We should wear cups!

[Adrenochrome]

Testicular Ca

There is no evidence to link infrequent trauma to testicular cancer, even the fastest growing tumours would not manifest themselves in three weeks. What is much more likely is that your friend had the mass there and the trauma drew his attention to it.

He was lucky to get shot in the balls and so catch the cancer early. Most testicular Ca is amenable to treatment if caught early.

I took several in the balls at campaign in 1998 and almost lost one; fortunately repeated colour flow dopplers showed all well and my little girl proves things still working. I was lucky being in the right place to have repated scans, a member of the public would now be playing one short.

Oh and i was wearing a cricket box at the time, jumped over a member of my own team lying in a ditch and she shot me point blank, under the box... doh.

 

[Mario]

Originally posted by Sephiroth
also mario...
you leg and other parts of yer body arnt that sensitive and prone to cancer...

no offence dude but of course they are as sensitive. They may not have as many nerve endings but they are made of the same materials are they not? What should be worrying you more than cancer is blood clots formed from being shot and leaving a bruise...

p.s. sorry bout the double post, not quite sure how that happened....

 

[Skeet]

This is something I intend to look into...some say that a cricket box is uncomfortable, as stated above they dont protect everything..aparently, the flexible type boxes used by marshal artists are a better solution...

 

[L J]

well with my jt slide shorts, the box is flexible foam stuff, and does block hits, its just the holder isnt designed very well so it moves about, after a game its fully to one side

 

[IL=Tim the Yank]

My baseball sliding shorts have a pocket for a cup/box but I found it uncomfortable and distracting so instead I got a thick piece of neoprene and cut it to fit the pocket exactly. It doesn't move around at all. Prob not complete protection but offers a good compromise of protection and comfort.

 

[Gups]

Originally posted by L J
explain how a paintball can cause cancer please...

I think it has something to do with the healing process...when an injury occurs the cells reproduce to heal the injury (whether a cut or a bruise...which is really a cut under the skin) Its during the time when the cells quickly reproduce that they can go 'wonky' and mutate to become cancerous cells. I got told off by my doctor and was informed of the risk of cancer when i was hit in the boob during a game of paintball. So i always wear a chest protector now when marshalling and a padded bra when playing (chest protector too constricting)! I reckon its worth thinking about rather than just dismissing the possibility...after all we wear goggles to protect our eyes...

 

[Adrenochrome]

Originally posted by Gups
I think it has something to do with the healing process...when an injury occurs the cells reproduce to heal the injury (whether a cut or a bruise...which is really a cut under the skin) Its during the time when the cells quickly reproduce that they can go 'wonky' and mutate to become cancerous cells. .

Yes this is true but not documented with this types of cancer. Repeated trauma over and over again in the same place has been shown to be causative in some forms (in combination with other factors) of Ca such as oral tumours.

Originally posted by Gups
I got told off by my doctor and was informed of the risk of cancer when i was hit in the boob during a game of paintball.

No good evidence for this one way or the other. No cases reported in literature. Doctor just being very careful, or scaremongering depending on which way you look at it.

So i always wear a chest protector now when marshalling and a padded bra when playing (chest protector too constricting)! I reckon its worth thinking about rather than just dismissing the possibility...after all we wear goggles to protect our eyes...

Im not dismissing anything but before scaremongering concider the facts, very little evidence for any of this. We take risks in all parts of our life you have to balance out these risks and accept a level you are comfortable with.

 

[ChiZZerS]

Originally posted by Gups
I think it has something to do with the healing process...when an injury occurs the cells reproduce to heal the injury (whether a cut or a bruise...which is really a cut under the skin) Its during the time when the cells quickly reproduce that they can go 'wonky' and mutate to become cancerous cells. I got told off by my doctor and was informed of the risk of cancer when i was hit in the boob during a game of paintball. So i always wear a chest protector now when marshalling and a padded bra when playing (chest protector too constricting)! I reckon its worth thinking about rather than just dismissing the possibility...after all we wear goggles to protect our eyes...

lol i just added thta to the orignal post before i saw this!...

look the balls and tits can be easily triggerd to get cancer when they get bruised...eaven nipple criples can cause women to get breast cancer

 

[TOOLE]

erm..... impact doesn't cause cancer........fool.....

 

[MrPink]

Something to bear in mind - Adrenochrome (Puffy to some ) is a fully qualified doctor, and therefore knows his shizzle