I've done it...

[Big Brain City]

How bad is testicular cancer, anyway?
I do hope you return.

[New Waterford]

I'm not fond of the whole R/D thing, but I wish you well and hope you recover.

[Sichuan Pepper]

It would be nice if the whole R/D thing could be left out completely. As one player to another I wish you a smooth and speedy recovery.

[The Risen Jaguar Warriors]

Hey guys (and girls)! I noticed that people were flying blue rings for WDD... and so I decided to create a little something special for you all to fly as your flags!

[Aurum Rider]

I liked the idea of it, but I'm not a fan of IMPACT, so heres' the one I came up with.

[Francilie]

just stay strong !

[Idzequitch]

Ridersyl, by now you've already had your surgery, and I realize you won't read this for a long time. But if... nay, when you defeat this damned disease, I hope you'll come back and read the messages that all of us have written for you. I'm honestly unskilled with my words, and my thoughts are never organized, but just know that this comes from the bottom of my heart with full sincerity. I don't really know you, other than from a few brief exchanges in F7, and I dislike the Black Riders organization, but when it comes down to it, it's just a silly game. It doesn't really matter when a life is on the line. I'm hoping and praying with all my might that you will come back to us cancer free and stronger than ever. All my best wishes are headed your way. Be strong, overcome and return to us soon.

[Trevor Phillip Enterprises]

You can take it Syl

[Australian rePublic]

Get well soon

[RiderSyl]

As of 11/24/2014, I have beaten cancer.

I can't express how the feelings are at this point... I'm taking turns crying, smiling, laughing, being shocked, and staring into oblivion.

As it turns out, the tumor in my testicle was already dead. When they tested my removed left lung, they found the same thing. The baseball-sized tumor was made up entirely of scar tissue. It was already dead before the surgery. None of my lymph nodes showed cancerous activity. Everything is okay now... I know they say that you have to go 5 years before you're officially declared cancer-free, and I found out that doctors will instead use different terms to describe a patient that has kicked cancer's sorry ass in the present. I told my parents to watch out for the phrase "No evidence of disease", and in that stunning phone call today my mother received that news, and heard those words. 'No evidence of disease'.

I still won't be able to do much on NationStates, as I still have to heal from the surgeries, especially the lung removal one. But it's all okay now. All that's left to do is heal. All that's left to do is recover. From the surgery, and from the mental and emotional wounds that cancer inflicted. The flashbacks that I gave my relatives to my 33-year-old cousin who died of ovarian cancer at a young age, the indescribable terror and helplessness inflicted on my parents, sister, and grandparents... and the uncontrollable turmoil that my life turned into, waging war against my own cancer. None of that can be taken back, but those wounds will heal. They can finally heal...

After this, I'm spreading all the awareness I can and spreading my story, to inspire people to fight back and beat this monster. I'll go on the marathons, store some money in the piggybank when I'm older so I can donate monthly to charity funds, all of it.

Screw.
You.
Cancer.

As for all the support... I love you guys. Thanks for having such caring hearts.

[Transoxthraxia]

As of 11/24/2014, I have beaten cancer.

I can't express how the feelings are at this point... I'm taking turns crying, smiling, laughing, being shocked, and staring into oblivion.

As it turns out, the tumor in my testicle was already dead. When they tested my removed left lung, they found the same thing. The baseball-sized tumor was made up entirely of scar tissue. It was already dead before the surgery. None of my lymph nodes showed cancerous activity. Everything is okay now... I know they say that you have to go 5 years before you're officially declared cancer-free, and I found out that doctors will instead use different terms to describe a patient that has kicked cancer's sorry ass in the present. I told my parents to watch out for the phrase "No evidence of disease", and in that stunning phone call today my mother received that news, and heard those words. 'No evidence of disease'.

I still won't be able to do much on NationStates, as I still have to heal from the surgeries, especially the lung removal one. But it's all okay now. All that's left to do is heal. All that's left to do is recover. From the surgery, and from the mental and emotional wounds that cancer inflicted. The flashbacks that I gave my relatives to my 33-year-old cousin who died of ovarian cancer at a young age, the indescribable terror and helplessness inflicted on my parents, sister, and grandparents... and the uncontrollable turmoil that my life turned into, waging war against my own cancer. None of that can be taken back, but those wounds will heal. They can finally heal...

After this, I'm spreading all the awareness I can and spreading my story, to inspire people to fight back and beat this monster. I'll go on the marathons, store some money in the piggybank when I'm older so I can donate monthly to charity funds, all of it.

Screw.
You.
Cancer.

As for all the support... I love you guys. Thanks for having such caring hearts.

A thousand salutes to you, my friend. Congratulations.

[Santiago II]

As of 11/24/2014, I have beaten cancer.

I can't express how the feelings are at this point... I'm taking turns crying, smiling, laughing, being shocked, and staring into oblivion.

