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Physically I was drained but I continued to press on. A week after chemo I delivered and installed a half dozen grave stones.
Mentally it was a whole different animal.
It was hard, because the spouse at the time expected me to be normal right away. That I could resume right were I left off before.
Mom had both her breasts removed, then started chemo. She wasn't the same person after that, but after the surgeries she couldn't do much of anything for about a year. She had maybe 1 good year in the 5 year fight where she was her normal self, but she couldn't hold on.
Mom had both her breasts removed, then started chemo. She wasn't the same person after that, but after the surgeries she couldn't do much of anything for about a year. She had maybe 1 good year in the 5 year fight where she was her normal self, but she couldn't hold on.
So, I was speaking with a friend, hadn't seen him since High School. He was talking about being back to normal duty at work, and I said when was your surgery? He thought I said what, and before I could stop him, he said "well, to be honest, I had my nut cut off."
WHAT?!?! I didn't even know what to say, I didn't know how to respond...
Now, maybe I've been living under a rock, or is that not something you share to only close friends or family? I have no idea why he mentioned that, and so early on in the conversation. Any thoughts?!?
Let me clarify... after the initial shock, I did ask if it was cancer, and was concerned. I just wasn't expecting to hear that. I don't think any less of him, it's something he can't help, and should not be ashamed of. My question was in regards to him saying it so soon, as in maybe he is self conscious about it and wants to put all of his cards on the table right away.
My guess would be that after cancer treatment, worrying what the long term consequences would be and basically going through hell, he's gotten a lot less hung up on the issue than your average person. After all, it's a testicle--just another part of the body. And as others have said, he may be trying to get everything out in the open just in case you're one of those people who would cut and run over the idea of a guy with one ball.
i don't think that would really be a problem to him unless he has scars on his junk.
For the record, if a testicle is removed due to cancer, or in my case, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, the scar is on the lower abdomen. And as SD4020 said, the chemo treatments are far worse than the surgery. (In my case, I needed both traditional IV chemotherapy AND chemotherapy adminstered through the spinal cord, as well as radiation therapy. I'm very much recovered from the surgery, but still working through the various impacts of the treatments.)
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