Testicular Cancer Support Group

I lost a testicle because of testicular cancer. I was shocked that I had cancer and thought I was too young to have that. I went through ALOT of different emotions and still sometimes struggle with thinking that I am no longer a "real" man because I don't have all the "equipment". Luckily I have a very understanding and supportive wife.

I LOST MY RT TESTICLE DO TO CANCER AT 51 I DON'T FEEL IT MAKES ME LESS OF A MAN. I AM NOT A MAN BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE THERE BUT THAT I AM THERE FOR MY KIDS. IT IS NOT MY BEST WHEN I MEET A NEW WOMEN BUT WE ALL HAD TO GET PAST THE 1ST TIME. IT DOES NOT MAKE ME WHAT I AM I MAKE IT WHAT IT IS. BOB

I lost one testicle after a mountain biking accident and now I my remaining testicle has stopped producing testosterone and I am on testosterone cypionate injections weekly. My other testicle has atrophy and is painful. I will have it removed this month. The md asked me if I was sure I wanted it removed and to me it is a no brainer as it doesn't work and is painful. He also asked what my wife thought and I said she doesn't like seeing me in pain. It is scheduled for August 2009 and has to be done through the scrotum since I had 2 hernia surgeries from weight lifting. I will let you know how it goes. One question, does the surgeon remove the scrotum?

it sucks and hard to accept. i lost one to testicular cancer at age 21 and than had testicular cancer in the other one at age 23. i'm 25 now and have the same girl for 8 months now. she is pretty supportive. ever since i lossed both testes i have never felt the same with my testosterone levels. my doc prescribed 300ml of test. cypionate for a month and i just have trouble down there sometimes. i didn't feel like a man for a while. i was 23 years old, a dick with no balls. i still get angry and sad about it. i'm just thankful to be alive and have the chance to do anything i want in life. the second time i had cancer in a 2 year period i told my current gf at the time that i was diagnosed again and had to have my last real ball removed, she broke up with me. i didn't want to live and ended up with several visits to the psyc. ward and developed a bad opiate addiction which than resulted to herion. kinda severe but it really messed me up in the head. i'm clean now and just am amazed that having "balls" don't really matter at all in life. it's just about you being you and making the best of every moment that we have on this earth. point blank, the right girl wont just look at your balls and judge you by them. how many girls have you ever met in the past judge a guy by his balls. i have 2 fake ones and would use that as an opener to get with some girls. i just know that everything is the way it is because it's in Gods hands. if it wasn't suspose to be like this than it wouldn't be like this. everything is the way that it is susposed to be. just look at the things that you have in life instead of the things that you don't.

I am not sure if I am posting on the wrong board but I don't know where I fit. My husband lost his testicle after surgery when he was 5. He had a undescended testicle since birth, but not cancer. 15 years ago he lost all sex drive in his early thirty's. He complained to doctor he was tried all the time and had no sex drive. They could care less that we had no sex. They told him to get more sleep. His testosterone was low for his age but in the normal/low range over all. He has been having hot flashes for years. The doctors laughed at him. One doctor told him to run to increase his testosterone. He was a idiot. I think most primary care doctors are stupid when it comes to testing and treating testosterone related problems. I finally had my rheumatologist see him. He has gotten to know us quite well and knows we are not complainers unless something is bad. He is the first willing to treat my husband. The other doctors all said it didn't mater if he only had one testicle. Maybe for some people it does not matter but for him it does. I also think some people function and have no side effects with low testosterone but not for all. I know he was depressed too but I also think that was caused by low testosterone. He has been on Androgel now for 11 days. I do see some improvement already. It has been a rough 15 years not knowing what was wrong. For me there was a wide range of feelings I went through. I wondered sometimes why I stayed married since we both did not really understand what was going on.

I have recently been told that due to having a considerable hard lump on my right testicle that it is very likely that I will be having it removed for a chance to get a biopsy. Its crazy that they cant find another way to do it. Im still getting used to the idea of being without one of the boys.

I am however thankful that I have fathered children and that I was secure enough in myself to have a vasectomy last year, but still, even though my nuts are there only for decoration, I kinda would have preferred to keep them both.

I hope I dont come across as any less sympathetic towards your thoughts and insecurities. By no means do I mean any offence from my candid description/terminology.

Jarrod