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Posted: 10/6/2012 9:44:38 PM EDT
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I was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer 7/11/2012. I had the left nut removed on the 17th of July and did 1 month of radiation treatments after that, I decided to skip CHEMO for the time being. I have the next series of tests this week to see if the radiation worked or not. I was part of the 11% that don't develop a mass. Get your self checked as soon as you can. It is very treatable if found early enough.
If you have any question just ask. Good luck |
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Posted: 10/6/2012 9:50:14 PM EDT
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Quoted: Do not post pics!!! Dibs on everything! 
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Posted: 10/6/2012 11:56:34 PM EDT
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You better be at the doctors office right now, the sooner the better. I just wish people would heed the advice of that as soon as you notice something is wrong or you dont feel right to get checked out ASAP!
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Posted: 10/7/2012 12:04:08 AM EDT
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Tag.
I found a lump at the top of the nut and it turned out to be an epididamal syst(spelling?) |
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Posted: 10/7/2012 12:32:00 AM EDT
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Epididymitis? Mild feeling of getting hit in the groin along with stomach/abdominal pain? Eta: IPad spelling. Would rather have a giant kidney stone. Had something close with epididimitis and cysts. Kidney stones almost as bad. |
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Posted: 10/7/2012 12:49:29 AM EDT
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I knew a guy from work about 20 years ago that died from testicular cancer. He was around 30 I think.
Def get it checked Monday. Heck I would call now and talk to the answering service and have the doc call and then set up an appt then. |
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Posted: 10/7/2012 1:39:15 AM EDT
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Quoted: Fuck, I'm foing. Good luck bro. Try not to stress over it until you get a docs opinion. I know that is easier said than done. |
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Posted: 10/7/2012 1:45:57 AM EDT
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Quoted: Just get an ultrasound. It's likely to be benign... so don't worry until there's something to worry about. And even if it does turn out to be cancerous, your odds of a cure are excellent. If you had to reach into the grab-bag-o-cancers and pull one out, Testicular CA would be one of the ones you'd rather have. Yep, went through it 20 years ago.  Orchiectomy, RPLND, and 9 weeks of chemo. Bleomycin was some nasty shit too.  |
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Posted: 10/7/2012 1:51:36 AM EDT
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is here. Can you trust it? Of course not.
You'll know what to do when the time comes: 
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Posted: 10/7/2012 2:03:38 AM EDT
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His name was Covert8645.
Just kidding, get checked. Balls are one of the few things we should cherish and hold near and dear. Protect the testicles, it's for the children. |
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Posted: 10/7/2012 2:32:28 AM EDT
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If you are near Washington DC, go to the new White House ER ... it's in the West Wing, Doctor Obama cares.
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Posted: 10/7/2012 2:50:05 AM EDT
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Probably just a ganglion cyst. If you cover it with a book and then smack it with a hammer, sometimes it'll just break up and disappear. |
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Posted: 10/7/2012 3:21:55 AM EDT
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I am going to see that your name gets changed. Which do you prefer:
a) Uni-Baller b) Mono-Gonadic |
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Posted: 10/7/2012 4:47:46 AM EDT
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is this on your sack or do u feel it on the testical itself? big difference.
On the sack its an ingrown hair, zit etc on the testical itself, get the MD ASAP, could be nothing (had a lump on one of my balls when i was in college, turned out to be a blood vessel that sort of herniaed out of the surface), but get checked. A lump the size of a quarter ON your testical would make your ball like three times its normal size. J- |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:31:48 AM EDT
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Well there can be upsides to ball cancer
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:35:51 AM EDT
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Epididymitis? Mild feeling of getting hit in the groin along with stomach/abdominal pain? Eta: IPad spelling. Oh man you don't want that 
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:43:38 AM EDT
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I had one about 6 years ago. Most often its a benign cyst on one of your tubes. Which is what I got. It keeps getting bigger, btw. I have 3 1/2 balls at this point. Hopefully thats all it is. You'll get a ultra-sound to confirm. liquid filled, good. solid mass, bad. +1 I've had a benign cyst like that. Freaked me out when I first felt it, because one of the several cancers my dad has had was testicular - but it was completely benign, and mine actually just went away again on its own. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:44:39 AM EDT
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Dr asap
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:44:45 AM EDT
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Agreed. Doctor now (or ASAP). Good luck. Time for a user name change? Don't worry, Monorchid sounds bad ass.
