Laithina

Same boat here, no questions to ask but good luck. I was diagnosed in February at 36. Gave my doc the course of events: Checking self every month or so, found nothing in December, found a small lump at end of February, saw doctor in March, orchiectomy in April.

My doctor was a young guy but was nice enough overall. When he looked at the ultrasound he just looked at me and said, "This is likely cancer. Are you considering having children?" I said, "we had three and we're done having kids anyway. The shop is closed on the receiving end."

About three weeks later had my orchiectomy. While I was coming to the doc was giving discharge instructions to my wife, as he was walking out I shouted after him as loud as I could, "Hey doc! Did it get nuts in there?"

Edit - Have you considered getting a prosthetic? I got one, it's not the same, but I don't regret it.

I am sorry that I missed this AMA but hope that you have a chance to see my question Dr. Nick: My son is a special needs child being helped through school by a special educator (whom is fantastic by the way) and multiple others. My son is currently seven years old and is struggling to read. I have been trying different methods to help him succeed at reading. He does extremely well in other areas in school (mathematics especially). I have picked up a program recently by David Morgan Education called visual trainer text as a possible starting point. Phonics seems to be a huge struggle, so much so that tantrums typically happen when writing or identifying letters/sounds (he can identify his letters if I give him a scatter and ask him to point to the letter 'A' but not if I hold up the letter 'A' and ask him what the letter is). Do you have any suggestions on methods to try to help us?