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Hi All, had TC in June 2015 followed by 2 rounds of chemo. Since then all has been perfect in surveillance- bloods, xrays etc. In the last year or so I was having some symptoms- very tired/complete lack of interest in sex/night sweating (overall sweating...
Hi everyone. Looking to see if anyone experienced a hernia after having an orchiectomy and if so how did you go about dealing with it. I've been 2 years now after surgery and looks like I'm getting a hernia. My doctor said they are not likely to give...
Hi fellas, since having my testicle removed I have a triggering pain at the external inguinal ring. There is a bit of lumpy tissue under the skin which feels like some sort of stump, and when the tip gets touched it triggers pain which last hours or...
Hi everyone. Unfortunately I find myself here again after my original diagnosis of testicular cancer back in October 22’ I had my orchidectomy to remove my left testicle around November and ended up with a very painful hematoma which needed further...
Good evening all, I hope you’re all doing well and am sending all my positivity your way. Two days ago I started treatment and I am feeling terrible, I was just hoping that someone would have some advice or would be open to sharing their experience...
I am going through chemotherapy to treat stage 2 testicular cancer (embryonal carcinoma) and I have been looking at various options to supplement the traditional course of chemotherapy. I am not looking to replace chemo but rather I am looking for ways...
My partner is 65 and had a right orchidectomy 4 weeks ago. He says he feels numb. He’s definitely changed …quieter and extremely tired. also he finds looking at himself post op difficult..even upsetting. Can anyone relate to this? Is the tiredness...
I just replied to someones post but maybe better to post separately? my partner is unusually 65 and 3 days post radical orchidectomy. As a female and inundated with discussion and images images post mastectomy there seems to be very little for men....
Hi everyone. Im new to the forum so hope this is okay to post. I had an Orchidectomy for my left testicle last Friday after finding a lump back in June. Surgery was fine but since there has been a fair bit of swelling and my scrotum on that side has...
Hi I have recently been diagnosed with a non seminoma testicular cancer. Specifically a mix of yolk sac, embyronal, teratoma and choriocarcinoma. 15% of the tumour was choriocarcinoma. I’m somewhat concerned about aggressiveness of the choriocarcinoma...
