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Hi All,
In March 2015 I had a orchiectomy on my right testicle which came back as a pure seminoma. Since then I have been on surveillance and all has been well. I also have been taking testosterone as my remaining left did not produce enough and I had symptoms of low testosterone. My left testicle was undescended at birth and was brought down through a surgical procedure at age 3 so no surprise why my testosterone levels declined to about 300 after my surgery (650 prior to surgery).
Fast forward to last month and on a routine scrotal ultrasound on my left testicle they have found a new finding, very small ill defined 2 x 4mm hypo echoic region. I have been given two options, 1) surveillance to see if the lesion grows and 2) Partial Orchiectomy from one of the top surgeons in this procedure.
Anyone else have gone through a similar situation before? I was reading that the most common cancer in patients with history of undescended testis is a seminoma. The urologist thinks that this small lesion maybe benign and if it is cancer not anything aggressive. Again, post surgery I am not as concerned about the testosterone levels as I am already on a injections. Also I have banked sperm prior to my first surgery in 2015.
Thank you in advance.
In March 2015 I had a orchiectomy on my right testicle which came back as a pure seminoma. Since then I have been on surveillance and all has been well. I also have been taking testosterone as my remaining left did not produce enough and I had symptoms of low testosterone. My left testicle was undescended at birth and was brought down through a surgical procedure at age 3 so no surprise why my testosterone levels declined to about 300 after my surgery (650 prior to surgery).
Fast forward to last month and on a routine scrotal ultrasound on my left testicle they have found a new finding, very small ill defined 2 x 4mm hypo echoic region. I have been given two options, 1) surveillance to see if the lesion grows and 2) Partial Orchiectomy from one of the top surgeons in this procedure.
Anyone else have gone through a similar situation before? I was reading that the most common cancer in patients with history of undescended testis is a seminoma. The urologist thinks that this small lesion maybe benign and if it is cancer not anything aggressive. Again, post surgery I am not as concerned about the testosterone levels as I am already on a injections. Also I have banked sperm prior to my first surgery in 2015.
Thank you in advance.
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