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Age Group 31 - 40
Interview 08  

Interview 08

Age at Interview: 33
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 26
Background: Quantity surveyor; married, no children.
Brief outline:Testicular cancer (teratoma) diagnosed in 1995, with secondary tumours in abdomen. Orchidectomy followed by four cycles of chemotherapy (each cycle over three weeks with 6 days in hospital).


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Asserts that cancer changed his outlook on life, gave him confidence, and led to his work with cancer charities and support groups.

 



The long term effect now is that life is for living and stuff the rest, just bills and mortgages and everything else like that can, they can whistle Dixie for it because you're out to live now. It changes your perspective that way. If I get the sack tomorrow I get the sack tomorrow, I'm not bothered. I don't care any more as long as I'm alive. I mean it might be raining today but at least I'm alive and seeing the rain, I could've been dead. So that's one major effect that it's had on me I think. 

I think the major impact is just the work that I get involved with now with the education side and the communication side of it and I work with the hospitals and I work with Cancer Link and Cancerbackup in London, I do a lot of work now. Six years ago I would never have been able to stand up in front of 300 people and do a speech but now I can and I don't get concerned or worried about it or panic about it. So it's changed, it's changed my outlook on life and it just means I work, I do a hell of a lot of work with cancer now. And I do, I do sort of half marathons and things I'm always collecting for cancer, I'm always talking to people about cancer, cancer is probably one of the second biggest subjects in my life I suppose. It's taken over in a way if you like.
Jenni Murray - Cancer
Testicular cancer
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