Category: Deep Thoughts

Deep Thought of the Day

In 1974, Dr. Larry Einhorn of Indiana University developed a cure for testicular cancer. Prior to his research, the disease was mostly a death sentence. Now, it’s highly treatable and curable.

42 years. That’s how long this treatment has been in place. That seems like a long time in the world of modern medicine, right? I wasn’t even born 42 years ago. But think about it in terms of the length of time the human race has existed.

How many men died from testicular cancer in the roughly 200,000 years prior to Dr. Einhorn’s research? When you think about it like that, I’M SO LUCKY! The likelihood that I was born and got this disease after 1974 is only .021%, or 1 in 4,761. 

Crazy.

Deep Thought of the Day

I’m a couple St. Bernardus Abt 12s in enjoying my last days of normalcy for awhile, and had a thought:

Every experience I write about is in the past. It’s already done.

That’s a comforting feeling. I read another testicular cancer blog all the way through from diagnosis to completion of treatment and felt a twinge of envy when I got to his last cancer-free post. I’m very glad his story ended happily, I just wished I was already there as well.

I’m at the beginning (relatively) of my journey now, but someday I’ll look back at these first posts with a sense of accomplishment rather than trepidation.

PS – That other blog I mentioned, as well as talking with friends who have been through similar situations, has already helped me a lot, and that’s why I’m sharing my experiences. And also because I like being the center of attention. But mostly the first thing.