growth for 3 years

[Michael112]

That explains why the guy doing the ultrasound looked like he had just seen a massive car crash, I wish he saw the look on his face.

[dadmo]

I don't want to make excuses for your doctors but most have never diagnosed anyone with tc.

[Michael112]

lol its a poker term I picked up, sounds good

They have been making some mistakes lately, refering medical officer told me he stayed 2 hours overtime to make the early apointment for the blood test, lol BS its a standard pathology paper, also he didnt mark it as urgent, he also wrote on my radiology paper "? cancer = blood"
The people at radiology forgot to give me back the referal paper I gave them.

I didnt know how untrustworthy doctors are, like you see on the news about the doctor evils and quak psychiatrists, but GPs and ER officers o.0

[Scott]

...the hospital I am at now is full of donkeys.

You accidentally visited a veterinary hospital?

[Michael112]

Yea, tommorow I am going to tell them and switch hospitals, here in sydney we have a very good hospital called st vincents, the hospital I am at now is full of donkeys.

[Kev332]

I was going to say pretty much the same thing as Dadmo,,, when you wake up from surgery, you'll feel real tired and will just want to sleep. I know how you feel though.... before my RPLND surgery, i was very anxious, so they ended up giving me some medication to calm me down, (which was great stuff )

Again, like Dadmo said, its a very basic, quick procedure to remove the testicle. I dont remember having any dreams while i was under.

Have you told your doctor about the bleeding you've been having!? If not, that is something that should be addressed to your doctor.

[MRM]

Colon cancer is a totally different type of cancer than testicular cancer. I've never heard of TC spreading there, and even if it did, it would still be testicular cancer, just in a different place.

It's like TC spreading into your lungs-- it doesn't mean you have lung cancer, just testicular cancer in the lungs. The treatment and prognosis are much different.

Just worry about one thing at a time.

[dadmo]

The operation to remove the testicle is a simple one. The will make an incesion just below the belt line on the side where the testicle needs to come out. The whole operation is basicly the same as they would do for a hernia, when you wake up you will simply feel tired (and relieved).

[Michael112]

TC Spreading to colon?

What are the chances of it spreading to the colon?
Colon cancer runs in my family and I have had symptoms for about 6 months now on and off, keep in mind I have had the lump for 3 years.

[Michael112]

I have an apointment with a urologist tommorow they are gonna confirm everything, I am starting to feel worried because I have been feeling really weak lately because of low free testosterone and I dont want to go under surgery feeling like this, I want to know what surgery is like, the actual anesthesia, conking out, waking up, because I get panic attacks so I am afraid I am going to wake up feeling really bad, I have had bad experiences with drugs like pot and ecstacy wich are a nightmare.
I want to try get some TRT before going under the knife.
I am baffled because I have no symptoms except hot flushes and slight shaking(symptoms of testosterone deficiency), and about every 2 months I will pass blood through my feces, bright blood feels like its comming from the upper colon.

Do you have dreams when you are under?
How do you feel when you wake up, dizzy? stoned? drunk? normal? anxious?

The reason for my anxiety seems to be linked to low testosterone so you could see why I want to get that sorted out before the surgery, the radiologist said that because I have had the lump for so long that afew days wont make much diffrence, I know my symptoms are from low testosterone, except for the bleeding when doing a number 2.

[Scott]

I hope he said "urologist." It will be OK, but do get surgery scheduled soon.

[Michael112]

Bad news, just came back from the ultrasound, the guy said it doesnt look like a cyst, he seemed heaps worried about the whole thing, after about 20 mins down there, he spent about 5 mins looking at my kidneys, later on when I was speaking to the radiologist he said theres no signs its spread yet, he did say a cat scan or mri would be the next step along with getting rid of the whole thing, although he used to word "its a tumor until proven otherwise".
I dont know how I feel right now, I was stressing out so hard in the ultrasound room cause he didnt want me to come out but i got dressed and did, I spoke to the radiologist before they could finish the report, the guy who did the scan looked abit shocked, thats whats worrying me, although the radiologist was an older guy and seemed light hearted, its true, when you get told you got a tumor, your view on the surgery changes.
He did say cause its been there for 3 years theres no rush, afew days wont make a difrence, but he did say that most this stuff I gotta discuss with a neurologist.

[Michael112]

I went ER last night and got told I couldnt get an ultra sound, my mate said I should go back and pretend I was in unbearable pain, I also read in another thread that its a good idea too, so I went back in 30 mins and tried to win an oscar, I think my unbearable pain got interpreted as embarasment but they asked for pain on a scale of 1-10, I said 5, the medical officer was a pretty nice guy and said he would get an ultra sound ready for this morning. I waited 5 1/2 hours in bed, eventually falling asleep he woke me up this morning and gave me papers 1 for a blood test, 1 for a ultra sound wich will be conducted on wednesday, the papers say I have a "1.5cm by 1.5cm firm mass on the lower pole" and another says "1.5cm x 1.5cm craggy solid mass" although he told me it is most likely a cyst and that if it is a tumor, because I have had it for so long that it is most likely benign, also if it is a solid mass I would only need a biopsy for it to be examined.

[Michael112]

OK thanks, I couldnt make an apointment today so I will on monday, well I am most likely going to be starting TRT anyway because I have below range Free Testosterone, I am 23.

What if the growth is solid and is attached to the Epididymis?

[Kev332]

Thats good Michael, make that appointment and tell them the sooner the better..

Basically, IF the ultrasound shows that the "growth" IS a solid mass and is attached to the testicle, the whole testicle along with the growth will have to come out. Seems harsh, but thats the norm. Not trying to scare you, but thats pretty much how it works... From there they can test it to see if it actually is cancerous. Check out this website if you haven't done so already.

http://www.tcrc.acor.org

But lets just take it one step at a time and see what happens. Let us know what happens and we'll be here to help in any way.