Apart from numerous trips to the emergency department as a teenager, my medical past was pretty uneventful until my early forties. The only significant thing I had suffered from was an appendix which ruptured on the way to theatre to have it removed the night before my 21st birthday.
In late 2008 I was diagnosed with testicular cancer, had a unilateral orchidectomy in December of that year and then a single dose of chemotherapy in February 2009. An ultrasound exam following the initial surgery identified deposits on the remaining testicle, which investigative surgery showed only to be calcium deposits. Regular checks continued until 2012 when I was discharged from Oncology, but continued to be seen by a Urologist until 2013 due to consequential symptoms.
I have had testosterone replacement therapy since 2012, initially as a daily gel, then as a monthly injection and for the last couple of years as a 12 weekly injection.