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MTCJ — How it all started

4 May 2022: As I’m sitting in my hospital bed, having fluids run into my veins, preparing for my next round of chemo, I’ll tell you how I…

7 min readMay 4, 2022

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My story of going through testicular cancer — a life changing experience, in progress

I was diagnosed with testicular cancer on 1 April 2022. Some kind of April fools’ joke life is playing on me, I guess. But hey, being a…

5 min readMay 3, 2022

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MTCJ — 25 May 2022

This time, the hit came a day earlier than during the first cycle. Since yesterday afternoon, I feel nauseous and extremely tired. It also…

3 min readMay 25, 2022

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MTCJ — Gratitude. A Question of Perspective, or: Don’t Think of an Elephant

It may seem strange that I’m writing about gratitude, as I’m sitting at my little table in the hospital room, having the second round of…

7 min readMay 23, 2022

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MTCJ — 22 May 2022

Back in hospital. Today is Sunday, and the plan was to come in tomorrow morning, for my next round of chemo. However, there was a little…

7 min readMay 22, 2022

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MTCJ — 15 May

The weekend has been a good one. I felt really good yesterday, ended up going for 2 walks and a bike ride of almost an hour — oh what a…

2 min readMay 15, 2022

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MTCJ — 13 May

It’s been quite a while since I wrote, and to be honest, I simply couldn’t face the idea of writing. Anything and everything that reminded…

4 min readMay 15, 2022

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MTCJ — Surgery

As I mentioned before, this blog is first and foremost an (admittedly quite public) way for me to process what’s happening. Thus, the…

6 min readMay 6, 2022

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MTCJ — 6 May 2022

Today is a day of ups and downs. The upsides — there are several:

3 min readMay 6, 2022

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MTCJ — 5 May 2022

Today has been a day of ups and downs. This will be a short post, as it’s late, I’m tired and not feeling great.

2 min readMay 5, 2022

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Olaf Hauenstein

Olaf Hauenstein

Husband, father, triathlete, cancer patient and blogging newbie. I want to help people through my own story, I’m not out to make money or gain popularity.

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