Hi everyone I'm after some advice please? My husband has stage 4 bowel cancer which has spread to his lungs he was diagnosed 2 years ago now had chemo radio and 1 lung resection currently off treatment but hes getting really bad pain in 1 of his testicles he's recently had an ultrasound scan but it didn't pick anything up he keeps being told its referral pain but does anybody no what exactly is referral pain? Does this mean his cancer is spreading? He didn't have this pain in the beginning. I feel like it's gotta be something he's in agony with it and he limps it keeps him up at night he's having about 4 baths a day as this helps abit.
Any help appreciated please 
Hi GemD84 Welcome to the forum and sorry that you have not had a response as yet. I dont know enough about your query except to say that referred pain tends to be pain that is radiating to an area of the body from somewhere else so this could be coming from the Bowel surgery site if that makes sense or indeed the lung surgery . It is to be hoped that this settles soon for him as he cant go on putting up with that level of pain. Pain tends to follow nerve pathways and this could be any one of his surgeries or indeed chemo that has set things off for him. I had referred pain from a problem with my back and it was my legs that were the issue but the actual pain was in my back but the pain was following the nerve pathway and my leg nerve pathways were involved almost like sciatica. Once my back was sorted out the pain receded almost completely.
Im not sure if that has been of any help at all but he does need to keep an eye on that and go back if it does not settle.
gail
