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ZsaFreigh t1_j6x1qs0 wrote

Reply to comment by Reiiser in I'm (m) 31 years old from Germany and am dying of germ cell cancer! AMA by Reiiser

I found a little bump once, same thing, doctor couldn't feel it, went for an ultrasound, never heard back. The little bump is still there and it always worries me, but I'm assuming they would have called me if it was bad...

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asforus t1_j6x29ma wrote

You paid for the appt. Call your doctor and ask for ultrasound results. If anything to relieve stress.

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123456Potato t1_j6x2se5 wrote

Call the doctors office and ask. Sometimes there are mistakes! You have to take charge of your own health care.

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mfizzled t1_j6x2wqb wrote

Please never assume you haven't fallen through the cracks, call them.

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ramblingnonsense t1_j6x397j wrote

Don't assume that. Think of wherever you work. Think about how things get lost. Think about how mistakes are made there. Think about that time someone forgot something important and it messed up a bunch of other stuff.

Now think of your doctor's office. They're just a bunch of office workers with a couple of specialists. They fall prey to all the same mistakes as offices everywhere. Normally they should call you back to tell you the scan was negative. They didn't. Why? Because it was negative? Or did your result get picked up with someone else's and put in the wrong folder, unseen?

Call back and follow up. It's probably nothing, but why risk it?

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capontransfix t1_j6xe9bb wrote

This. The number one person on your healthcare team has got to be you, no matter how good your insurance is. Even here in Soviet Canada if you aren't your own advocate, you will be overlooked at one time or another.

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nelly1234567 t1_j6x3aqh wrote

I have a similar thing. The docs had called me back and told me I had what's called "Testicular Microlithiasis" which is essentially little calcium build up's in the testies. There seems to be quite mixed information in regards to it but from what I've been told and seen, it's usually not something to worry about unless you or your family has a history with Cancer.

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MesmariPanda t1_j6x3tih wrote

I had this, they called it a testicular pearl. Its a bump, enough to scare you but tiny in comparison to what you should be worried a out.

My friend who had Testicular cancer said it was about the size of a chick pea. Considerably large when you think about where you're finding it.

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JasinNat t1_j6x5epp wrote

I once felt a bump. Had a panic attack and went to the ER. Turns out it was a Tick. Not even joking.

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boarder2k7 t1_j6y1n7w wrote

Friend of mine assumed that and it ended up being cancer, the office just forgot to call and tell him his PSA was way up. Was a much harder recovery a few years later than it would have been. Call and check!

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chewieb t1_j6yowao wrote

they dont send you the results right away?

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