Has a dream possibly saved my life?

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Has a dream possibly saved my life? Updated post 88

UPDATE POST 88

Can a MOD amend the title please to "Dream = finding a testicular cyst but father has suspect prostate cancer" or something along those lines





I've been pondering this all day and honestly, I'm seriously ****ing breeze blocks but trying not to think the worst, it's probably nothing but I still cant help but stress about it so I'm sat here with a bottle of grouse whiling the night away trying not to think about tomorrow.

The story.....

Last night i had a dream... I don't know why it was on this subject but I'm glad and petrified at the same time. I don't even know if this dream makes sense.

I dreamt i was visiting the hospital for test results, I was going as moral support for a female friend but i couldn't tell who the friend was. I remember the blood test being for cancerous cells (is this even legit?) and that for moral support for this unknown friend i had provided a blood test as well to make them feel more at ease.

We went in and the consultants office and sat down, he rummaged through a folder of papers and calmly and casually announced to my friend that her tests came back negative and she showed no signs of cancerous cells in her blood. We hugged, both happy that everything was ok and that the concerns were unfounded.

The doctor then after a pause commented that it was good news but he also had bad news to deliver at which point i can see the concern on my mystery friends name but the doctor directs his next comment to me. He told me my tests have came back and their are cancerous cells within my blood that are consistent with testicular cancer.

I woke up at 5am with a bit of a sweat this morning and go back to sleep and wake up at 7. I jumped in the shower this morning with the dream still running through my mind and decide to have a quick palm and roll while in the shower to check considering its many months since i last checked.

Now comes why I'm currently sat her drinking myself into a mild stupor. I've found a hard-ish lump , by my estimation abou 2 cm long and shaped like an egg on my left nut while in the shower and I'm panicking but trying to keep optimistic but failing miserably.

All i can think about is the other guy on here who a while ago found a lump and i remember wishing him the best but now it's me i really don't know what to do or say. Even more so i'm disturbed that if it wasn't for my dream i probably wouldn't have checked

I rang my GP bang on 9 this morning from work and i have an appointment tomorrow morning at 11:30. I've spoken to my manager at work who if anything has been amazing today, she's gave me time off to go to the GP when we cant really afford it and has listened to me stress at her for about an hour and has been nothing but supportive and tried to reassure me.

I know I'm not in the primary age range for testicular cancer (about to turn 28) and i know it will probably be something like a cyst or something minor but I cant help but think the worst.

You always think crap like this will never happen to you and in the past I've always felt really bad for guys who have been effected by this but in reality i now think my own comments in the past have been hollow until now.

I know GD isn't the best for this stuff and some cretins will no doubt emerge but i need some place to vent and i don't want to worry family.

For the love of god guys....look after yourselves! I cant describe how i feel, a combination of sick, numb and paranoia is the best i can say. I must have checked myself a dozen times today and each time i make myself feel worse but i do it to check I'm not just seeing something that isn't there.

I just know I'm not going to sleep tonight unless i get fairly oiled.....so here's to Grouse.

I hope that it does turn out to be nothing to worry about but please fully star out all swearing in future. Thank you.
 
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I wonder how many people read this and the have a quick check?

I hope it all turns out to be nothing serious for you. All the best.
 
HybridX said:
I'm sat here with a bottle of grouse whiling the night away.
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Until you get yourself a decent bottle of whisky I'm not even going to read your opening post :p

Seriously though dude - it's a dream = probably nothing at all to worry about.

// Edit: I'm going to guess there's nothing at all wrong with you OP (after reading your post) but, there's also nothing wrong with getting an "MOT" from your GP to confirm this. Good luck buddy - and if you ever need a choice on the best whisky to choose then click here.

Hint: it's not Grouse
 
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Most likely a cyst. And also most likely that you feel your ******** in your sleep. But hey, who doesn't?

From what I was told when I went to the docs with something very similar, cancerous growths are usually attached to / part of the actual testicle, not freefloating or attached to the tubes, that's far more likely to cyst(s).
 
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Dreams are after all what may be unprocessed memory/abstraction of personal life and body and other associated things.

Or nothing at all, such a mysterious state of conciousness/lack of.
 
I had the exact same thing about 5 years ago, it was a epididymal cyst which are incredibly common but you do panic a bit.
 
LOAM said:
I had the exact same thing about 5 years ago, it was a epididymal cyst which are incredibly common but you do panic a bit.
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Glad to hear, i'm 90% sure it will be a cyst or something stupid but as you will know you cant help but fear the worst and worry. Not exactly up there as one of the best days of my life so far.
 
HybridX said:
Glad to hear, i'm 90% sure it will be a cyst or something stupid but as you will know you cant help but fear the worst and worry. Not exactly up there as one of the best days of my life so far.
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Try not to worry about it. They're good at the QMC too. They'll see you quick. It deffo sounds like a cyst to me.
 
arctine said:
Doubt it's cancer and even if it is, it's one of the easiest to cure.

Weird about the dream though.
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This is if anything one of the things that's unnerving me the most. I know we have a tendency to process information in our sleep and derive situations or information from it but I've heard/seen/ nor discussed anything re hospitals or cancer recently
 
Dream might've saved your life yeah. Dreams are well important. I've had some bloody noteworthy dreams recently too, must be the weather. Good luck tomorrow, I hope it's benign.
 
Wow, what a co-incidence!

Yesterday evening I noticed a large lump in my groin, just behind my testicles. It wasn't there in the morning. Knowing that it wasn't attached to one of my testes, I suspected a hernia.

I managed to get to the doctor this afternoon, he had a good feel around and said that there's nothing to worry about, it's just a cyst. He went through all the waffle about regular checks (which I do anyway) and explained that the time to get concerned is if a lump appears that actually attached to a testicle.

I didn't think this was cancerous because it wasn't attached but I seriously thought from the feel of it that it might have been a hernia so I was naturally a little relieved to hear that it's just a cyst and will clear up by itself.
 
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inogen said:
Most likely a cyst. And also most likely that you feel your ******** in your sleep. But hey, who doesn't?

From what I was told when I went to the docs with something very similar, cancerous growths are usually attached to / part of the actual testicle, not freefloating or attached to the tubes, that's far more likely to cyst(s).
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This!

Lumps always need checking out and good luck at the docs tomorrow.
 
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