A friend of mine may have testicular cancer.. He has told me that if one of his !


Question: He has said to me that if his testicle has to be removed, then he will say no - and refuse to have an operation to remove it. This would mean that there is a VERY LARGE risk that the cancer will sread. He's said that he would rather die than loose his manhood? I can sympathise with him, but what do you think?


Answers: He has said to me that if his testicle has to be removed, then he will say no - and refuse to have an operation to remove it. This would mean that there is a VERY LARGE risk that the cancer will sread. He's said that he would rather die than loose his manhood? I can sympathise with him, but what do you think?

Jay D: Your friend has yet to realize that "manhood" is not determined by how many testicles a man has. Respect for others, compassion, and being able to "give your word" and keep it. Being able to look at someone in the eye when you're wrong and able to say your sorry and mean it. Those things, Jay D, are great characteristics to find in a gentleman.
"Love" will allow the other person to look at you far beyond your "physical" aspect.

As for you, as I've asked you before, time and time again....Please, Jay D, go to the doctor!!

Losing one testicle does not mean a loss of manhood. Everything still runs the same down there with one testicle as a woman does with one ovary. I think your friend needs to have a serious sit down with family or a doctor about how much more important his life is. One testicle does not mean loss of manhood.

Tell him you are a concerned friend and worried that he is making a horrible decision by not getting the operation to save his life.


reassure him with this from a worthy website

"The important thing to remember is that, if the other testicle is healthy, the removal of one testicle will not affect your sexual performance or your ability to father children. This is because the remaining healthy testicle will produce more testosterone and sperm to make up for the removal of the affected testicle.

For many men, it is possible to preserve their fertility by storing sperm (sperm banking). If your sperm is suitable and you would like to store some for the future, you will need to produce a number of sperm samples over a period of a few days. These can be frozen and stored for some time by the hospital. When you want to father a child, your sperm can be thawed and used to artificially inseminate your partner.

Unfortunately, not every man has sperm suitable for banking. To be successfully stored, a sample must contain a certain number of active sperm cells, which would be able to fertilise a female egg. However, new techniques now make it possible for less active sperm to be effective. Active sperm can also sometimes be taken from the testes, even when there are none in the semen.

It is best to discuss possible sperm storage with your doctor before your treatment starts, so that tests can be done to check your sperm count.

For many patients with cancer, the cancer unit will provide free sperm banking, but if the hospital has to pay for this service they may charge you. The costs vary between hospitals.

If your doctor feels that it is important to start chemotherapy treatment very soon, there may not be enough time to arrange for sperm banking to be done before treatment starts."

I think he's a vain idiot. One testicle can produce enough sperm to reproduce if that's his problem. One testicle will not decrease his desire or ability to have sex and unless he wasn't paying attention, they make prosthetic testicles that can be implanted where the cancerous one was. Him and his doctor will be the only ones that will ever know. Maybe he should seek counsel ling, it's pretty sad that a man would choose almost certain death over the loss of a testicle.

My cousin was about 12 y/o, popping fire crackers and a fire cracker popped between his legs. He lost one of his testicles. Now he is 28 y/o, married, and expecting his first child in April.

My father had testicular cancer at 29 and had the affected testicle removed.

He went on to father three more children, and died 47 years later of something unrelated to cancer.

'Firing on one cylinder', as my mother used to say, didn't affect his 'manhood' in the least.

I can understand his fears, but please assure him that losing one testicle won't affect his ability to have sex or his ability to have children.

And to be very honest, it's not something a sexual partner is likely to notice until it's pointed out.

hes a foll in my eyes.. yeah he might be prepared to die instea dof loosing a testicle.. but its selfish to put his family through the pain of loosing a son.

One testicle is still enough to do everything with a woman, so no worries there. There's no lying its a serious situation, but with some testosterone, and some physical rehab, he should be fine. I have a friend who had one removed and he seems to be fine with the ladies, though I've never asked.

I would agree IF it is not a seminoma which is very benign and for which a orchiectomy is indicated. That will leave him one testicle which is all he needs to keep his manhood and procreate. There are many different types of testicular tumors and if it hasnt spread its no big. He is in turmoil and needs you as a friend now. Good for you for helping him. Fortunately he is a minor and so his parents have the entire responsiblity to sign the operative permit.
Until it is removed and the pathology report comes back, we dont know what kind of testicular tumor it is so if you can stall him, get him to just go through one day at a time telling him to hold his decision until he knows exactly what the prognosis is, that would be super.





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