I noticed a rather peculiar, painful series of lumps on my left testicle a few weeks ago. I immediately went to see my physician.
At first I thought it might of been a hernia, as I had started a lifting program a week earlier. He told me it was not a hernia, and that I should simply take some pain killers and ice it. He also told me to contact him if it didn't get better.
It did hurt for a few more days, but did stop during that weekend. However, the lumps are still there and scaring me pretty badly.
I decided to conduct my own TSE and here are my results:
-It is only on my left testicle(thankfully).
-Light does not pass through the lumps. This leads me to believe it might be a tumor.
-The spermatic cord on the left testicle is swollen. Also, the lumps seemingly vanish when I lay or sit down. This leads me to believe it may be a varicocele.
As you can probably notice, I've been doing some research. This is just all a very tense and uneasy experience for me, and I'd like to at least have some closure. I figure I'll wait another two weeks before revisiting my physician, but in the meantime, what do you all think?
Thank you for the help.
