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January 30th, 2009

My father has a hernia in one of his testicles which is very painful.He has seen a doctor and has been told to operate,if the hernia is too big they have told him that they may have to remove the testicle. Is this normal can a guy only have 1 testicle? Will this be very painful?

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replied February 1st, 2009

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Yes a man can live with one testicle.

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