 [ Symptoms ] i think i may have started my period but it is a lot lighter than normal and a different color with almost no cramps  i also think i have a uti i have not had time to go to the drs my period started the day after my uti and it started about a week later than last month it is not the normal dark redlight pinkbrown it normally is and my flow is drastically lighter than normal also on the first day of my period i usually get pretty bad cramps this time i have barely had any also as of today i have been feeling naseaus and i have this dull almost crampy feeling in my lower right abdomen and whole lower back [ Disease ] there is the testicle itself which should be like a firm but not hard egg sized almost thing the epididymis where the sperms mature and develop the ability to fertilize the egg feels more like an earthworm attached to the bag and there can be little tiny cysts and nodules that come off of that and lumps and bumps so it is essential that when you do a testicular self exam that you get used to understanding what you are like it is like women with a breast self exam you learn the lumps and bumps the guy down there needs to know what is normal so if there is a change they can say aha this lump was not there last month men are supposed to do testicular self exams they should be doing an exam ideally once a month best in the shower when they are soapy and wet and that will tell them what their normal baseline is but our biggest problem in urology is that men are diagnosed with testicular cancers late they do not find them early when it is a little lump or bump they wait until it is large