How will treatment for testicular cancer affect my sex life?
Having one testicle removed will not affect your sex drive or your ability to have an erection or ejaculate. You may not feel like having sex right after surgery, but recovery is usually pretty quick. Some men also need to have lymph nodes in the abdomen removed. This usually doesn’t affect a man’s ability to have an erection or an orgasm.If certain nerves are damaged during the surgery, it may cause dry ejaculation. Radiation and chemotherapy don’t usually affect a man’s physical ability to have sex. But they can have other side effects, such as fatigue that may affect your libido. If you have both testicles removed, you’ll no longer make testosterone, which controls your sex drive. After cancer treatment, your doctor may prescribe testosterone replacement therapy to help restore your sex drive. How will treatment affect my fertility? Having one testicle removed should not affect your fertility. The healthy testicle will produce more sperm to make up for the one that was removed. Havi
