MrMatt
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urologist update
OK, so I went in and I was really worried about the right nut. They said the right nut is fine. A thin hydrocele around it, and a tiny spermocele.
The left one has a small cyst on the epidymis. They said it's a complex cyst, that could represent a speromcele, but that further testing is recommended to rule out a neoplasm. The urologist said that he reviewed the ultrasound and that it's DEFINITELY on the epidymis. He also asked if it's grown or changed, and I told him no not at all, it's not painful and I think it's gotten smaller. The doctor said it's not anything they'd operate on or remove at this point, and that we should just wait a few months and take another ultrasound. If it gets bigger or changes shape in the meantime, come right back in he said. Since it is a complex cyst there is still the slight chance it could be cancerous, but epididymal cancer is extremely rare and he's actually never seen it before, he also said that 9 times out of 10 these types of cyst turn out to be nothing. So best case scenario it either shrinks and disappears or stays the same size.
I guess I'm about 90% relieved. My right nut, which I always thought of as my power nut is intact. The left nut is probably fine too, so I still have depth at the nuts. I'll feel fully relieved in 6 months if they tell me it's fine.
Ultrasound update I got the ultrasound today. I'm actually really worried right now. I asked the tech if he would be able to give me results today, and he said he'd do the report today and then the doctor would tell me at the appointment we had set for October 14th. I asked the guy if he could see the lump when he was doing the procedure. He said he hadn't gotten to that side yet, and that even when he did he couldn't tell me one way or the other. So afterward he told me I could clean the gel stuff off my nuts, and that he was going to go make sure the pictures developed. When he got back he said they'd have the report ready by tomorrow. I asked him if I should wait until the 14th or if I could just call the urology clinic to get them tomorrow. He said I could wait until the 14th. After when I was leaving I saw him in the office with the receptionist whispering, when I asked them if I needed to give them a copay they both stopped and looked at me really weird.
I'm worried mainly because I think they might've been whispering about me. More than that though, he said I could wait until the 14th...isn't it usually bad news when they don't say "yeah just call tomorrow and get the results over the phone"? I've NEVER had it be good news when they tell you to wait for a followup appointment. I REALLY do not want to die. I can't even walk right now my legs are shaking so bad. This fucking sucks.
UPDATE: Saw a urologist, he ordered an ultrasound, but after he (and another guy) felt my balls he said that the lump on the left is on the epididymis and is almost certainly a spermocele, or a spermatic cyst. He felt my right nut and said it felt swollen though, probably on account of hydrocele. Neither of my nuts has anything major wrong with it, so the ultrasound is in two weeks.
So recently I've been having some discomfort in my extreme lower abdomen, on the right side. I chalked it up to pulling something while lifting at the gym. Just to be sure I checked my nuts to make sure there wasn't a lump. They seemed to be fine. The pain has persisted over the last 3 weeks, (oddly enough ONLY when I'm sitting down and only in certain chairs), so I checked again two days ago. Lump on my left nut. Well more accurately it feels more like it's on the epididymis. It's tiny, and round, about half the size of a pea. Faaaahk. I have a doctors appointment for next Thursday. Going to see if I can move it up though. I haven't been able to concentrate on anything the last couple days. I don't have any other symptoms of ball cancer, besides the lower abdomen pain, and lump on the nut/epididymis..but still cancer has to start somewhere, and I'd rather nip it in the bud. Fuck me.
Update: Saw dr. today, he's making an appt. for me to see a urologist. The lump is on the epididymis, so it's probably not ball cancer, which is a relief. Still I'd like to know what it is exactly. While he's down there maybe the urologist can tell me if the lower abdomen pain I've had when sitting is from a potential hernia.
OK, so I went in and I was really worried about the right nut. They said the right nut is fine. A thin hydrocele around it, and a tiny spermocele.
The left one has a small cyst on the epidymis. They said it's a complex cyst, that could represent a speromcele, but that further testing is recommended to rule out a neoplasm. The urologist said that he reviewed the ultrasound and that it's DEFINITELY on the epidymis. He also asked if it's grown or changed, and I told him no not at all, it's not painful and I think it's gotten smaller. The doctor said it's not anything they'd operate on or remove at this point, and that we should just wait a few months and take another ultrasound. If it gets bigger or changes shape in the meantime, come right back in he said. Since it is a complex cyst there is still the slight chance it could be cancerous, but epididymal cancer is extremely rare and he's actually never seen it before, he also said that 9 times out of 10 these types of cyst turn out to be nothing. So best case scenario it either shrinks and disappears or stays the same size.
I guess I'm about 90% relieved. My right nut, which I always thought of as my power nut is intact. The left nut is probably fine too, so I still have depth at the nuts. I'll feel fully relieved in 6 months if they tell me it's fine.
Ultrasound update I got the ultrasound today. I'm actually really worried right now. I asked the tech if he would be able to give me results today, and he said he'd do the report today and then the doctor would tell me at the appointment we had set for October 14th. I asked the guy if he could see the lump when he was doing the procedure. He said he hadn't gotten to that side yet, and that even when he did he couldn't tell me one way or the other. So afterward he told me I could clean the gel stuff off my nuts, and that he was going to go make sure the pictures developed. When he got back he said they'd have the report ready by tomorrow. I asked him if I should wait until the 14th or if I could just call the urology clinic to get them tomorrow. He said I could wait until the 14th. After when I was leaving I saw him in the office with the receptionist whispering, when I asked them if I needed to give them a copay they both stopped and looked at me really weird.
I'm worried mainly because I think they might've been whispering about me. More than that though, he said I could wait until the 14th...isn't it usually bad news when they don't say "yeah just call tomorrow and get the results over the phone"? I've NEVER had it be good news when they tell you to wait for a followup appointment. I REALLY do not want to die. I can't even walk right now my legs are shaking so bad. This fucking sucks.
UPDATE: Saw a urologist, he ordered an ultrasound, but after he (and another guy) felt my balls he said that the lump on the left is on the epididymis and is almost certainly a spermocele, or a spermatic cyst. He felt my right nut and said it felt swollen though, probably on account of hydrocele. Neither of my nuts has anything major wrong with it, so the ultrasound is in two weeks.
So recently I've been having some discomfort in my extreme lower abdomen, on the right side. I chalked it up to pulling something while lifting at the gym. Just to be sure I checked my nuts to make sure there wasn't a lump. They seemed to be fine. The pain has persisted over the last 3 weeks, (oddly enough ONLY when I'm sitting down and only in certain chairs), so I checked again two days ago. Lump on my left nut. Well more accurately it feels more like it's on the epididymis. It's tiny, and round, about half the size of a pea. Faaaahk. I have a doctors appointment for next Thursday. Going to see if I can move it up though. I haven't been able to concentrate on anything the last couple days. I don't have any other symptoms of ball cancer, besides the lower abdomen pain, and lump on the nut/epididymis..but still cancer has to start somewhere, and I'd rather nip it in the bud. Fuck me.
Update: Saw dr. today, he's making an appt. for me to see a urologist. The lump is on the epididymis, so it's probably not ball cancer, which is a relief. Still I'd like to know what it is exactly. While he's down there maybe the urologist can tell me if the lower abdomen pain I've had when sitting is from a potential hernia.
