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Not registered at doctors - appointment today?

OK.

Checking the old balls (testes) yesterday after feeling some discomfort.. right feels almost swollen. I had this a few months back, it went after two or so days so thought nothing of it. Checked properly last night and found a lump on right testicle. After reading loads on the internet I've got it into my head that waiting has made it worse, and it's got bigger, even though i found nothing the last occasion a few months back.

So I need a doctor, I think my doctors notes are at a different doctor in a different catchment area (moved) or in a different city.. will i be able to register today and see a doctor today?

ps. I'm ****ting it.
you should be able to no problem just take some id youll be fine
You can register as a visitor. If you phone up and just explain then it should be fine :smile:

Good luck! I'm sure everything will be okay.
Reply 3
I'm not a visitor though.. I live here just never registered/changed doctors. I'm gonna get a shower and go on the hunt for a doc. :frown:
Reply 4
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I'm not a visitor though.. I live here just never registered/changed doctors. I'm gonna get a shower and go on the hunt for a doc. :frown:


That counts as being a visitor. I think you can pretty much walk into any GP surgery and ask for a same-day appointment if it's urgent. :smile:
Like i said you can go there take id & register there n then & ask for emergency appointment. My boyfriend had to do it yesterday coz he's lived here 6 months n never bothered registering or anything
Reply 6
So i got an appointment for today.. i had looked at the net alot before the appointment.. he's sending me for a scan and given me antibiotics, it says on the scan request note 'epididymitis hydrocele'.. i dunno if it's because i name dropped it, he asked me what i thought and i said that.. who knows!
My bf had thisd once, and it turned out that he'd scratched it once, so I'm sure yours will turn out to be something equally silly! Hope you get on alright!
Reply 8
So i went for the scan.

It's a hydrocele on right hand side (apparantly) - but i always thought this was a disconnected 'sack'?


Annd.. it's meant to transilluminate - but this doesn't. I can see my testicle, and then the lump also 'black' - and then orange around it. Surely if it was a hydrocele it wouldn't show up black?

I have a follow up appointment with the doc this afternoon, so going to ask him then.
Reply 9
So he's sending me to a urologist, dont know if it means it's serious.. all he said is that it is sometimes linked to infertility.. and the urologist will decide whether to leave it or operate?