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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Louise Walsh

Dublin dad too embarrassed to get treatment for testicular tumour appeals to men to 'drop your trousers' and get lumps checked

A father of one who was too embarrassed to get treatment for a testicular tumour for two years is appealing to all men to just 'drop your trousers' and get all lumps checked.

's cancer had spread to his stomach and shoulder before the pain became too unbearable to ignore any longer during a break-away.

In the months that followed, the then 38-year-old had an operation to remove both the tumour and testicle, followed by a gruelling three months of intensive chemotherapy.

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