Healthy 27 year-old shocked by deadly cancer diagnosis after chance football injury sparked doctor's visit

A 27 year-old man fixed a daze testicular cancer test has thanked an unfortunate tackle during a shot lucifer for redeeming his life. 

Liam Landers, from Chelmsford successful Essex, was clueless astir his unwellness until a collision connected nan transportation past April saw an opposition player's manus accidentally deed him successful nan crotch.

After momentarily sinking to his knees successful pain, Landers vanished nan crippled but arsenic nan time progressed his correct testicle remained sore and started to swell.

It was only aft it had tripled successful size and felt coagulated to touch days later that he visited his GP who referred him for further scans.

A urologist confirmed nan wide was apt cancerous and would require an cognition to region his testicle, arsenic good arsenic gruelling chemotherapy. 

Now, nan stockbroker is urging men to cheque themselves, arsenic nan information tin often impact nary symptoms.

Recalling his ordeal, Mr Landers, who plays for Old Chelmsfordians, said: 'Getting bashed successful nan balls saved my life.

'The urologist said location tin beryllium nary symptoms of it [testicular cancer] truthful getting bashed successful nan groin flared up thing that I didn't cognize about.

'If I'd not had that incident astatine shot I could astir apt beryllium dormant now, successful a hospice aliases really fighting for my life.'

He added: 'We were some going up for a header from a area and past we collided, nan different player's manus accidentally bashed maine successful nan balls.

'That [getting deed there] hurts. Normally it would spell distant aft a fewer minutes but this was prolonged. I went down for a 2nd and past I was alright.

'Later that time I noticed my correct testicle was really sore and swollen, but thought it was conscionable from nan collision.

'As nan days passed it sewage nary amended and nan full testicle tripled successful size. One time I was checking it and it almost instantly successful my manus went stone hard, it was for illustration a stone.

'It was nan astir bizarre point ever, it was for illustration an out-of-body experience.'

Mr Landers visited his NHS GP doubly successful a fortnight concerned by nan swelling. 

After nan 2nd appointment, he was referred for blood tests, CT scans, ultrasounds and PET scans, which yet spotted nan tumour. 

Medics them told him he needed his testicle removed. 

He underwent room successful May. 'It was a scary infinitesimal and very overwhelming, I was successful tears afterwards,' he said. 

'It each happened wrong 2 aliases 3 weeks — from not knowing thing astir it to it being gone and successful recovery.'

Around 2,500 men a twelvemonth successful nan UK and 10,000 successful nan US are diagnosed pinch testicular cancer, galore successful their 20s and 30s.

While 90 per cent aliases truthful past for astatine slightest 10 years if it is detected early, it tin dispersed to different areas of nan little assemblage if diagnosed excessively precocious — and claims nan lives of astir 1 man a week successful Britain. 

During nan early stages, testicular crab tin coming arsenic a difficult lump aliases swelling successful a testis.

The lump is usually painless and tin alteration considerably successful size but is typically nan size of a pea and located connected nan beforehand aliases broadside of nan testicle.

But not each individuals pinch testicular crab will coming pinch a lump successful their testicles.  

Other signs tin see an ache aliases symptom successful your testicle aliases scrotum and your scrotum emotion heavy, patient aliases hard, nan NHS says.   

Two months later successful August, Mr Landers underwent an aggravated three-week rhythm of chemo to 'mop up' immoderate remaining cancerous cells.

He said: 'It wasn't excessively pleasant, but nan nurses and oncologist were lovely.

'On nan first time of chemo I was successful infirmary for 8 hours. It's for illustration you're connected your deathbed and past an hr aliases 2 later you conscionable consciousness tired.

'It was for illustration a activity of hellhole and past 2 hours later you felt ok.'

Now, a twelvemonth on, he wants to stock his communicative to promote men to regularly cheque their genitals for signs thing mightiness beryllium wrong. 

He added: 'I didn't cognize thing astir testicular cancer, I thought I was going to die.

'Generally america men put things connected nan backburner because we get truthful engulfed successful our activity aliases studying.

'I was truthful fortunate to survive, truthful I'm trying to raise consciousness to thief others spot it arsenic quickly arsenic I did.'