Below the Belt

Testicular cancer strikes most often in young men, at a point in life when cancer is the last thing anyone expects. The diagnosis upends not just health but the sense of oneself — and the questions about fertility, about treatment, about what comes after are ones that the writers in this volume answer without pretense.

Inside this volume

Fifty accounts move from the discovery of a lump through orchidectomy, the staging process, and where necessary chemotherapy or radiation — and into the life that resumes afterward. Writers address fertility preservation, relationships, the psychological work of a cancer in a place that carries particular meaning, and what it felt like to come through it.

Who it's for

For young men navigating this diagnosis, for their partners, and for anyone who wants a clear-eyed account of an experience that is rarely described with enough candor.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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