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Good luck Matt! Sorry to hear that it had to happen.

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It's still cancer, and in a very unfortunate place. I've never thought of having cancer (even treatable) as anything less than serious.

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Damn dude! :(
Sorry to hear that.

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As Fancy said, it's one of the "best" forms of cancer to have. Still sucks balls though (see wat i did thar?). Best of luck with it. Afterwards, you'll have a superball! You can try bouncing it off things to see how high it will go! Or omg, swap it to the other side of your scrotum! Is that possible? Don't twist the cord though, that leads to more surgery.

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In all honesty though, if I had to get my balls cut off, I'd ask them to hand them over. Take a jar filled with formaldehyde and keep them in my bookshelf.

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That's.... odd. I can't say I wouldn't do the same, but still...

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Wow, that sucks. Best of luck, broseph.

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Turns out they do mind if you drink beforehand; they had to delay by several hours, and I got some angry glares. Fortunately (?) I had done so a long time before turning up, so it didn't need to be cancelled out of hand. So bad advice there folks! And general anaesthetic it so much better than booze anyway. I'm going to ask if I can take some with me.

They don't foresee any complications because I'm awesome ('robust' was the word used, but I take that to mean awesome), so they're considering my request to let me go home a little earlier than they usually would let me*. It was caught early, so it was straightforward and no radiotherapy is required either - lesson to be learned there; don't be embarassed, go straight to your doctor at the first sign of trouble to avoid making things worse for yourself.

And now I know how Hitler felt.

Good to tell somebody about it all though, even if I don't know y'all in the flesh, so thanks guys. For obvious reasons I've kept it on the down-low (lol) from family and friends. They think I've gone to visit a friend out of town for a couple of days. A fucked-up friend who steals balls while you're asleep apparently.

And no, I don't want it put in a jar for posterity. That's strange. You're strange. Stop being strange.

* To be honest I think they're getting tired of the constant bollock puns. I just told a nurse that I'd nut him, for example.

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Are they going to fit a false one ? If not ask if they have a pickled onion they can put in as a temp thing :p

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That was offered, but I declined. Implants can cause complications later down the line, according to my research (like breast implants; they're made of the same silicone after all), and I'd like to go for the rest of my life without any more males handling my junk.