I have a cyst, but op probably has cancer dibs?
srls go see a doc |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:45:30 AM EDT
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I had one about 6 years ago. Most often its a benign cyst on one of your tubes. Which is what I got. It keeps getting bigger, btw. I have 3 1/2 balls at this point. Hopefully thats all it is. You'll get a ultra-sound to confirm. liquid filled, good. solid mass, bad. +1 I've had a benign cyst like that. Freaked me out when I first felt it, because one of the several cancers my dad has had was testicular - but it was completely benign, and mine actually just went away again on its own. I too have a benign cyst on my right testicle. The ultrasound was downright fun. 
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:49:15 AM EDT
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Did this thread make anyone else give their balls a good once over? yep. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:50:46 AM EDT
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Quoted: Had the same scare, mine turned out to be a normal cyst. Eta Write down what promises you make to yourself for use after you get a clean bill of health. This only mine was the size of a pea, not a quarter.  |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:52:17 AM EDT
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Well there can be upsides to ball cancer 
After seeing people on chemo/radiation i think that should be SOP |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:59:44 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Epididymitis? Mild feeling of getting hit in the groin along with stomach/abdominal pain? Eta: IPad spelling. Would rather have a giant kidney stone. Had something close with epididimitis and cysts. Kidney stones almost as bad. Weird thread is weird. I am going in for an ultrasound tomorrow for what is probably epididymitis. (Didn't know about the back/abdominal pain thing, that I have along with it.) I hope that's what it is. The doc I saw already said antibiotics would probably clear it up if that's what it is, but wasn't convinced that's what it was. I initially went in because I was getting discomfort after eating and swelling on the left side. (The testicles themselves seem fine, and my sex life isn't affected.) So I thought it was a hernia. While knowing hernia surgery wasn't happening was nice, having something wrong with the old boys down there and not knowing what it is is NOT nice. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:00:40 AM EDT
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Did this thread make anyone else give their balls a good once over? yep. BRB.... |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:01:41 AM EDT
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Epididymitis? Mild feeling of getting hit in the groin along with stomach/abdominal pain? Eta: IPad spelling. Oh man you don't want that
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:11:29 AM EDT
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Don't get it removed yet. Audition for a few porn producers.
Three Balls Deep Triple Nut Nathan I'm sure they can market you better than I can. Oh, you may have to start out doing gay porn, but everyone's gotta start somewhere. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:21:11 AM EDT
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Pics?
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:22:05 AM EDT
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Hard, or egg yolk?
Egg yolk means your tube is clogged. Not dangerous. Same as a vasectomy. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:26:41 AM EDT
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Tumors would be painful to the touch... Rub one out to see if it goes away. Doctor, anyway. Some benign tumors don't hurt. I have one between my left rib cage area and my skin. As long as it doesn't hurt or itch or gets red or doesn't grow I'm to leave it alone. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:27:41 AM EDT
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Did this thread make anyone else give their balls a good once over? No, my doctor did, years ago. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:29:05 AM EDT
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Good luck, OP |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:36:36 AM EDT
[#33]
Meh...you only need one nut. Make 'em throw a golf ball in the empty sack. Good as new.
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:36:50 AM EDT
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Get it checked out ASAFP, but don't panic yet. Trapped pockets of seminal fluid can form, called spermatoceles. If they get squished or aggravated, they can become painful and lead to blood in your semen (really spooked my wife... ).
They're generally harmless, and they only treat them if they're really big. That said, they usually aren't directly ON the testicle; they form in the plumbing at one end. If it's right on the nut, bust a gut and get to the doc. BTDT. I was shit scared, got it checked out. They told me no worries unless it gets bigger or starts to hurt. Two years later it got way bigger. Had it removed last January and all is well. 
My insurance got hit for $9800 bucks though.
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:37:47 AM EDT
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I had one about 6 years ago. Most often its a benign cyst on one of your tubes. Which is what I got. It keeps getting bigger, btw. I have 3 1/2 balls at this point. Hopefully thats all it is. You'll get a ultra-sound to confirm. liquid filled, good. solid mass, bad. Balls the size of grapefruits? Fact is stranger than fiction. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:46:40 AM EDT
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Years ago I had a lump form, but it was just a mass of veins. Hopefully it'll be something like this OP.
