Interview 147
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He found that psychological counselling helped him manage his pain caused by nerve damage from surgery for testicular cancer.
He found that psychological counselling helped him manage his pain caused by nerve damage from surgery for testicular cancer.
Five years after having platinum based chemotherapy for testicular cancer he still experiences a numbness in his fingers during cold weather that he describes as being like pins and needles.
Five years after having platinum based chemotherapy for testicular cancer he still experiences a numbness in his fingers during cold weather that he describes as being like pins and needles.
But I do have a numbness in my fingers, which I'm going to be left with possibly for forever. Again, it's not subsided to a great, I mean it has subsided slightly but in, particularly in the winter, in the cold weather the ends of my fingers will almost go blue, it's just damage caused by a drug called cisplatin, which is part of the chemotherapy regimen that is given to you, which damages the nerves in your body. Now it was just, it's one of the side effects that you have but it's just basically pins and needles in your fingers during cold weather, which is manageable.
He was invited to bank some sperm before having chemotherapy for his testicular cancer; doing it at the clinic didn't appeal to him so he did it at home and rushed the specimen to hospital by car.
He was invited to bank some sperm before having chemotherapy for his testicular cancer; doing it at the clinic didn't appeal to him so he did it at home and rushed the specimen to hospital by car.
After surviving testicular cancer he feels less inhibited about talking openly about things that matter with close family and friends.
After surviving testicular cancer he feels less inhibited about talking openly about things that matter with close family and friends.
I think from a male point of view it almost makes you a better person because I think men in many respects don't tend to talk to other people openly, other men, other whoever, and discussion can be a little bit sort of, I don't know, just talk about the weather or the sport or whatever, and not really talk to people, whereas after an illness that sort of thing becomes less important and proper friendships and relationships with your close family and friends become more important in your life. You're less afraid to open up and talk about things.