to be around a long time.

stan, i am so glad to hear that you are doing alright. thank you so much for updating us. i hope that you will keep us updated on your progress. please know that you will remain in our prayers.

Glad to hear everything went well!!! :)

Glad you are doing better. Thanks for the update, and keep that good attitude. It really does work wonders.:)

Glad you're doing better. :)

This is wonderful news. So glad to hear you are well on the road to a complete recovery! :)

I'm glad everything is going well for you. :)

Bro there is nothing more awkward, for me, like having a man run his fingers around the beans. And the best part is you can ask him to do it while looking away and if he looks you can say "I see you peeking". It increases the level of awkwardness 10 fold.

-Rudey

Just pay a prostitute to do it. Its still a bit akward, and her medical training might be suspect at best, but in the end you can smack the akwardness right outta the situation.

This thread featured a very funny, very effective testicular cancer awareness commercial from the UK. I just tried the link, though, and the commercial is no longer there. Perhaps someone with more Google time on their hands can find it...it was really good.

ETA - glad to hear you're doing well, Tristan!

Glad you're doing well! Still in our prayers and thoughts, though! :D

Stan, You Have To Be The Man!!!!

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A Big Congrats for getting through this!!!!!:cool:

As I continue through these treatments, I'll try to update with some info as soon as I can.

Guys, as funny as it is, you should do a self check regularly. I didn't have that problem though, I kinda figured it out after a while.