A 25-year-old man in Sydney suffered from a lump in his testicles, which GP told him "might be hormones." The cancer survivor is urging young people to examine their genitalia and, if there is a problem, to have an ultrasound.
Ben. Smith (Ben Smith) first felt a cancer lump in December, but doctors told him twice that it wasn't a big deal, so he wasn't worried.
But the lump in his left testicle was so painful that he could no longer despise it. So on January 22nd, he asked for a scan.
When he realized he "might have cancer," he said, he was sitting in his car reading notes about ultrasound.
"I have a bit of anatomy, and anything that ends with 'oma' is not good." "so I called my mom and my girlfriend, so we decided we should go straight to the hospital because this lump has been around for two and a half months," he said.
He went to the emergency room of the Royal Alfred Hospital for confirmation and was subsequently treated at the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse Cancer Hospital. The doctor first removed his testicles and then underwent chemotherapy, and the cancer had spread to his abdomen.
The now-recovered historian is eager to make changes-share his stories so that no one else can trust those who tell them that the lump is okay.
"if you notice anything wrong with your genitals, my friends, I advise you to see a doctor and ask for an ultrasound," he wrote.
"Don't listen to the general practitioner say the mass is fine, testicular cancer is very rare, I can almost guarantee that the general practitioner has either never seen it or not seen many, so honestly, they don't know, nor do experts know."
Smith received nine weeks of painstaking chemotherapy, but the cancer cells were expanding. The most common spread of testicular cancer is in the abdomen, behind the intestine, pancreas and stomach, and where it spreads.
Mr. Smith eventually opted for new minimally invasive surgery, which is safe and feasible, with the benefit of reduced pain and a faster return to normal activity.
Smith woke up two hours after surgery and was allowed to go home within two days.