Testicular Cancer

[montanabrand]

I am a Mom 48 yrs. I have a son now 26 yrs old. At birth he had a hydrocele , retracting testicle, and was not premature or low birth weight. He was 8lbs, 16 ozs, 22 inchs. According to what I have read, most boys who have this problem come about due to prematurity or low birth weight as well as poor nutrition of the Mom. I had morning sickness for 5 months, but felt other than that he was growing well. Well, I have been reading about this undescended testicle thing. My son had surgery to resolve this problem when he was in kindergarten, probably about 6 yrs old. According to what I have read he should have had it earlier, more like 1 yrs old. I don't know what the Dr's were doing all of this time, but evidentally were not looking out for my child's best interest. So, this being the case..Does he stand a increased risk for testicular cancer ? I am worrying quite a bit about this and advised him to regularly have his testicles checked. I feel very bad that I possibly could have made him improperly, you know, during gestation. A feeling of guilt as a Mother always wants to offer her child the very best health right from the get go. I don't want for him to go through life worrying about cancer due to my poor genes if this is the case. Well, I read and I read. Some sites say one out of 22,000, chance of getting testicular cancer .is this good or bad? Others say ten fold chance. So, you being a urologist hopefully knowledgeable, please help me sort out these opinions for actual fact. Now what worries me was a year ago he was complaining that his lower back hurt. He did go to the Dr and he gave him antibiotics for possible urtheritis? I am not sure if this helped as he was talking about it again not to long ago. He thought maybe it was due to truck driving? Would he be able to feel a lump if he had one in his testicle? Or is everything rather subtle? And he has no medical insurance, is there medical facilities who help with this? Or will treat him if he has none? Well, am jumping ahead of myself, but worry and worry.