Just a little info for everyone about TC (Testicular Cancer)
I felt the need to post this after being diagnosed with Testicular Cancer for the second time in my young life my first diagnosis when I was 19 my most recent 3 days after my 27th birthday two and a half weeks ago.
My first diagnosis 8 years ago I knew nothing about TC and was to macho to go see a doctor about a lump on my testicle for about 3-4 weeks. It literally got to the point where I could not stand up right without being in pain and had my girlfriend (now my wife) drag me to a walk-in clinic. Within 48 hours I was diagnosed in and back out of surgery with the removal of a 4cm lump on my right testicle , pathology ensued determining exactly what type of Cancer it was followed by 4 rounds of Chemotherapy over the following 4 months.
This second diagnosis was the result of me educating myself on what I have been through and reading tons of info since then. As soon as I felt something odd I went and seen my family doctor and here I am about 3 weeks after the fact resting after a second surgery with a positive prognosis from my team of doctors thanks to my early detection.
I just feel that here is not nearly enough knowledge about TC in the public eye or given to men both young and old as there is about other types of Cancer. Aside from the fact Lance Armstrong/Phil Kessel and a handful of other famous people have had it what do you really know about Testicular Cancer?
I know these are just a bunch of links but the information they provide is invaluable when it comes to early diagnosis of TC which ultimately can save yours or someone you may knows life. And of course if only one person can become enlightened from this post I feel my job has been done.
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What type of lump, is it really noticeable? Like a bulge/misshapen or like a little pea shape thing?
Also, this thread is useless without pics...just kidding.
The 1st lump started out the size of a pea but ended up the size of almost a golf ball by the time I seen a doctor, about a month after finding the initial lump. The 2nd was just a hard spot on my left testicle, thats it just a hard spot that I got checked out, and an ultra sound confirmed.
I found a lump in high school as well, and was too scared to do anything about it. One day I didn't know what to do anymore, and I broke down in front of my dad and told him. Went to the doctor immediately after that, and I was lucky enough to have it be something else. But the point is, I waited a long damn time to go see a doctor.
Us guys just need to drop the macho act once in awhile and do what's right for our health.
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But living an honest life - for that you need the truth. That's the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, leads to liberation and dignity. -Ricky Gervais
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I got had to get tested when I was 18, thankfully I did not have TC. It was somewhat humiliating first when the doctor slipped into the gloves and started to go to town, then at the test when the female nurse just dove right in there with the ultrasound device. But I am glad I did it, you can never be too careful about these things.
(ya, telling dad was awkward as well. Simply because we never ever talk about stuff like that.)
The 1st lump started out the size of a pea but ended up the size of almost a golf ball by the time I seen a doctor, about a month after finding the initial lump. The 2nd was just a hard spot on my left testicle, thats it just a hard spot that I got checked out, and an ultra sound confirmed.
Wow so in a month it went from pea sized to the size of a golf ball? Is this normal?
Just a little info for everyone about TC (Testicular Cancer)