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:50:42 AM EDT
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How the fuck do you miss a lump the size of a dime, much less a quarter, on your nut?
I don't know about you, but my junk is important to me; I'd be flipping out if it was the size of a BB. Kharn |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 9:51:23 AM EDT
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Quoted: Probably just a ganglion cyst. If you cover it with a book and then smack it with a hammer, sometimes it'll just break up and disappear. That made me cringe. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 10:01:38 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Get it checked out ASAFP, but don't panic yet. Trapped pockets of seminal fluid can form, called spermatoceles. If they get squished or aggravated, they can become painful and lead to blood in your semen (really spooked my wife... ).They're generally harmless, and they only treat them if they're really big. That said, they usually aren't directly ON the testicle; they form in the plumbing at one end. If it's right on the nut, bust a gut and get to the doc. BTDT. I was shit scared, got it checked out. They told me no worries unless it gets bigger or starts to hurt. Two years later it got way bigger. Had it removed last January and all is well. My insurance got hit for $9800 bucks though. Had one for about 3 years. No problems and got the wife preggo... |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 10:08:12 AM EDT
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Your age? 28 My cousin was 23 when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. I'll spare ya with how shitty he felt the whole time and say that you need to hurry and get to Doctor and get it taken care of. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 10:12:18 AM EDT
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I had one about 6 years ago. Most often its a benign cyst on one of your tubes. Which is what I got. It keeps getting bigger, btw. I have 3 1/2 balls at this point. Hopefully thats all it is. You'll get a ultra-sound to confirm. liquid filled, good. solid mass, bad. Balls the size of grapefruits? Fact is stranger than fiction. Shit, I started off that way 
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Posted: 10/8/2012 10:13:18 AM EDT
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A funny story :
Earlier this year I had to get my physical to keep up my medical clearance Doc had me drop 'em for the old hernia check, while he was doing his work he said "If you don't mind I can check on your testicles to look for lumps" I responded "Thanks! I appreciate the extra effort" He had the oddest look on his face. Fuck it, I'd rather have a pro check it out and it was awesome I was getting it done for free. |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 11:04:16 AM EDT
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DAY TWO
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Posted: 10/8/2012 11:12:39 AM EDT
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Epididymitis? Mild feeling of getting hit in the groin along with stomach/abdominal pain? Eta: IPad spelling. Oh man you don't want that Yep, I had that. It hurt to breathe, scared the shit out of me. I was hoping the doc would remove the nut just so it wouldn't hurt anymore. A day on antibiotics and the swelling and pain were gone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymitis |
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Posted: 10/8/2012 8:18:10 PM EDT
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Quoted: Meh...you only need one nut. Make 'em throw a golf ball in the empty sack. Good as new. When I had my left nut removed last July due to cancer I asked the doc for an brass prosthetic ...Doc asked how big of one do I want! |
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Posted: 10/9/2012 5:12:21 AM EDT
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Did this thread make anyone else give their balls a good once over? In all honesty, hopefully more men do give their balls a once-over. Testicular cancer isn't terribly common, but it's common enough that guys should take the 5 seconds to check their balls for any lumps or bumps. The testicle should feel completely smooth, and any bumps should be checked by a urologist. Testicular cancer is very treatable if caught early enough. |
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Posted: 10/9/2012 5:18:20 AM EDT
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If the lump is the size of a quarter, how freaking big are your testicles. Just saying, a quarter is pretty big
Either way, good luck OP. I hope it's nothing. |
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Posted: 10/9/2012 5:33:07 AM EDT
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Epididymitis? Mild feeling of getting hit in the groin along with stomach/abdominal pain? Eta: IPad spelling. Oh man you don't want that MILD? I waddled into the doc and naturally he was out. I got the good looking female PA instead. She gave the twins a healthy squeeze and I started to gag. Eye watering pure agony. MONKEY STEALS THE PEACH. She could have asked where the rebel base was. I would have told her.
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Posted: 10/9/2012 5:33:51 AM EDT
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What happened to OP?
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Posted: 10/9/2012 5:34:59 AM EDT
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What happened to OP? They always fo.
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