EPTNow before we get into that conversational topic, I'll shed some background information on the reasoning of this blog.
Since I was 16(I'm nearly 20 now) I've had a '3rd testicle' is what I called it. I went to a doctor 2 months ago and finally got it checked. He said 'don't worry, it's just a hydrocele, they can happen for no reason. I'll get you to get an Ultrasound just in case'. I still haven't got the Ultrasound yet because the doctor who I saw moved, so I need to get another Ultrasound referral sheet, so I'm going up to my local doctors tomorrow to get a pathology referral and then ask him for an Ultrasound referral, but that's on a different tangent. I know I should of got the Ultrasound ASAP but life doesn't turn out that way, the Monday after I went to the doctors I ended up signing up for this nursing course, so 3 days a week that I didn't know I was going to be unable to go to the radiologist, so I postponed to the next week when I knew my days I would be attending the course, then I find out my doctors moved on, but the US can still be read with a different doctor at the same clinic. Right now though I'm just going to go up to a doctor 10 mins away rather then 45 mins, so I've got to wait for another referral.
Now what's confusing to me, is when my doctor told me it was a hydrocele, he wasn't too concerned. But during the course, I learnt that combined with other pre-existing conditions specifically having a necessary Orchiopexy (Undescended testicles which need to be surgically lowered and sometimes anchored) results in a higher chance of testicular cancer, my teacher didn't know why but there's more people who had an Orchiopexy getting testicular cancer then people who didn't. Now, we also learnt that hydroceles can sometimes mean nothing is wrong, or a hernia somewhere, but we were told to report all hydroceles no matter what size as there is a high potential for testicular cancer especially in patients between the age of 15-40. Hydroceles are painless mass in the scrotum which can cause discomfort if they're large enough, but not pain. I've seen my local doctor before for some vaccination shit we needed to do, and he said is there any pre-existing medical conditions and I told him I had a hydrocele and he was shocked that I had one. Which makes me even more worried.
So anyways now, I'm sitting here in the state I was when I first felt these pains(I was an emotional wreck for a few days thinking of only the negative things it could be) and I'm terrified and shaking in fear of what it could be AGAIN. I've been getting a lot discomfort which is meant to be normal, and sharp pains especially just after sitting up from laying down, laying down from sitting up, or just sitting and raising myself, as well as just seemingly randomly. I've tried to self diagnose but I can't come up with an answer to if it is indeed a hydrocele or not, because it's a round, hard ball, and inside of it is fluids as the doctor shone a torch through it. Hydroceles are meant to be soft and usually starts from the base of the scrotum, but this one is sitting above my right testicle.
Just wanted to get that off my chest, I'm going to a doctor my family goes too, so I know his trustworthy while the other one I just went to because this doctor wasn't working on the day I got the 'balls' to call and make an appointment. Now that I know I had an Orchiopexy I can tell him which might help him. If people want to be kept posted, I'll do it.
If anyone has any theories, feel free to post them!
