Andy699
18-07-13, 18:48
Hi everyone!
Sorry but this is gonna be a long one. Please read! I'm so scared.
I'm only 19 but about 2 months ago, I saw a leaflet in a supermarket about testicular cancer. A few days after that, I had pain in my testicles and had a dull pain in my lower abdomen. I had a full blown panic attack. I was CONVINCED I had it.
The next day me and my friend went to the walk in centre (I had to ask my best friend I was so scared). Was sitting in the waiting room convinced I was going to die. When I saw the doctor he examined me and was really confused, he couldn't feel anything wrong with my testicles.
I was relieved but not for long, once I got home I was still convinced so booked to see my GP. He's been my family doctor all my life and I really trust him. When I saw him he examined me and he said he was 100% sure nothing was wrong. He couldn't even feel a single abnormality. He said that teenage boys just tend to get aches and pains. I stopped worrying then.
BUT... last night I decided to check again. Still no lumps but I was literally squeezing them trying to check. When I went to work today, they were hurting and I haven't stopped checking them all day. Literally I must've gone to the bathroom about 10-15 times just to check. I can't feel anything wrong with them, no lumps or bumps, they feel exactly the same.
My doctor said before I'd been squeezing them so hard and so much that was probably what was causing the pain. Please help! I'm convinced I have cancer. Is this pain really just from constantly squeezing?
Thanks so much!
Sorry but this is gonna be a long one. Please read! I'm so scared.
I'm only 19 but about 2 months ago, I saw a leaflet in a supermarket about testicular cancer. A few days after that, I had pain in my testicles and had a dull pain in my lower abdomen. I had a full blown panic attack. I was CONVINCED I had it.
The next day me and my friend went to the walk in centre (I had to ask my best friend I was so scared). Was sitting in the waiting room convinced I was going to die. When I saw the doctor he examined me and was really confused, he couldn't feel anything wrong with my testicles.
I was relieved but not for long, once I got home I was still convinced so booked to see my GP. He's been my family doctor all my life and I really trust him. When I saw him he examined me and he said he was 100% sure nothing was wrong. He couldn't even feel a single abnormality. He said that teenage boys just tend to get aches and pains. I stopped worrying then.
BUT... last night I decided to check again. Still no lumps but I was literally squeezing them trying to check. When I went to work today, they were hurting and I haven't stopped checking them all day. Literally I must've gone to the bathroom about 10-15 times just to check. I can't feel anything wrong with them, no lumps or bumps, they feel exactly the same.
My doctor said before I'd been squeezing them so hard and so much that was probably what was causing the pain. Please help! I'm convinced I have cancer. Is this pain really just from constantly squeezing?
Thanks so much!