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Hello, firstly I am relieved that forums like this exist though I had little doubt that they did. It's great to see that people can relate with others about problems of this sensitive nature.
This is my situation: In Febuary/March I started noticing a lump, smaller then a pea, tucked behind my right testicle. It was more like a hard zit or pimple on the testicle itself and initially it was hard to find once I first located it. There was no similar texture on the other ball. I also noticed a slight ache in that general area, though it wasn't what I would classify as pain. Also having already read up about TC on the net at the time I thought it might be all in my head as these things can be psychosomatic. Still, I thought it better to check it out, so I went to a doctor. I wasn't entirely sure if it was getting bigger, but it seemed to be, but that could have also been because I have gotten better at finding it. Now you can see why I give this thread that name..
Anyway, the doctor could not find it, so she referred me to a male doctor who agreed that there might be something there (though I had the impression that he wasn't entirely convinced). Cold medical examination rooms are the worst place for this sort of check up! Regardless, he understood my concerns and sent me for a ultrasound scan, which appeared to turn up nothing.
The slight ache that I may or may not have been experiencing, if it was actually there or not, stopped.
It is now six months on, and for the past few days I have started to get this lingering feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen region. The lump I found back in Febuary is still there, and possibly very slightly bigger (though like I said, I've gotten much better at finding it) Sometimes it is lingering heaviness, other times its mild discomfort, but it is most definetely there. When I give the testicles a feel, the balls themselves feel fine, not enlarged in any way, but the lump to the rear of my right ball and the general discomfort in the general area is there and it has come to the point where I am entirely convinced that it is in no part psychosomatic.
Be it a blessing or a curse, the internet had enabled me to study up on TC symptoms quite thoroughly so I'd hoped that somehow it was in fact all in my head. I also thought that I may have sustained some sort of minor injury because I cycle 6 miles to work and back everyday, but I have stopped doing that to see if it would help. It has not.
Needless to say, I am going to make another appointment with the doctor (and hopefully a urologist), but I have already gone through two who seemed to find no cause for alarm, aswell as having had an ultrasound which turned up nothing. Whether its getting bigger or not and whether it is cancerous or not, the small lump is most definetely there and it was (almost) overlooked by two doctors and an ultrasound. Because the ultrasound came up with nothing, I thought perhaps whatever was there was too small to be serious and no cause for concern because it may have been natural, but as this discomfort continues to manifest itself I am getting extremely paranoid. I don't blame them for the possible oversight, it could be in a tricky place, but I fear the worst - that I could have a cancerous growth that is hard to locate and therefore is going undetected. Does anybody know if such situations with undetected cancerous growths on the testicles are common or ever occur?
Also, I had the mumps in December 2005, I don't exactly know if this effects the situation. As for family history, my father (caucasian) tells me that as far as he knows, there is no record of TC on his side, but he has been in and out of surgery for prostate cancer in the past few years. My mother's family history (of the males of course) is extremely unclear because she is East Malaysian from a small tribe. So, medical history on that side is non-existent.
On my next doctor's appointment, is it reasonable for me to ask for a blood test? Is this advisable given my symptoms and situation? Assuming the fact that the lump's apparent slow rate of growth is all in my head, another ultrasound may just turn up the same results.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks
--Mont
This is my situation: In Febuary/March I started noticing a lump, smaller then a pea, tucked behind my right testicle. It was more like a hard zit or pimple on the testicle itself and initially it was hard to find once I first located it. There was no similar texture on the other ball. I also noticed a slight ache in that general area, though it wasn't what I would classify as pain. Also having already read up about TC on the net at the time I thought it might be all in my head as these things can be psychosomatic. Still, I thought it better to check it out, so I went to a doctor. I wasn't entirely sure if it was getting bigger, but it seemed to be, but that could have also been because I have gotten better at finding it. Now you can see why I give this thread that name..
Anyway, the doctor could not find it, so she referred me to a male doctor who agreed that there might be something there (though I had the impression that he wasn't entirely convinced). Cold medical examination rooms are the worst place for this sort of check up! Regardless, he understood my concerns and sent me for a ultrasound scan, which appeared to turn up nothing.
The slight ache that I may or may not have been experiencing, if it was actually there or not, stopped.
It is now six months on, and for the past few days I have started to get this lingering feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen region. The lump I found back in Febuary is still there, and possibly very slightly bigger (though like I said, I've gotten much better at finding it) Sometimes it is lingering heaviness, other times its mild discomfort, but it is most definetely there. When I give the testicles a feel, the balls themselves feel fine, not enlarged in any way, but the lump to the rear of my right ball and the general discomfort in the general area is there and it has come to the point where I am entirely convinced that it is in no part psychosomatic.
Be it a blessing or a curse, the internet had enabled me to study up on TC symptoms quite thoroughly so I'd hoped that somehow it was in fact all in my head. I also thought that I may have sustained some sort of minor injury because I cycle 6 miles to work and back everyday, but I have stopped doing that to see if it would help. It has not.
Needless to say, I am going to make another appointment with the doctor (and hopefully a urologist), but I have already gone through two who seemed to find no cause for alarm, aswell as having had an ultrasound which turned up nothing. Whether its getting bigger or not and whether it is cancerous or not, the small lump is most definetely there and it was (almost) overlooked by two doctors and an ultrasound. Because the ultrasound came up with nothing, I thought perhaps whatever was there was too small to be serious and no cause for concern because it may have been natural, but as this discomfort continues to manifest itself I am getting extremely paranoid. I don't blame them for the possible oversight, it could be in a tricky place, but I fear the worst - that I could have a cancerous growth that is hard to locate and therefore is going undetected. Does anybody know if such situations with undetected cancerous growths on the testicles are common or ever occur?
Also, I had the mumps in December 2005, I don't exactly know if this effects the situation. As for family history, my father (caucasian) tells me that as far as he knows, there is no record of TC on his side, but he has been in and out of surgery for prostate cancer in the past few years. My mother's family history (of the males of course) is extremely unclear because she is East Malaysian from a small tribe. So, medical history on that side is non-existent.
On my next doctor's appointment, is it reasonable for me to ask for a blood test? Is this advisable given my symptoms and situation? Assuming the fact that the lump's apparent slow rate of growth is all in my head, another ultrasound may just turn up the same results.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks
--Mont
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