"Up to one-fourth of Americans have a small pituitary tumor that causes no signs or symptoms." _________________ Wow, I had never heard that before -- from Clutch's link
Prayers and well wishes buddy. If you get a little down about the nad think of that old almond joy slogan, "sometimes you feel like a nut..."
My prayers are with you. Good luck and stay positive. My 19 month old son had a tumor in his right testicle (very unheard of at his age) and had to have a partial orchiectomy at 6 months old. He's doing great now and has to do routine check ups at MD Anderson. The best advice is to stay positive.....and don't read too much on the internet. That was a big mistake on my part (scared the hell out of me)...but everything worked out. Tumor is always a scary word. But it doesn't have to be.
Good luck, my man, try not to worry about the 'what if's' too terribly much right now, you are doing the right thing by facing it. Nice job. You will be shocked by how advanced medic ine is, how many treatments there are, how many new treatments are being developed. You are in everyone's thoughts.
thanks for the continued support. deckard - i hope it doesn't come down to having to freeze the sperm, but yeh, i didn't think of that option. stupidmoniker - i'm pretty glad right now that i'm living in canada for the free health care . kingcheetah - i noticed that too line from clutch's link as well, interesting - it seems as though my tumor decided to act up. but yeh, the likelyhood of it being cancerous is very unlikely and i'm not even thinking about that right now - but it is still affecting me negatively, so yeh, it is still scary -- especially after watching "House, MD" last night (at the end they operated on the pituatary and took a tumor out - they cut through the inside of the lip - argh!). it's also encouraging to read your other post as well - hopefully my boys return to normal too. akperez - thanks for sharing your story. i do get scared by some of the things i read on the internet, but i know that i just need to take things as they come. even if it is worst case scenerio, i'll have to deal with it - and i will. in my mind it's just a temporary thing - i'm hoping that it truly is just that. everybody - thanks again for all the encouragement. i will try to stay positive through this. as some of you have mentioned, i'm lucky to be living in an age where technology is as advanced as it is.
Funny you mention that.....I was watching that show last night and thought of you! Hang in there man!
I don't know you but that beside the point...really though, you will be alright, you just need to stuff thinking about it so much and enjoy life!
-----UPDATE----- all my test results are in... first of all, thanks for all the encouragement. i did have a couple days that were quite tough, but after that i decided to just go on with my life and take it as it comes to me. so that's what i did. i just got my test results from my family doctor back in - and it seems as though it's figured out...AND there's a possibility i'll get my nut back. supposedly there was something that happened a year or so ago that just shut my body down, seemingly completely (in the topic of testosterone). this could have been the snowboard accident that i mentioned before, it could have been a sickness (though i don't remember one), hell, it coulda been anything out of the ordinary - but something happened causing my testosterone to almost stop producing all together. damn i'm glad that's the reason...because it's a lot easier to face than to have to have brain surgery, even if that surgery is presumed to be 'safe.' so, when i get back home again from school in a week and a bit, i'm going to be put on either testosterone gels or shots (either gels every day or shots twice a month). this will help me get everything back on track, and although i'll most likely have to do it all my life - it's a small price to pay for good health. my nut, the doctor says after having played with my sack on numerous awkward and joyous occasions to 'figure out' what was wrong (it was a woman ), should come back as i take the testosterone and my levels should jump completely. oh, and i've never been depressed or anything, but they asked me that, because supposedly with low testosterone levels one feels sluggish - so if this is sluggish, i can't wait to feel what is "normal," and if this is my "sluggish" sex-drive, i can't wait to have what is seen to be "normal." my mom says she thinks i'll be humping everything in sight ...but in all seriousness, this is the best news i could have ever expected. thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers, they seem to have really helped me out.
