Síriocaz
Xenoblade Enjoyer
Wanted to make this thread to raise some awareness about what I'm going through right now, especially if you're a man around my age (25).
About three months ago I started noticing my right testis getting stiff, and I actively ignored this glaring symptom, deducing that, in the worst case scenario, it was something like epididymitis caused by an infection.
Mistake, but fortunately it doesn't end too bad.
Two weeks ago I effectively noticed it had got really big, I had trouble sitting and going to the bathroom, so last Monday I finally went to the urologist. He used his small ultrasound and almost immediately notified me it was a tumor. A large one. As a result, he set up blood tests, a CT scan and another, more reliable ultrasound.
I got those done, and indeed the tumor dimensions were significantly large and one of my tumor markers were off the charts (AFP). Based on his previous experience, the urologist told me it was overwhelmingly likely a carcinoma type of tumor, so more probable than not, I'll have to get either one round or chemo or get checked routinely. Or both. It will all depend on the tumor type and staging.
THE GOOD NEWS is that everything remained localized in the right testis, no extensions in the lymph nodes or other parts of the body. Testicular cancer is still highly treatable even after it's spread elsewhere, but a localized affliction overwhelmingly makes the prognosis better in the long term.
I took my results with the urologist today and he suggested to make the orchiectomy, the entire extirpation of the testis, right away, in that moment. I accepted and now you have me here in my bed writing this post lol When dealing with the possibility of testicular cancer, the extirpation is almost always mandatory, there's no way around it.
But yeah, the takeaway here is that, the moment you notice something different in your body, please don't hesitate in calling for help, as the last thing you want is a bigger problem. I dodged a bullet by not having metastasis in the rest of my body, but it probably was about from nothing to extend elsewhere, who knows. Maybe the testis could've been saved (unlikely, like I said, but still worth nothing), but it all boils down to the same thing: the sooner, the better.
I wish you the best, guys, I wanted to post this here because this is a community I really enjoy coming to. Not sure if that's silly but it came out of the heart, that should be enough xS
About three months ago I started noticing my right testis getting stiff, and I actively ignored this glaring symptom, deducing that, in the worst case scenario, it was something like epididymitis caused by an infection.
Mistake, but fortunately it doesn't end too bad.
Two weeks ago I effectively noticed it had got really big, I had trouble sitting and going to the bathroom, so last Monday I finally went to the urologist. He used his small ultrasound and almost immediately notified me it was a tumor. A large one. As a result, he set up blood tests, a CT scan and another, more reliable ultrasound.
I got those done, and indeed the tumor dimensions were significantly large and one of my tumor markers were off the charts (AFP). Based on his previous experience, the urologist told me it was overwhelmingly likely a carcinoma type of tumor, so more probable than not, I'll have to get either one round or chemo or get checked routinely. Or both. It will all depend on the tumor type and staging.
THE GOOD NEWS is that everything remained localized in the right testis, no extensions in the lymph nodes or other parts of the body. Testicular cancer is still highly treatable even after it's spread elsewhere, but a localized affliction overwhelmingly makes the prognosis better in the long term.
I took my results with the urologist today and he suggested to make the orchiectomy, the entire extirpation of the testis, right away, in that moment. I accepted and now you have me here in my bed writing this post lol When dealing with the possibility of testicular cancer, the extirpation is almost always mandatory, there's no way around it.
But yeah, the takeaway here is that, the moment you notice something different in your body, please don't hesitate in calling for help, as the last thing you want is a bigger problem. I dodged a bullet by not having metastasis in the rest of my body, but it probably was about from nothing to extend elsewhere, who knows. Maybe the testis could've been saved (unlikely, like I said, but still worth nothing), but it all boils down to the same thing: the sooner, the better.
I wish you the best, guys, I wanted to post this here because this is a community I really enjoy coming to. Not sure if that's silly but it came out of the heart, that should be enough xS
