Comment by estetlinus

> You need to be doggedly persistent on scheduling things

I had testicular cancer 2017, and this is my main takeaway. You have to sell your disease to the doctor. I had a lump deep within my teaticle and was ignored by two doctors. The third one finally ordered an ultrasound. From there it was quick — I live in Sweden, high taxes but we cure people of cancer for around $100.

Cancer sucks and leaves you paranoid after. Most recently I thought I had a tumour in my mouth, and even got the AI reluctantly agree with me. Proved to be a condition called mandibular tori that somewhere along the line of 40% of population has (but the little AI failed to mention lol).

In case you wonder, yes, I only have one testicle, and yes they removed my boy-producing testicle; I’ve had two wonderful smol girls since.