As it turns out, the tumor in my testicle was already dead. When they tested my removed left lung, they found the same thing. The baseball-sized tumor was made up entirely of scar tissue. It was already dead before the surgery. None of my lymph nodes showed cancerous activity. Everything is okay now... I know they say that you have to go 5 years before you're officially declared cancer-free, and I found out that doctors will instead use different terms to describe a patient that has kicked cancer's sorry ass in the present. I told my parents to watch out for the phrase "No evidence of disease", and in that stunning phone call today my mother received that news, and heard those words. 'No evidence of disease'.

I still won't be able to do much on NationStates, as I still have to heal from the surgeries, especially the lung removal one. But it's all okay now. All that's left to do is heal. All that's left to do is recover. From the surgery, and from the mental and emotional wounds that cancer inflicted. The flashbacks that I gave my relatives to my 33-year-old cousin who died of ovarian cancer at a young age, the indescribable terror and helplessness inflicted on my parents, sister, and grandparents... and the uncontrollable turmoil that my life turned into, waging war against my own cancer. None of that can be taken back, but those wounds will heal. They can finally heal...

After this, I'm spreading all the awareness I can and spreading my story, to inspire people to fight back and beat this monster. I'll go on the marathons, store some money in the piggybank when I'm older so I can donate monthly to charity funds, all of it.

Screw.
You.
Cancer.

As for all the support... I love you guys. Thanks for having such caring hearts.

That's great, brother. Glad to hear.

[Wisconsin9]

Fuckin' awesome, man. Congratulations, and good luck with your recovery.

[Valrifell]

Cancer realized who's body it was in, and killed itself.
Once more, speedy recovery.

[PrussianEmpire]

Hope you have a speedy recovery!

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

http://www.nationstates.net/region=islam

[Xoriet]

As of 11/24/2014, I have beaten cancer.

So glad to hear this. <3 Take your time and recover, Syl.

[The Risen Jaguar Warriors]

CONGRATCHYUCONLAYSHUNS!!!

I was very surprised when I saw you in Moderation this morning, so I went to go check on this thread... And you're BACK! You made it! ^U^

[Tancerlo]

That cancer never stood a chance man.

I'm truly glad everything worked out.

[Yao]

Glad to hear you made it through, congratulations mate. Cheers to a speedy recovery.

[Republic of Augusta]

Alright, this is it. I'm going to be gone from NationStates for a long while. I'm having 3-4 hours of surgery on Monday at 5 AM, so my family and I are going to leave town on Sunday and stay in a hotel the night before. After the doctors surgically remove my entire left lung and right testicle, due to the cancerous tumors there, I will be in the hospital for 7 days before I get sent home. At home, I will spend another 5-7 weeks in bed recovering, at least.

The surgery requires an incision where they will cut into the muscles that connect to my left arm and left shoulder-blade, so I will have to slowly rehab my left arm until it has the strength to do things an arm should be able to do. Additionally, my right lung will have to grow stronger to compensate for the lack of oxygen that would be the responsibility of the then-absent left lung, meaning I will be plagued by constant shortness of breath until my right lung is strong enough.

After fighting this testicular cancer, which I was diagnosed with right on my friggin' 21st birthday in June, going through 3 months of the most aggressive chemotherapy currently available, and entirely changing my eating habits to include nothing awesome and everything healthy, finally the end might be in sight. I know they say you have to go 5 years without a recurrence to be officially declared cancer-free, but I and my awesomely supportive family will jump for joy the second we hear anything even mentioning my body being rid of this destructive, life-halting, damned disease.

Unless I have a superhuman recovery or something, you won't see me on NS through the holidays. I will rejoin all of you gents and our GP ladies next year, when I'm able. Until then, I'd like us to cast aside our differences in this game and unite in one hatred of one common enemy to everyone. That common enemy is cancer.

Send your best wishes, luck, and prayer my way if you so desire, but I humbly ask that you go beyond that. I have met some awesome people in chemo labs and cancer waiting rooms, who have it even worse than me. Some of them have even lost their battle with cancer emotionally, were in the proccess of losing it physically, or even both. Some of them were marching strong in a way that made me feel like I'd been blessed with being in the presence of someone so strong.

Send your best wishes, luck, and prayers to the victims of all cancer, and that we, as a society, soon find a cure for it. That's much bigger than whether or not I, a single man, beat my encounter with it.

One last thing to say...
Screw cancer.

Thank you for reading,
Ridersyl

You are a true hero. May the odds ever be in your favor!

[Ikania]

Wait, if they were dead before the operation, does that mean they couldn't harm you anyway? I hope the surgery wasn't pointless.

There are plenty of regions left for you to capture, and you haven't missed anything while you were gone. Well, mostly. Tsunamy is set to become Delegate of TSP.

[Kringalia]

That's great news! Here's to a speedy recovery, and I'm sure we'll see you ready for update in no time.

[Anders Blakewood]

Glad to see you back, man. Take as much time as you need to recover.

Looking forward to seeing you in an update in the future!

[Anollasia]

I don't know you, but I'm so glad you fought cancer. Hope you're feeling better.

I know how much of a pain cancer is. I lost my mother because of breast cancer.