Hello all, first of all, I just wanted to wish everybody well with their current situations.
I’m 32 years old with a wife and a 10 month old son.
In the last 10 days, this forum has really helped me along in what’s been the most scariest time of my life.
For the last couple of months I’d felt a dull ache and it wasn’t until last Tuesday after the bank holiday weekend that I felt it a little bit more than usual. I then had a feel of my testicle in the shower and felt what felt like the size of a pea.
Luckily I managed to get to the GP that day who felt it was inflamed and said he was going to refer me for an ultrasound scan but due to the current strikes it could take up to two weeks, being rather scared I booked in for a private ultrasound and luckily got in on the Thursday two days after my GP appointment.
The Dr who did my ultrasound said he thought it was either a tumour or an infection, and after he scanned my testicles he also scanned my stomach, sides, under ribs etc and said everything he had checked there looked fine which was a bit of a relief but still very scary he had found a probable tumour on my testicle.
After the GP went through the report with me, he told me things will now move quite fast, and wow haven’t they just! From his referral to the Urologist on the Friday, I had my bloods on Monday last week, another ultrasound and physical examination by urologist on the Thursday who confirmed it was probable testicular cancer and surgery the next day last Friday. She did confirm my bloods came back normal prior to surgery which hopefully is a positive sign.
I feel relieved the surgery is now done and the testicle has been removed and also very fortunate and thankful the NHS moved so fast for me.
I have now been referred to a centre in Leeds to await my results and next steps.
After reading so many stories on here in the last 10 days or so, I wanted to post mine.
Thank you for taking the time to read it!
