CHECK YOUR BALLS

Did you know it’s #MensHealthWeek!

Yes ! we as men are terrible at showing any signs of vulnerability and  weakness, so much that we would literally choose to die before we  consider seeing the doctor! Be it physical or mental health - men simply  prefer to put things off and end up often putting our lives at needless  risk/needless worry. 

However this week (coincidentally) I  decided to say

 “not today Death - not today”

and checked myself at the doctors (yesterday) for an issue that all men may have encountered  before.

I recently discovered a lump on one of my testicles and whilst not strictly too concerned I felt it unwise to not get it looked  at.

So I went to the doctor, stripped and let him fondle my balls  for a bit. He decided to send me off to get my balls scanned - which  will identify exactly what the lump was. So off I went to a medical  imaging clinic where once again I had to strip and let a lady doctor rub  lubricant all over my balls and ultrasound them. It was a comfortable  experience, it took about 40 minutes and they were very thorough with  scanning every inch of my balls.

Today I got a call from the  doctor to say the reports in so let’s go through it together. He sat me  down and read through the report for me explaining everything.  Everything is fine they discovered a few anechoic cysts which are  non-specific in nature and benign. Nothing to be concerned about and no surgery required.

I even get a copy of all my scans! So i can really admire my balls in intimate detail :D

All this literally took less  than 24 hours from the point of contacting my doctor. Had I have just  left it to fate I would have most likely just had to worry about it. 

99%  of testicular cancer cases are treatable if your catch it early - so  why wouldn’t you check it out if you notice something different? Your testicular health should never be ignored! So check them out often and  don’t be embarrassed to see the doctor if you discover anything  abnormal. Never will you ever need another excuse to play with your balls, or better have someone else check your balls for you! 

How best to examine you balls? Well I created a little guide to help you if you're not familiar with how to do it. However there are much better guides out there. Disclaimer: I am not medically trained as such all this advice is just taken from past experience.. Within doubt you must and should contact a your doctor. 

More to come real soon

Monkeygogo