Hello everyone. I’m writing this with mixed emotions—on one hand, relief that I might finally have an explanation for what’s been bothering me, and on the other, a little frustration that it took a whole decade to figure it out.
It all started with this weird, nagging tugging sensation in my left groin. Sometimes it’s a dull ache, like an invisible string pulling from my groin up to my lower back, and other times it’s this odd tingling that creeps down my inner thigh. The pain was never sharp, but the unpredictability drove me crazy—weeks of nothing, then out of nowhere, a flare-up that made even sitting at my desk or walking too long a real struggle.
And then there’s this lump. Small, soft, almost fluid-like, it would pop up every few months near my testicle—always in the same spot—then just… disappear. Urologists kept shrugging it off: scrotal ultrasounds—clean, physical exams—normal, labs—perfect. "Maybe it’s stress," they’d say. But how do you explain actual, physical discomfort?
Year after year, I just learned to live with it, chalking it up to some "weird body quirk," until I saw a new urologist—one who actually dug deeper. And there it was—an epididymal cyst, finally spotted on another ultrasound. Not dangerous, not life-threatening, but… an answer at last.
I’ve got a follow-up on Monday to talk treatment options. Should I go for surgical removal or just keep an eye on it?
It all started with this weird, nagging tugging sensation in my left groin. Sometimes it’s a dull ache, like an invisible string pulling from my groin up to my lower back, and other times it’s this odd tingling that creeps down my inner thigh. The pain was never sharp, but the unpredictability drove me crazy—weeks of nothing, then out of nowhere, a flare-up that made even sitting at my desk or walking too long a real struggle.
And then there’s this lump. Small, soft, almost fluid-like, it would pop up every few months near my testicle—always in the same spot—then just… disappear. Urologists kept shrugging it off: scrotal ultrasounds—clean, physical exams—normal, labs—perfect. "Maybe it’s stress," they’d say. But how do you explain actual, physical discomfort?
Year after year, I just learned to live with it, chalking it up to some "weird body quirk," until I saw a new urologist—one who actually dug deeper. And there it was—an epididymal cyst, finally spotted on another ultrasound. Not dangerous, not life-threatening, but… an answer at last.
I’ve got a follow-up on Monday to talk treatment options. Should I go for surgical removal or just keep an eye on it?
