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From Richard:- I am in desperate need of an answer and advice. I am 44 yrs old. I had an emergency surgery June 3rd, 2005 (diverticulitis), I was told by my Dr that the disease was so bad that it fused into my bladder. 12″ of my colon as well as half of my bladder [...]

From Ahmed:- I have pus cell in semen 8-10, and pH 8.5, sperm count 100 million, blood occasionally, volume 2.5 ml, motility 80% and normal morphology is 90%, can u tell me am I fertile men? what should I do to reduce pus cells and reducing pH to normal level? Pus cells and an elevated [...]

From Charlene:- The guy I’m seeing had a cyst on his testicle. It has been there for quite some time. He has lived with pain for 18 years. They just now found out what it was. He would have pain from time to time. Some of the pain would make him want to jump out [...]

From Heather:- My husband had a vasectomy 2 years ago, we found out that I was pregnant. This came to a shock to both of us since he had the procedure. Well to make a long story short we found out that I was pregnant with twins when I was 6 weeks pregnant. How ever [...]

From Paul:- I had a vasectomy about 10 years ago. In two instances recently I’ve had blood in my urine after masturbating. At first bright red turning a day or two later to rusty. No pain or other symptoms whatsoever. Could something have ‘shaken loose’ or something Blood in the urine after ejaculation 10 years [...]

From Wendie:- My husband had a vasectomy reversal five years after the original vasectomy procedure. It has now been approximately four years since the reversal, and we have been actively “trying” to get pregnant for the past year and a half, to no avail. Female issues were completely ruled out; however, his semen analysis showed [...]

From Dave:- First I would like to say that your site is very informative. Thank you. 2 1/2 days ago I had a hernia repaired & a vasectomy at the same time. During the pre operation consultation, the doctor said that it would be easy to cut the vas using the same incision as the [...]

From Karlo:- I had a vasectomy 12 years ago and my wife recently got pregnant. About 5 months after this pregnancy, I had a sperm analysis done and was told that I have a zero count. Although I didn’t originally suspect infidelity, the research I’ve read thus far has suggested that it’s extremely unlikely that [...]

From Sonia:- My husband had a vasectomy 10 years ago and had a reversal in February, 2008. The results of his first semen analysis after 3 and half months include: concentration 23ml, Rapid progressive sperm 10%, slow or sluggish 20%, Non progressive 40%, Immotile 30%, sperm normal shape rate 80%, and there was no liquefaction [...]

From John:- According to one, and only one, report, there is some controversy over the effect that anti-sperm antibodies could possibly have on the brain. A fairly anecdotal report came out of Northwestern Medical Center in Feb. 2007 that showed a very small group of men may be at risk for developing primary progressive aphasia. [...]