Gentlemen, touch yourself tonight.

Well... There is no pun involved and I really ask you to literally touch yourself the upcoming evening. Why? Because it is pleasant, right? And it can save your life. How?! It is the only way to detect testicular cancer in its early-stage form.

Everyone thinks that such matter does not concern them. But why? Any specific reason why it would not involve you? I am just 25 years old. I have been working out, jogging regurarly and eat healthy for about 3 years. I have never smoked neither drunk too much. No more than 2 months ago I have my blood tested. The test was a complex one and included the examination of enzymes produced by liver, kidneys, thyroid and standard properties of my blood. The results were perfect and I was feeling fine, too. I didn't feel pain in any parts of my body neither noticed any other alarming symptoms. How are you better than me then so the matter does not concern you?

Two days ago I was a little bit bored and I was watching youtube movies as usual until I came acroos this aware-raising video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsdD1MJXOpk I thought: "Well... Why not...? I am sitting in my pants only anyway (I was preparing myself for bedtime and anything more! You dirty minds!) and it is Deadpool who asks me to do it. What can possible go wrong, right?" Well... Not exactly. I did not successfullly accomplish my mission, as Deadpool refers to the self-examination. At one point I felt something round and hard. The very next day I was packing my stuff that I needed for a few days and went to a private onkological clinic. That was one of the worst days of my life. When I reached my destination, I told the doctor about my problem and showed my last results. He made a quick look and said that they were totally useless and we had to do a untrasound scan of my testicles and new blood tests, which involve specific tumor markers. After all of the necessary examination, it turned out that I have a small harmless cyst of the size of 0.2cm located in the area of epididymis. Luckily, all of the markers have turned out to be low and within the norms and I have nothing to worry about. Now, I am suppossed only to take a half of Aspirin daily for 5 days to help the neoplams re-absorb by itself and came back to the clinic in the middle of December for a follow-up visit.

By the way, the main intention behind making the thread was not to tell someone my personal story neither to look for attention nor to make a confession or something like that. I am just hoping that such a awareness-rasining thread can reach your minds better than a video created by professional actors and possible save somene's life. I hope that you will find nothing abnormal during your own self-examination. Just in case, such medical tests are not that bad and embarrasing like many people think. You are suppossed to hold up your penis and cover it with your own hand or a piece of paper so that most of your intimate place is significantly covered for most of the time. So do not be afraid of going to a doctor as "the alternative is not an option".

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