There's a lump on my testicle

[Imaginos]

I too hope this lump is nothing more then some inert harmless fatty tissue or somesuch.

Smart move going with the next visit. What is it with these doctors these days? "We don't know what it is so ignore it" WFT?!

[ZoD]

Whats going on now? Anything in the pipes? Oh dear...not a pleasant pun...  

[Zealot]

Yeah,MW,what's the news today?

[MunchWolf]

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I'm going to visit a Urologist ... on the 22nd of March (I think they purposely assigned me a far off date to discourage me) ... and see what he says ... cause .. like ... ack .. a lump in a soft spot ... it gives me the wiggans ....

-Munch "so yes, I'm planning on getting Mr Lumpy removed" Wolf

There's still a month to go ...

-Munch "of course in other health news, I missed work yesterday due to excessive vomiting ... but I really don't need to share that story" Wolf

[ftl03]

Hello Munchwolf - here's hoping that it is indeed just a fatty thingy, or a leftover probe from a past alien abduction.

To cheer you up, a few years ago I discovered a lump just next to my scrotum. I was on a trip to the US at the time and decided to run for home in Europe rather than take my chances in Hicksville SC.
Got home, went to see a specialist who put me at my ease (if you can be at your ease with a stranger man(sic)handling you) saying that it was "just" an abcess which would need operating on.
He suggested a date 4 days later, unless it burst in the meantime. Went home, went to bed and woke up the next morning to find that it had indeed gone pop - was admitted immediately.

Woke up an hour later and was told that it had been far deeper than he had imagined and that he had had to install a drain which would require flushing three times a day.

So three times a day for a week, nurses would come into my room, whip off my sheets and pump a pint of antiseptic into my groin. Usually  this was timed to coincide with visits to my room by cleaners, floor polishers, the lady with tomorrows menu etc. - all of whom were graced with a view of my fiddly bits and who all said "Oh it's looking a lot better today Mr FTL !"

To add insult to injury, when I went back to Outpatients 10 days later to have the stitches removed I was put in a cabin, told to remove my trousers and lie on the bed. The nice lady doctor had removed one stitch when she was called away, leaving the cabin door open with me facing the door.
It didn't take me long to realise that the general public were passing in front of my cabin - but long enough to have shocked several nuns and small ch*ldr*n before I waddled over to shut the door.

I think that I might just about have got over it now.

Wait till you have an ultrasound of your prostate! No anaesthetic for that, just a giant electric toothbrush.

[MasterDragonfly]

Heh, just found this thread now.  (I don't get over to this section very often.)

First off, best of luck with everything, Munchy.

Secondly, there's a local talk show (the fun/funny variety, not the strait-laced variety) which runs in the Dallas area from 3-7pm, Mon-Fri.  The name of the show is The Russ Martin Show (www.russmartin.net and www.russmartin.com -- one of those will even provide you with some old shows as well as a live feed, I believe) and totally rocks (for those who care).

Periodically he'll have one or both of his physicians on as guests.  (On one show, one of his staff got a vasectomy right there live on the air, which made me cringe, but anyway....)  Russ has mentioned previously about having soreness mainly on the left side of his scrotum and that he had a tiny bump or two.  The one doc had him drop trou and give him an exam on the spot.  If memory serves, he told him it was a varicocele, nothing to worry about (unless the pain was getting to be bothersome) and if he wanted, just to make an appointment and he would cut it out.

The doc also mentioned something about calcification, that it's pretty common and nothing to get worried about.

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Wait till you have an ultrasound of your prostate! No anaesthetic for that, just a giant electric toothbrush.

That actually sounds like fun.  heh

Master "one day I might actually get the non-deterministic soreness on my left nad checked out, but it's prolly related to my vasectomy" Dragonfly

PS - Totally meant to tell a quick story about my brother and his epididymitis, but I forgot.

[Agrafeuse]

Well, upon reading this unfortunate tale, I thought maybe it was time to go on a little trip downstairs and have a fiddle around...

...after some serious masterbation I then started checking for lumps.  

And found two.

Now of course I was utterly petrified and went to see my doctor immediately. She had a play around (she was very attractive but I was metaphorically crapping my pants, so nothing embarassing, er... came up... so to speak.

I had to go and have them checked out- all the scans etc. I don't know if the process is different in the US, but suffice to say I had someone scratching my bollocks for half the morning while I stared up at the ceiling counting how many holes there were in the tiles.

175... just so you know (25x25)  

So, I had some urology tests done and a checkup from a cancer specialist and got the results back yesterday. I guess I am extremely lucky in that mine was not serious- merely one of those unusual occurences.

I think the moral of the story is guys (and ladies of course, though in different 'zones'   ) to check yourself regularly.

(I almost said "check yourself before you wreck yourself" I reckon that would make a powerful advertisment campaign...)

Anyway, thank you Munch, thank you so much.  

[MunchWolf]

This thread was recently brought to my attention.  Just wanted to say, 4 years later and my testicles are fine.

-Munch "not just fine, they're SPECTACULAR" Wolf

[solvegas]

-Munch "not just fine, they're SPECTACULAR" Wolf

Well .... OK, if you say so. 

[gOOber]

This thread was recently brought to my attention.  Just wanted to say, 4 years later and my testicles are fine.

-Munch "not just fine, they're SPECTACULAR" Wolf

Then don`t let your meat loaf.

[Tomoe_Gozen]

So did you wind up getting "Mr. Lumpy" removed?  Did you keep him?  I imagine he'd make a great jar-pet with which to scare neighborhood children.  Maybe if you put him in sunlight he would mutate and develop a personality of his own?  Just imagine: a singing, dancing, cat-entertaining MunchLump!

4 years later and my testicles are fine.  -Munch "not just fine, they're SPECTACULAR" Wolf

Is there a scar?  Will you show me?  

-Tomoe "Enjoys the thought of collecting her own extraneous bits" Gozen

[MunchWolf]

Nope ... the lump moved on ...

-Munch "SLJ scared him away" Wolf