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Tumormarkers are specific molecules that appear in the bloodstream is there's a (malicious?) tumour in the system, it's about actual problem, not the likelihood. But you're right, being in the norms / lower is a great result :)

It was a bad day because of the fear, uncertainity and the thought of early and painful death that were coming to my mind for the whole day. I personally know a couple of people who are fighting with cancer and have gone through multiple chemiotherapies and radiotherapy. I also used to know a bunch of people who died because of cancer. For me it is one of the worst illnesses and I am really afraid of it. I did not want to include into the first post too much detail so the lenght does not discourage people from reading and does not make it too borning. I wanted to form the title and the content in such a way to make it pleasant to read and to encourage the users of the website to test themselves. Thus it may suggest that I was in the clinic for an hour or so. In reality, it took the whole day until I went through all of the examinations and had the results on my hand. During the time I was there, I saw a few patients being transported on hospital beds somewhere; probably for more chemitherapies or additional examinations. Not each single of them look "well" and it did not give rise to optimism to my soul.

What is more, the evening I detected the lump inside of my body I started my own research and read a few articles I found on the Internet. I gained a little bit of knowledge and realized that any neoplasm located on a testicle means its removal. Additionaly, I came across information that 90% of tumors loacted on tescticles are malignant tumors and that the chemiotherapy and radiotherapy which have to be applied in such cases entail at least temporal infetility and impotency. I also read about so-caled Spermatocele (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatocele), which is probably my case, and I was aware of the fact that they are harmless and it is important to check whether the neoplasm is attached to my tescile or if it is loose inside of scotrum. I checked once again and was sure that it was located on my testicle. It did not sound like a good news whatsoever but I came to terms with it. I was just hopping that I detected it quickly enough to be cured. I know a guy who lives in my town and who almost died because of testicular cancer. We had attended the same primary and secondary school. It was like 7 years ago and in the local hosptial they told his parents that there was no help for him there and they should start looking for a really good private oncological clinic in the two biggest cities of my country if they can afford it. He had to be transported with the use of special ambulance as his pulse was so low that any move done to his body could kill him. The doctors working in the clinic helped him and now he enjoys his life with good blood results so I asked him for the address and went direct there. But still all of the information I gather at that time was not optimistic for me and I was really downcast.

Now, after the talk with the doctor I know that tumors down there are rare cases and most of such noeplasms consist of cyst which are harmless and are an effect of an injury, inflammantion or genetical tendencies. What is more, the majority of testicular cancers are curable as their cells are very sensitive to chemicals. But all of such changes in the structure should be checked by a doctor because any cancer is a serious condition and can possible kill the ill person. Furthermore, it has turned out that not everything which is round and inside of scrotum is a testicle.

When it comes to the tumor markers, they are not resposnsible for the creation of the tumor. The tumor's cells and the reactions within it entail the production of certain substances such enzyms and proteins, which are present in our bodies anyway. The increased presence of such substance can show that it is not produced only by the organ which is supposed to do it. The quantity of the following ones was tested in my case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoembryonic_antigen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_chorionic_gonadotropin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-fetoprotein But I am not a doctor and I can be totally wrong.

Thank you for the kind words and I hope that everything will be fine, too! : ) I am not worried afterwards getting the results. :> I just wanted to share the information with others and warn them about the testicular cancer.

It's important for girls too!.

(One of those is really informative, the other only kinda but still great to watch. Forgot which is which, though)

Edit: Oh and this is tangentially related.

You are very right, indeed, and the self-examination is substantial for girls' health, too! Obviously, Deadpool has a good piece of advice for them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0T8dLAyT6I Anyways, I believe that the title of the thread is catchy enough to get a bunch of women here because of the curiosity of why their men should touch themselves tonight. : > So don't be shy girls and play with your bodies a little bit tonight!

Thank you for the kind words! :)
You are very right! Deadpool has a good piece of advice for girls as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0T8dLAyT6I Nevertheless, I hope that many male users of the website are now aware of the issue and they will go and examine their girlfriend's breast on their own, too. : P

I did not mean to boast about something nor to sound overweeningly. But still I wanted to express the part that you are reffering to in a bit exaggerated way in order to show people that it is not important whether we take good care of our body and feel fine as cancer can invide our bodies anyway. For that reason, self-examination should consitute a substantial part of our lives, :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECk9A-07Pw

A really good informative thread! I have just read it and I feel really sorry for what have happened to you. :( I hope that scientists are going to come up with a cure for the disease.

I am from Poland and a few (like 10-15) years ago in my country broadcast media such as TV were running a awareness-raising campaign connected with ticks. It was encouraging people to vaccinate themselves against tick-borne encephalitis and about the necessity to visit a doctor, especially when the place where we have been bitten is itching, swollen and surrounded by round reddening. Unfortunately, you are completely right that the majority of people are not aware of the possible consequences and tend to disregard such situations. I hope that your thread will forewarn a lot of people and we definetely need much more sources of information and awareness-raising campaigns connected with Lyme.

Thank you for the support. : ) I added the giveways to the main post and linked your thread as well. In a few hours, I will make a small train with some giveways. Feel free to add it to your thread. : )