Hi all,

I'll start by saying I'm petrified....

3 weeks ago my wife thought she felt a lump on my testicle. I couldn't feel anything but my already existing anxiety went into overdrive. Pretty much from that day I was getting aching in my lower abdomen  and testicles as well as general bloating....I got the courage up to go to the gp a couple of days later who checked my testicles and couldn't find anything and suspected a bug. The aching testicles stopped that day. Fast forward to earlier this week and the bloating is still here though so its lasted a long time (although I have anxiety I've not had IBS type symptoms before). I cant sit down for long without feeling like my trousers are pressing into my waist..and I get occasional tightenings in my chest (anxiety?). Yesterday morning though I checked myself and found a small pea sized lump on my testicle so either the last doctor missed it or it's just appeared. I went back to the docs who confirmed a lump and she has ordered bloods and an ultrasound to check it. But now I'm just worried.....the bloods cant be taken until a week monday (gp busy over xmas and blood lady is booked until then) and I need to wait 2 weeks for an ultrasound. 

What if the the lump is TC...and this bloating/lower abdo tightness is the TC spreading to my lymph nodes? What if having to wait these few weeks gives it chance to spread? Sometimes the abdo pain is like a tightening...sometimes it's like a burning...its never sharp pain but I'm always conscious it's there.

I should say all other bodily functions are normal...but I cant shake the feeling that the bloating/abdo pain is linked to the lump I've found...and suffering from anxiety anyway...I'm already thinking the worst.

What are peoples thoughts?! (And sorry for rant....I cant easily talk to wife as we have 2 young children and I dont want to make them all worry)

JH