So where do i start im new here and 35 years of age and from the US. so around the first week of Feb i got up from the bed with my leg in the air to get myself up i noticed a pinch on my left testicle so yeah that hurt a bit so i sat myself back down and find out wth just happen so didn't think nothing of it so i let it be see if it will go away in the next day or 2 and never did the dull ache was still there...so then another week goes by and still the ache and my anxiety went off the roof! Im known to have really bad anxiety to the point i get myself sick..i start looking things up on what it can be i know never look things up on the good dr.google especially with bad anxiety right...well i did and made things worse for myself ugh! So i start having lower back aches,chest pressure and no appetite cause the way i been feeling and feeling anxious so the 2 weeks i haven't ate as much so i lost some weight and muscle mass so i go in the shower during the 2nd week and check on my testi see if i find something so i promise i thought i felt a little lump on the bottom of my left testi so freaked out and went to the ER told them my prob and symptoms told me i could of pulled something while getting up like that so i said idk and they did a EKG,Chest Xray,blood pressure,blood work urin test and Ultra sound on my testi and the doctor examined my testi himself and didn't find any unusual.so 3rd week of feb still felt like crap and then started having aches on my righr testi im like heck no it was sharp dull ache this time..so went to the ER once again told them what was going on so they did another Ultra sound on my testicles and this time a CT Scan and blood work and was clean nothing and the doctor felt my testi to feel any lump nada but she did say i got 2 epididymal cyst in both my testicles but said there harmless and just prescribed me 800mg of ibuprofen sooooo yeah another 5 days go by my chest pressure pain is gone and my lower back pain is gone got my appetite back..but still have the aches on both testis and had a little headache today but tomorrow i have a doctors appointment tomorrow with my Primary doctor to see theres anything else she can do for me maybe its a testicular infection from the epididymal cysts or not...will see any advice for me going into this? Anyone experienced what im going through?
Hi LinkMasterSword87 and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is an informative and supportive place to be.
I'm sorry to read about every thing that you've been going through and it's natural to be scared and apprehensive about what your doctor might find.
As the online community is divided up into different support groups, I'm going to recommend that you join the testicular cancer group, not because I think you have this but because it'll give you the opportunity to connect directly with others who may have been in a similar situation.
To do this just click on the link I've created which will take you to the group. After you've joined you can then start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
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Thank you so much much appreciated. So i went to my appointment and she checked my testis and didn't find any lump or bump i thought i felt and said if i fekt a bump she explained the bump on the back of your testi is the epididymitis cord and prescribed me Cipro antibiotics and took urin and blood and got my records from the 2 visits i had at the ER and went through it carefully said for a fact its not TC
That's great news that it's not cancer
Ty so much I'll keep u updated. How long does the antibiotic usually start to work? Im on day 2 on taking them is it usually 3 days to have the antibiotics start to kick in?
Sorry, I don't know the answer but your doctor should be able to tell you when you should start to see an improvement.
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