The day I found out

October 2nd: I went in for the ultrasound test and knew something was wrong when the technician brought the radiologist back in the room. He told me they discovered two masses in my left testicle. I told him that I now proved my doctor wrong about being too old for this type of cancer. Then, he told me that he had already scheduled an appointment in an hour and half with my original primary care doctor to go over a plan of action.

Back at my doctor’s office, he met with me and “ate some crow” about the statement of being too old. From there, he had me do a panel of blood tests and a chest x-ray. After those, he told me the testicle would need to be removed and arranged an appointment with a Urologist for the following day. The doctor called later in the day to report that the chest x-ray didn’t show any cancer evidence.