The pressure I felt was the beginning of a lump forming in my lymph node. It could have been prostate it could have been many thing. The lump was very small but enough to put pressure on the underlying nerves
Did you experience the pressure every day, right up until they removed the lump? Can you remember if the pressure disappeared for a few days, then came back again?
It depends on what you define as pressure. When I had a prostate problem the pressure was like a back pressure when I tried to urinate. It came and went and just slowly got more consistent.
The pressur in my groin was from a large lump that developed in my thigh. This turned out to be a cyst that they said if it continued to develop it could have turned into cancer. It had became quite hard and I felt it when I walked. It was also pretty darn deep and not somehting I easily felt by palpatation.
The testicular cancer was a differnet matter. It started by an uncomfortable feeling in my underware and I thought the elastic was bothering me. I then noticed a hard lump in the scrotum... and then that started to grow. That was the serious one and they sewn in some sort of chemical bead for that one that dissolved.
The prostate one I'll detail below. I was one of the earliest Da Vinci surgical robot patients. The surgrey would have been brutal by conventional means but the robot pretty much drilled in through a few holes and sucked that thing out piece by piece. They used some sort of radiation/chemo bead implant for that too. I still feel it though even though it's not there.
I appreciate your advice. I will try to find another urologist. It just sucks that I might actually have to wait 4 months with this symptom.
There are other things that can make you feel pressure down there. I
I had my first prostate exam when I was at the ER for this, but I don't think the doctor was thorough enough. I think he was too quick to be able to tell
if there was anything wrong.
What revealed the lump? Cat scan? X-ray? MRI? Ultrasound?
Palpataion found the lumps in my thigh... they were then Ultrasound examined to find out how big and measure the depth, density and etc. They decided to excise (Surgically remove) them and they turned out to be lymph nodes that were early stage cancer. I didn't need chemo or anything for that one because they determined they were very early stage and we just watch for a reoccurance. Knock on wood that one hasn't came back.
If they think you have testicular cancer they will do an ultrasound that's very embarrassing. You will have to have a sense of humor because they will try to stretch your nutsack across the room to do what they need to do. It was awkward, painful, and cold.
The Prostate exam needs no more discussion because you know what it is already. But if they suspect something wrong in that department they may need to do a trans rectal biopsy. Which my Girlfriend laughed because they use a speculum much like the gynecologist uses to stretch their vaginas in the back door... once they have it open they use ultrasound to find the lump and insert a biopsy needle through the rectum and take the tissue sample. The good thing is they give you the "twilight" anesthesia that is supposed to give you amnesia so you forget the procedure. I remembered most of it, it was unpleasant but not the mot painful thing I've experienced.
But seriously... if that doctor told you to go to a urologist do follow up. They are trained only to do so much in the ER. If it was something he suspected he would refer you to a specialist.
In the interum I would go to your primary care and have them re-do the exam.
IF they feel there is an urgent need they usually can gateway you into a specialist sooner through their referrals department.
Allen
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