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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
Sorry to hear about this. Hopefully you'll only be getting good news from here on in.
Personal question (but I know that others are probably thinking it too) : What sort of lump did you find and what did it feel like? And where on the testicles do they usually form?
There - I have asked a serious question about another man's nuts on an internet forum. Didn't see that one coming when I woke up this morning.
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Good questions. It happened very, very suddenly. Last Monday, I was just in the kitchen, doing dishes, when I suddenly felt a strong dull ache in my testicles and stomach, as if I had been kicked in the balls. I reached down just feel what was going on down there and could feel that myl eft testicle was swollen to about three times the size of my right testicle.
Over the next couple of hours, the pain receded to just a mild ache. Ordinarily, I would have just ignored it. However, luckily, my fiancee forced me to see the doctor the next morning. He was instantly concerned (although he couldn't feel the tumour because it was completely inside the testicle). He suspected an infection but sent me for an emergency ultrasound to be safe. I had the ultrasound the next day. One day later I received a telephone call from my doctor who advised me that he was almost certain it was cancer. I saw the urologist later that day for blood work and another ultrasound to confirm that it was likely cancer. The next day, I was in surgery to have testicle removed.