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Hi all. I had a Mature Adult Teratoma (left orchiectomy) remove in March 1993 while I was in the US Navy. The Navy handled my treatment badly( 9 months of telling me I had epiditmitis or venereal disease, then woops, you have cancer! Remove the Testicle and off to a cruise to the Persian Gulf!) When I got back, I asked the corpsman (navy version of a medic) If he thought I should go have a follow-up appointment. He sent me to a urologist that educated me on what I actually had, pulled me off the ship and put me into a monitoring regime. I followed his recommendations even after I left the navy and worked in the Veterans Administration system.
Fast forward to 2007. I am a navy reserve member that came off a rather taxing deployment in October of 2006. I have been depressed and fatigued since before getting back. I just attributed most of that to readjustment and winter blues ( I AM in North Dakota after all). I did notice my symptoms of depression getting worse. My mother has battled with bi-polar disorder for all of my life, so I am familiar with the symptoms of depression. I notice my own thinking going down similar lines as her, so I was thinking it might be a heredity thing.
About a month and a half ago, I started waking up at night blazing hot, just to toss off all of the blankets, break out in a cold sweat, put all of the blankets back on, sleep for an hour just to start the process over again. The lack of sleep is driving me nuts. Last week in an EMT class I am taking, one of the student was talking about hot flashes she was going through with the instructor. It dawned on me then that what all I was going through was not all that normal. I did some research on the net and here I am. Sounds like low testosterone could be an issue.
I have set up an appointment with a urologist May 3, 2007. What kind of blood work should I be thinking about? Any questions I should ask about follow up for the teratoma? Any other Advice?
Fast forward to 2007. I am a navy reserve member that came off a rather taxing deployment in October of 2006. I have been depressed and fatigued since before getting back. I just attributed most of that to readjustment and winter blues ( I AM in North Dakota after all). I did notice my symptoms of depression getting worse. My mother has battled with bi-polar disorder for all of my life, so I am familiar with the symptoms of depression. I notice my own thinking going down similar lines as her, so I was thinking it might be a heredity thing.
About a month and a half ago, I started waking up at night blazing hot, just to toss off all of the blankets, break out in a cold sweat, put all of the blankets back on, sleep for an hour just to start the process over again. The lack of sleep is driving me nuts. Last week in an EMT class I am taking, one of the student was talking about hot flashes she was going through with the instructor. It dawned on me then that what all I was going through was not all that normal. I did some research on the net and here I am. Sounds like low testosterone could be an issue.
I have set up an appointment with a urologist May 3, 2007. What kind of blood work should I be thinking about? Any questions I should ask about follow up for the teratoma? Any other Advice?
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