My wife and I had been married for more than a year and we had agreed to try for a baby, it was fun trying but nothing
happened on the baby front. We went to the G.P. and he said that it wasn't a long time and we should give it another 6 months
and if not she would do some tests on both of us. That was the first time that it entered my mind that there could
be a problem with me.
Still nothing happened and we were sent for tests, "Just go into that room and give us a sample" the humiliation I could
not have been less excited if my mother had been in the room, after about half an hour a knock at the door "are you ok in
there?" No I thought but said "Yes its just ...." the door opened slightly and several mag’s were pushed through the
crack, "thanks" I said in the quietest voice I could muster. What the hell is wrong with me I thought there won't be a problem.
I managed and came out pot in hand and a red and embarrassed face.
A week later the doctor called us back for the results, my wife was convinced that the problem was with her so I
didn't give it much thought. We sat down and the doctor looked me straight in the eye and said "I am sorry your sperm count
is Zero you are sterile" I felt sick, embarrassed and ashamed, what she said after that just went over my head and I came
out feeling like I had just been punched. My wife tried to talk to me but I didn't want to talk about it.
It has taken me some time to be able to be a man about it instead of acting like a child, and we are now looking into adoption.
Its not the end of the world it just felt like it at the time I think it was my ego that hurt the most, I felt that I was
some how less of a man, very stupid and I urge anyone going through the same thing to see it for what it is a medical problem
not a slur on you manhood.
