A man who was diagnosed with testicular cancer as a teenager is urging others to get checked out if they feel something is not right. As part of Men’s Health Week, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is calling on local men to be body aware and help to detect cancer at its early stages.
Daniel Simpson, 35, originally from Comber, Co Down, was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 17. He said: “When I was 16 or 17 I was experiencing a lot of back pain, these symptoms continued for over a year before I saw my GP, who originally thought it was a kidney infection because I was too young and shy to mention a huge swelling on one of my testicles.
“I was immediately rushed to the Ulster Hospital, and because I ignored the symptoms for so long the cancer had spread to my lungs, kidney, stomach and lymph nodes. After chemotherapy and a major operation that consumed most of the following year, I was incredibly given the all-clear.”
