ANYONES DH HAD A LUMP IN THEIR TESTICLE? PLEASE ADVISE ME

[mad4mybaby]

DH found a lump few months ago, i couldnt feel anything though. Basically was watching street doctors last night and decided he should go get it checked out. Went this am and the doc said there was def a lump there and has refered him to a eurologist who hes seeing next week through bupa.

Has this happened to anyone? Im worried as dh is convinced its cancer and if it isnt its a cyst and he will have to have testicle removed. What could it be?

dh has one at the moment. Doc wasnt sure what it was and dh went for testes US scan yesterday, they have told him that the lump is too small to worry about at the moment (i couldnt feel it either), he has to go back and see his gp in 10 days when they will have the proper results of the scan, so still fingers crossed.

{{{hugs}}} for you all its so very scary and fingers crossed that everything is ok for your dh.

It can be just a swelling that might need draining, but nothing more, a varicose vein thing or there are other things which aren't serious.
Its unusual for them to have to remove a testicle because of a cyst - normally they'd just remove the cyst or a bit of the testicle.

hes completely going ott (i can understand why) but i just cant seem to talk him round to the fact that it might not be as bad as it seems. If it was just a cyst or swelling wouldnt the gp have known that?

Right. Stop panicking, hard I know but stop.

It could be a benign cyst. It could be fluid.

It could be cancer.

Here comes the 'but'

If it is cancer, stop panicking. Cancer of the testicle is the most treatable of all cancers. 5 year (and longer) Survival rates are practically 100%.

If it is cancer he will lose his nad, and possibly have some radiotherapy/chemo but it is low key and very bearable.

this happened to dh over 11 years ago, had no long term affects on DH or his fertility....he is dying of another , totally unrelated cancer, bad luck eh?

But testicular cancer is as 'good a cancer as it is possible to get, and that is you dhs worse case scenario.

Seriously. Stop panicking

Hi...I know this is easy to say but please try not to panic. I went through this last year with my husband... he too found a lump ( following a footie injury) He had to have a scan following which they told us that yes it probably was cancer. BUT...that testicular cancer is very treatable in vast majority of cases. With us they removed the testicle and then told us that it was not actually cancerous and just a cyst. Removing a testicle has not reduced his fertility or ( ahem ) performance in any way and tbh once he thought it may have been cancerous he just wanted shot of it as soon as possible. From finding the lump to testicle removal was only a week though... everything does seem to happen fast and that in itself was scary. But I guess what I want to say is.... First, it may not be cancer and second...if it is then it is a really treatable cancer and there is lots of support out there . Really hope all is OK and will be thinking of you next week

mate had a testicle removed on Monday, as MB and kit have said, its the "best" sort to get, please get him checked out and then you know what you're dealing wtih.

you have all been so helpful and encouraging. thank you so much

My ex H had a lump in his testicle, and was really panicking about it.
He went to the doctors, who referred him for a scan, and it turned out to be something to do with one of the veins. Can't remember exactly what, but it was something very common apparently. Try not to panic too much.

My husband found a lump last year and was obviously worried. We have a friend who is a surgeon who said he could almost guarantee it would be an epydidymal(sp?!) cyst as they are so common. He did a scan shortly afterwards and confirmed thats what it was. The scan even showed up quite a few others but he says they are harmless and not necessary to remove.
Obviously he needs to get it checked just in case but try not to worry too much - easy to say I know - we worried too even knowing it was likely not to be anything serious. Sounds very similar to Pinkchampagne was saying.

Hi

My husband has TC. He was diagnosed two years ago after his testicle became sore and swollen very quickly.

He had an op to remove the testicle but lucky needed no further treatment as the cancer has not spread.

If found and treated quickly - in our case just removed - survival rates from this disease are extremely high.

We have been warned that it may come back but the hospital keep a very close eye on him through regular checks. TBH I am more concerned for our 2 boys (age 13 and 9)as there is no screening process for this disease! Hubby is regularly checked and changes in his condition will be picked up asap but the boys will not be so lucky.

Your husband has done the right thing by seeing the doctor and getting this investigated early.

Hope all goes well with the results.

I know going through this can be scary so if you have any more questions please just ask.

Thinking of you both

Linzs

thanx linzs. I think the main reason my dh so worried is coz its been there quite a few months and he thinks its got bigger. He says its about the size of a bean. The gp said it isnt a hernia and it isnt a cyst - something to do with him shining a light on it and the light supposed to go through it if its a cyst and it isnt. Other than cancer there isnt much else it can be is there?

When my Dh first saw GP he told us not to worry as there are quite a few things that it could be.

At consultant they tried the light test and as it didnt shine through the other side they sent him for scan at the same time - consultant was excellent and pulled in a few favours to get scan done and results that day - I think he already knew what he was dealing with!

As others have said until you have scan and see results you dont know what you are dealing with and it could be a number of things.

After finding out about my DH. My Dad admitted that he too had felt lumps - and had them for a while and went to hospital for tests. Was told that he had harmless lumps that didnt need removal or treatment.

It is great that you dh is getting this sorted out now - we didnt have private health insurance when my dh was first diagnosed (Through experience we do now) and we were told that waiting times for the op would be about 3 weeks. In the end my dh decided that he wanted it removed straight away and we payed the consultant to go private and dh was actually in the operating theatre within 3 hours (Consultant charged £1000.00 and had a cancellation for that afternoon). We were very shocked to hear that dh could have been left for up to 3 weeks with an agressive tumor growing inside him - dh was very lucky because the cancer had not spread but who knows what could have happened in those 3 weeks.

you say that you are worried about your dh having his testicle removed - what is it that worries you? TBH there is really no difference between having 1 or 2!

no not worried about the physicality!! Worried for him because i know how he will react to it. Hes gone out and got drunk tonight, his reason being he thinks he has cancer. got a whole week of dealing with this. Am angry with him. I know i prob shouldnt be as its awful thing to go through but he is being so morbid. We have a 22 month ds and i am pg. Finding it v hard to deal with but only because of how he is being. Ive told him that and his answer is that it is him that it is happening to. Well it isnt in my opinion. Ive done/said every thing to try to comfort him and reassure him but it isnt good enough

I guess i was lucky as my dh is not the type to worry about anything he was so laid back about the whole thing.

In fact it scared the life out of me - I was begging him to leave the op for the next week and come home!!

I think the kids found it quite hard to deal with - basically because it happened so quick we didnt have time to warn them. I literally picked them up from school that night and told them that daddy was in hospital and wouldnt be coming home until the next day. Have always tried to be honest with them and tell the truth and now they all have a good understanding of the disease.

I can understand why he feels so morbid - It is a very hard thing to deal with (I think I nearly became alcoholic ).For me I found it worse at night when we were all in bed - not being busy gave me time to think. It doesnt help that in this day and age we can google everything and scare ourselves to death - sometimes things seem worse than they really are!

Try and keep busy for the next week - shouldn't be too hard with a 22 month old! and just try and keep positive for him.