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Long story short, 4-5 years ago I found what I thought to be a lump on one of my testicles. The scan came back clear.

However I found another abnormality, had it scanned but was told today that I'd need an urgent refferal to a urologist.

Obviously I'm hoping it's nothing bad, but saying I'm **** scared is an understatement!

Ok, point of this thread. You should do monthly self exams and if you notice even a slight change, go and see your doctor. I know it sometimes can be embarresing but this is what doctors get payed for. If the doctor isn't sure what it is, you can have a painless ultrasound which takes about 5 mins.

Lumps on or in the epididymis are usually not cancer and are usually cysts. But it is still always a good idea to go get them checked out. :)

For more details on carrying out a testicular self exam, please go to the following link - http://www.acor.org/tcrc/tcexam.html

Thanks for reading guys!
 
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Good thread. I hope everything turns out to be normal for you mate.

To quote your link on something I think is important for all of us now feeling our balls:

Please note that free floating lumps in the scrotum that are not attached in any way to a testicle are not testicular cancer.
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Also that thing that dangles down (and up on occasion) is perfectly normal and belongs there.;)
 
Good luck to you. I hope everything's alright.


If anyone needs to know how to perform a testicular exam then here is a helpful guide for you:


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Hope everything works out OK for you! This really is an important message though. I found a lump last year and was scared out of my mind. I put off going to the doctor for weeks (silly, I know). He checked out the lump and informed me it was a benign cyst - completely put my mind at ease and it was such a quick and not-at-all embarresing examination that I wish I had gone sooner. Of course, if it is potentially a malignant tumor, time is very, very important. So check often!
 
Or if you can't be bothered to do it yourself, get your gf/wife to check for you.

Although I would suggest daily would be the preferred time period and don't forget lads, women's lips are far more sensitive than fingers - you wouldn't want her to miss anything ;)

On a serious note, hope everything works out okay for the OP.
 
I found a lump about 6 years ago, had a scan, got called in to see a surgeon at about 17:00 one evening 24 hours later the offending testicle was gone and I was back home again. I had some precautionary chemotherapy which was not pleasant but all been fine since.

Until a few weeks ago when bowel problems occurred but because I'd had a cancer before I was in hospital within a week and had a lump removed along with part of my intestine/bowel. It was tested as being pre-cancerous.

The morale of the story, go to your GP sooner rather than later for anything unusual, and especially if it's embarrassing - they have seen it all before.

Andi.

PS Apologies to the girls reading, but you have other body parts to be concerned with ;)
 
i have had a cyst on one of mine for years, had it checked out a few times only to be told there is nothing to worry about, a year ago i found another strange mass on the other side, the doctor was not able to feel it, i asked to be refereed and he sent me, had my scan and it came back clear, yet i was 100% i could feel "Something" a few months back i had another feel and it was quite clear there was another lump about the same size as the other diagnosed Cysts, a pea size.

I took a trip to the GP last week, he said, without an examination, its again nothing to worry about.

I know how you feel!!!
 
Okay. Good point.

/feels balls.

Wait. Maybe on the train isn't the best place.

But yes - men should be much more 'into' their health.
 
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i have had a cyst on one of mine for years, had it checked out a few times only to be told there is nothing to worry about, a year ago i found another strange mass on the other side, the doctor was not able to feel it, i asked to be refereed and he sent me, had my scan and it came back clear, yet i was 100% i could feel "Something" a few months back i had another feel and it was quite clear there was another lump about the same size as the other diagnosed Cysts, a pea size.

I took a trip to the GP last week, he said, without an examination, its again nothing to worry about.

I know how you feel!!!
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Hi mate,

I do not want to alarm you or anything but a GP saying it's nothing to worry about without even doing an examination is in the wrong in my opinion.

The same thing happened to me last year, I went to see a GP, he did actually examine me and said that everything was fine but now it turns out to be a different story.
 
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