Jesus H, Man. It sounds from your post like you've recovered now, so that's good to hear.
Pretty much, yeah. I found out on Valentines day that I had a mediastinal germ cell tumor. It is basically the same type of cancer as testicular cancer, only in my chest. I went through 3 months of chemo to shrink the tumor. The last step is surgery on July 8th to remove it. About 6 weeks after that, its back to a normal life.