I’m 28, noticed my veins one one side were a little larger around 9 months ago, didn’t pay much attention to it. About a month ago a felt around and noticed a lump. Went to the doc and I ended up getting a unilateral orchiectomy about 5 days after an ultrasound confirmed the size to be about 3cm in diameter. After a biopsy it was confirmed to be Seminoma. Fast forward three weeks, I get my CT scans back and while there’s nothing out of the ordinary in the abdomen or pelvic areas, there are three 3mm nodules in my lungs. I’m getting another scan in 3 months, other than that I’m not sure what the plan is other than surveillance. They said it’s not something I should worry about too much, it could scar tissue or benign. Is it reasonable to not be very calm and actually super concerned right now? I just barely finished healing from one surgery, my pay was trash from work while I was on sick leave, and I had gotten the cheapest insurance option my work provided because I didn’t think I’d be getting cancer at 28 years old. Just the one surgery put me back quite a bit out of pocket. I had a lot of plans for the future that I’ve barely thought about in the last month and I’m still just as uncertain as the start.
