Just about a year ago now, I went to the doctor to have something looked at that had been bugging me for a while. It was in a pretty sensitive area and I was pretty embarrassed to talk to the doctor about it. Especially since I am a male and my doctor is a female.
I ended up getting referred to another doctor by her after I finally talked to her about it and after many tests and other appointments, they found out that I had testicular cancer. I quickly had the cancer and testicle removed and then I had to go through a series of radiation just to make sure there wasn't anything left.
Now almost a year later, I am cancer free and all of my doctor appointments have been going really well.
I feel very lucky and blessed that they were able to catch it early and fully remove it. That is probably the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me. Followed closely by meeting my wife. She is awesome!