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Changes from testicular cancer

Gthomas
Gthomas CSN Member Posts: 5 Member
in Testicular Cancer #1

I am still attracted to women, but it is different now. It is only a mental attraction. There is no physical urge.
I’m a survivor of testicular cancer for six years. I’ve had my testosterone checked and my level is fine but I don’t physically attracted. Is this normal?

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  • JackWest
    JackWest CSN Member Posts: 100 Member
    #2

    Hello Gthomas ,

    Hope you are doing well, if not better! I hope so. I will be glad to chat and share.

    Message me if you like. Thanks.

    Jack

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  • Gthomas
    Gthomas CSN Member Posts: 5 Member
    #3

    Sorry Jack. Don’t worry about responding to my message. I’m at the age where who cares and why change now you’ll be died in 20-30 years. I have dealt with this and other issues for so long I’ve learn to just push through life.

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  • JackWest
    JackWest CSN Member Posts: 100 Member
    #4
    https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1721936#Comment_1721936

    Love to chat or message. Can we? Thanks.

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  • jdub1
    jdub1 CSN Member Posts: 4 Member
    #5

    Hi Jack I'm not sure where your t levels are but I was the same way after my testicle removed and done with chemo no urge or desire for sex but I went to urologist and prescribed me testosterone it made a huge difference not only in my want and desire to have sex but my energy level went up I wouldn't get tired in the middle of the day and overall well being improved if you can get prescriped testosterone I would if I were you it took a couple weeks before I noticed good improvements I hate sticking a needle in my leg every 10 days but it is definitely worth it I'm confident that your quality of life and over all sense of well being and mood will greatly improve and it sounds like you have suffered enough in life so I say do it cause you deserve it

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  • jdub1
    jdub1 CSN Member Posts: 4 Member
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    Also fun fact actually **** fact oncologist make extra money off of prescribing chemo it's like one of the only prescription that the doctor actually gets paid extra money to prescribe there was a case I believe in Chicago where an oncologist got caught prescribing over a hundred people with chemo that didn't even have cancer and some of them died from the chemo meds true story so I think it's safe to say that some doctors are giving more chemo then what's needed to actual cancer patients it's disgusting that they get a money kick back for that it's literally an incentive to prescribe chemo even if they don't have cancer like the doctor in Chicago did

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  • JackWest
    JackWest CSN Member Posts: 100 Member
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    HOLY S… that is so greedy!

    Thanks for sharing.

    Jack

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