I found a lump...
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Get yo ass to hospital! If you wait too long with neck lumps they can grow and suffocate you and I speak from experience!
EDIT: I'd also like to add, what kind of macabre health care system lets their patients die of agonizing, crippling diseases just because they can't afford treatment. I am so glad I live in a country where the NHS can give me my chepotherapy for free
EDIT: I'd also like to add, what kind of macabre health care system lets their patients die of agonizing, crippling diseases just because they can't afford treatment. I am so glad I live in a country where the NHS can give me my chepotherapy for free
The lumps are swollen lymph nodes.(Although I get the feeling that has been established already)
Could be anything from common cold to cancer. I've had neck lumps twice. First time was an ear infection or something and the other time some sort of infection by scratching a mosquito bite on my face.
Either way, you're supposed to be going to the doctor.
Could be anything from common cold to cancer. I've had neck lumps twice. First time was an ear infection or something and the other time some sort of infection by scratching a mosquito bite on my face.
Either way, you're supposed to be going to the doctor.
Escape to Britain or Canada and get it treated for free!
It's what I always do. I might be a Lord, but I'm a stingy ************.
It's what I always do. I might be a Lord, but I'm a stingy ************.
Any country with a developed economy that doesn't have free health care can not claim to be civilised.
OT: Really go to a doctor, and write to anyone of any importance local politicians/community leaders/affluent business people in the public eye and highlight the dilemma you are in and the economic problems you are facing.
OT: Really go to a doctor, and write to anyone of any importance local politicians/community leaders/affluent business people in the public eye and highlight the dilemma you are in and the economic problems you are facing.
Go to a doctor, NOW. And just in case you missed the caps......NOW.
Seriously, I've been down the cancer route (still on bi-yearly full body checkups) and you really really have to deal with these things quickly.
Seriously, I've been down the cancer route (still on bi-yearly full body checkups) and you really really have to deal with these things quickly.
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OT: Could just be a bug bite. Even if you can't afford a doctor visit, go anyway. Most hospitals have a form you can fill out that either gets you out of paying, or sets you up on a payment plan and greatly reduces the cost of the visit. My friend had to do that a few times when she wasn't making enough money to cover her doctor visits.
Lol, Op is fine. The lump is not on my scrote btw, it's a few centimetes bellow my right testicle, atached to or growing out of the cord that holds it there [I don't know what it's called] I'll seriously go to Canada if you think they'd help me.
I know kids get cancer. I feel for Hookman, and I have no reason to doubt him or anyone else who knows a young person fighting it. But for the last time, the plural of anecdote is not data.
The point is not that young people are immune to cancer. The point is that in young people, it's orders of magnitude less likely than other explanations, and should be diagnosed by a medical professional, not assumed to be the cause right off the bat.
OT: Glad to hear you're still OK, but I still recommend getting yourself looked at. Chances are a 30-minute examination could take a hell of a load off your mind. If you're unlucky, hey at least you caught it right?
The point is not that young people are immune to cancer. The point is that in young people, it's orders of magnitude less likely than other explanations, and should be diagnosed by a medical professional, not assumed to be the cause right off the bat.
OT: Glad to hear you're still OK, but I still recommend getting yourself looked at. Chances are a 30-minute examination could take a hell of a load off your mind. If you're unlucky, hey at least you caught it right?
That's what worries me though. I found an article on testicular cancer and it said this:armageddon74400 said:
"The cells can also spread to the lymph nodes in the centre of your chest, between the lungs. This could cause a cough, difficulty in breathing or swallowing, and a swelling in your chest. If testicular cancer has spread, there may be lumps in other parts of the body. Around the collarbone, or in the neck for example. These lumps are affected lymph glands."
While there is any number of causes for swollen lymph nodes I can definitely see why you're worried. I think you should definitely get a check-up, I don't know how much that costs since I live in Canada but I can't imagine it costing too much. If it does turn out that you have cancer, and your family can't pay for it, you should seriously consider getting treated in Canada. I'm not even kidding about that, Canada's your best bet if you can't afford treatment.Stalk3rchief said:
That's something I'm seriously considering. Just to give you an idea, my father was making $2,000-$3,000 a week and he couldn't afford to help my mother when she had cancer, even with his outstanding medical insurance. America seems keen to let it's people die. *shrug*armageddon74400 said:
But would I have to be a Canadian resident to get help there? I don't want to move away from all that I know, my family and friends etc.
I'm actually not incredibly sure, I know that in Ontario (the province in which I live) if you're applying for a permanent citizenship then you have to wait 3 months to be covered. I'm not sure what the laws are in other provinces and what the laws are for visitors and whatnot :/Stalk3rchief said: