(Mr) I had a hydrocele operation about 8ish years ago. It started due to a urinary tract infection, my left testicle was the size of a cricket ball. I was in complete agony for about a year, felt like somebody was stabbing the me with a hot sewing needle, tried various antibiotics until the operation. It was a scary time as I had to have an ultra sound scan at the beginning to see if it was cancer or not, they confirmed there and then it wasn’t, roll on 7ish months from the first scan GP requested a second ultra sound scan to rule out cancer again, both results came back clear and eventually I had the hydrocele operation, the operation itself is pretty straight forward cut the sack, cut the testicle and drain the fluid. Move forward to June 2021 and reoccurring symptoms again, but this time I had the scan I had to wait a month for the results, I was preparing myself for the worse because my GP wasn’t his usual self as before, I got a text saying you need to contact your GP, luckily he is very efficient and rang me, Explaining it’s not cancer and a urine infection,I felt so relieved as I had just buried my Nan and I was struggling to function, I was looking at my children and thinking “F*****g HELL” they are so young to have to deal with me dying, I felt absolutely helpless, just thinking the worst, I was crying quite a lot when I was by myself, which is a normal reaction. I’d like to take this opportunity to reach out to anyone who may have found a lump and ignoring it, maybe a change in size of testicle best to get it checked out, If you’d like to talk send us a wink as single guys are blocked, but more then happy to give some advice and explain in further detail the whole process. (Bloody hell that was long). ![](/icons/s/2/heart.gif) |