r/testicularcancer • u/Pack-Rare • 6d ago

Treatment Question Should I get prosthetics?

So I got a bilateral orchiectomy, and take my TRT and I healed from my orchiectomy very quickly and well, in about 1 week I was good and the incision healed up in 2 weeks with no visible scar.

I didn’t get prosthetics because i didn’t want them to get in the way of my healing, now I’m wondering if I should get prosthetics because things look empty down there and I’m not sure how it’s going to be when I’m being intimate with someone.

I would need 2 testicular prosthetics

Has anyone had prosthetics, how do they feel? How are they? Is it an unnatural feeling?

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u/ESC_Branflakes Survivor (RPLND/Chemo) 5d ago

I didn’t get a prosthetic. Tbh, I don’t really worry about how things look down there, and I felt like a prosthetic would bug me more physically than just leaving things as is post surgery. I don’t regret it. I also don’t blame anyone who does get a prosthetic. To each their own!