Anonymous asked: Were you scared the whole time you were diagnosed?
Depends what you mean by the “whole time” i was “diagnosed”. I was pretty scared when I was first told I’d need surgery on my testicle. I wasn’t actually diagnosed until after that surgery though as prior to that they weren’t sure it was cancer. I was most scared after the diagnosis when I had to choose between more surgery, chemotherapy or surveillance though. It was mostly having to choose my own treatment that made me scared, as none of them were easy choices.
Anonymous asked: Hi i found some lumps in my left testical. im a bit scared to say anything to anyone because i dont want to scare my family
Well you really need to get it checked out as soon as possible, i.e. see a doctor! By waiting you increase the chance of it being worse when it is finally checked out, which will only serve to scare your family (and yourself) even more.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/05/us-patients-underestimate-ct-scan-radiat-idUSTRE7044RO20110105
Great…I only get one every 3 months. I get chest/abdomen/pelvis with and without contrast, so it likes a double dose too. Just great.
I saw a girl wearing one of these yesterday and at first I didn’t even know it was supposed to be for testicular cancer awareness because it seems so stupid to me. The vast majority of men with testicular cancer don’t have balls, they have a ball or none (or perhaps a prosthetic or two). The idea that you’re going to “save a testicle” is even stupider. Almost never is a testicle “saved”, as soon as cancer is detected in the testicle, it is immediately removed. Often the cancer isn’t even detected until it has been removed. When I saw a girl wearing one of these I didn’t think “Oh, hey, she must support testicular cancer survivors like myself”. All it did was make me feel self conscious about having one testicle. It just seems like a gimmick to me. Again makes you wonder if these “cancer awareness” campaigns aren’t just for-profit marketing schemes. I think people would only buy and wear these because it seems funny due to the whole “I love balls!” thing. If you really want to help cancer donate straight to a cancer research fund like the Cancer Research Institute.
