Hey Everyone,
Brief history...I lost my left testicle due to a pesky tumor back Dec 2015. I've been on surveillance ever since.
Back in Dec 2016 I requested a testosterone test with my routine 2 month bloodwork and the total T came back at 279 (241-827ng/dl lab range). I scheduled...
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Myself and a few others on this forum are going through the same thing I am. We all have a hard bump that is attached to the testical for 2 years and have had multiple ultrasound that have all come back negative. Is there a chance that some tumors can't be seen through a ultrasound and they keep missing...Today, 01:30 AM
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Hi. I've been reading this forum the past week since my diagnosis, and I've found it very helpful so far!
I had an ultrasound on 5/12 (Friday) which showed an intratesticular mass. I had my orchiectomy on 5/15 (Monday). Today (5/22) I went over the pathology results with my urologist and...Yesterday, 08:35 PM
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