help me please!

[WBA51113]

I feel like I’m going crazy. Nobody understands what I’m going through or how I’m feeling right now.

I have severe health anxiety, and I’m currently going through a health problem that is scaring the crap out of me.

I visited the dr last week due to problems I have been having, my left testicle had become larger than my right one, and I was getting an aching pain and swelling in my scrotum. This is following previous issues that I had which included feelings of needing a wee, pretty much straight after finishing, and feeling like there was wee still in the tip of my penis and feeling like it was going to dribble out.

The dr told me that he thought I had a case of Epididymytis and prescribed me a two week course on Doxycycline. I have been on the antibiotics over - a week now, and still every night without fail I’m getting the same dull ache in my testicles, in my groin and into my pelvis, and whenever I research this on google, it is telling me that it’s testicular cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, literally every cancer and I’m scared to death!

The dr has sent a referral to the hospital for an ultrasound of my testicles also but I still haven’t been contacted yet to get booked in for this, and I just feel like I’m waiting around, that I’ve got cancer and that I’m going to die and I’m scared to death.

Sorry to vent, but I just don’t know what to do, the waiting around is horrible, I just can’t stop worrying that I’ve got cancer, and I just feel like I’m in a constant state of panic.

30 male white UK

[Omniscient1]

Hi mate, there's no doctors on here (we're all patients right?), but it seems to me that unlike the odd infection cured with a week's worth of penicillin they've given you a 2 week course, so hang on, you'll maybe need a other course and ignore Dr Google.

[Man7Cut]

Waiting for tests and diagnosis is the worst thing ever, because you're always going to focus on the worst case scenario. The doctor has diagnosed Epididymitis but he's sending you for a scan to rule anything else out. Although the fact of being sent for further tests is scary in itself, that's the doc doing his job. Hopefully you don't have to wait too long and in the meantime stay away from Dr Google, it can scare the shit out of you sometimes.Have you shared your fears with anyone, like a partner or parent, to help you through this? It always helps to have a bit of family support at times like these. Take care of yourself and hope everything works out well for you.

[OneJoker]

Please do not Google your symptoms, if your feeling anxious, and worried, which anyone in your situation would be, call your Doctor and ask him / her for an update of the scan. Tell them how you’re feeling. You will get sorted.

Here if you need to chat, I’m not a Doctor mate, but a good listener 👍

[IPNH]

I would call them to see if they have the order for imaging or go to a private practice to make side you don't have testicular torsion. The worst part is not knowing what's happening. Hopefully its nothing as bad as you're thinking. Going back to your doctor/calling them and telling them the issue is NOT resolved may help to get faster results