Totally freaking out right now. Over the weekend with his routinely check my husband found a lump in one of his testicals. Today after work he came home and made an appointment with a dr and went straight down to get it checked. He had a physical check which during this the dr mentioned she felt a lump on his lymphoid aswell. She also mentioned things like STD but honestly he has had the same sexual partner for the last 10yrs. The dr wants him to have an ultra sound so when he came home I rang around and found a place to fit him in tomorrow. Iam trying to be positive and strong for my husband but inside Iam quite frankly freaking out. We have 3 kids 7,4,and 1 and I don't think I could cope with everything if it is something like cancer, not with young children aswell. Our families live an hour away from us and I want to call them to let them know but he just wants to keep it between us for now till we have more details.
I don't know what Iam really asking more that I just had to tell someone to get it off my chest. What am I going to do if my husbands test come back and he has cancer??
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You will get through it, like 100s of family around the country get through it. There is plenty of support out there and with modern treatments the side effects are getting better and better and may only be a few months of treatment or even a few weeks! I have a friend being treated for brain cancer and he still goes to work everyday. Your getting your self stressed over something that maybe absolutely nothing, might be a small cyst, and some STDs can remain dormant for many, many years! But by thinking you wont cope you are setting yourself up for failure.
Praying you had a good outcome xx