HeyJaredIt Takes Balls
It Takes Balls is a podcast by and for testicular cancer survivors, patients, and their loved ones. Listen as survivors and medical providers give insight into facing and treating a testicular cancer diagnosis in hopes of removing the stigma around men’s urological health.
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Platinum-Resistant Testicular Cancer: BEP, VIP, ToPCaT and a Stem Cell Transplant (opens the original)
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When Phil Mamwell first felt sharp, shooting pains, he did what too many men do — he told himself he'd be all right and hoped it would pass. By the time the excavator driver from rural Lincolnshire, England, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in his late 30s, it had already metastasized. In this raw and honest episode of It Takes Balls, Phil shares two years of hell — and the hard-won perspective that came with surviving against the odds.Phil's story is a powerful reminder of why early detecti
Dr. Pam Swartz - Dealing With Hearing Loss After Cisplatin (opens the original)
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Cisplatin is one of the most powerful, life-saving drugs in testicular cancer treatment — but it comes with a lasting side effect that too few patients are warned about. In this episode of It Takes Balls, audiologist Dr. Pam Swartz unpacks how cisplatin damages hearing, why it's permanent, and what young survivors can do to protect their quality of life for the decades ahead. Dr. Swartz starts with the basics of how we hear — from the eardrum and the body's three smallest bones to the roughly 30
Kicking & Screaming Through Seminoma (opens the original)
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Bray Hansel thought he was done. After a swollen left testicle led to an orchiectomy and a pathology report showing an eight-centimeter pure seminoma contained to the testicle, the 37-year-old financial advisor, husband, and father of three from outside Philadelphia went on surveillance feeling like a survivor — proud of what he'd gotten through and ready to move on. But testicular cancer had other plans. In this episode of It Takes Balls, Bray shares a story that captures just how unpredictable
The Tumor Was Near His Aorta, Not His Testicles (opens the original)
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Attend the 2026 Testicular Cancer Conference: https://www.testicularcancerawarenessfoundation.org/tcc-indianapolis-2026 At just 24, personal trainer Andrejs Lejietis was building a business and living what he thought was a healthy, active life in Stockholm, Sweden — until a strange abdominal pain that kept returning after lunch led to one of the most confusing diagnoses in testicular cancer. In this episode of It Takes Balls, our first-ever Swedish guest shares a remarkable story about an extrag
Legally Blind Athlete Fights for His Testicular Cancer Care (opens the original)
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Attend the 2026 Testicular Cancer Conference: https://www.testicularcancerawarenessfoundation.org/tcc-indianapolis-2026 When David Smith woke in the middle of the night with searing lower-back pain, he was two weeks out from the Beep Baseball World Series and in the best shape of his life. A legally blind wellness coach, nurse, and competitive adaptive-sports athlete, David assumed it was a kidney stone. Instead, an ER scan revealed a large mass near his kidney — and with no primary tumor found
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