“I was filming for 'TOWIE' at the time and didn’t tell anyone. The doctor said it was nothing to worry about.
“But now I check weekly in the shower because it’s just one of those things which is so important."
He encouraged fans to do the same, adding: “We all shower anyway so why not check? If you can get an early diagnosis, anything is possible.”
Bobby was left heartbroken when his mum Kym was told she had leukemia last year and he launched a campaign on ‘This Morning’ to help find a bone marrow donor.
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Bobby and his mum Kym
However, the pair were given the good news that she has beaten the disease last month.
"Someone who has donated that for my mum has changed mine and my mum's life,” he told The Mirror.
Symptoms Of Testicular Cancer
A lump in the testicle(01 of05)
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The most common symptom of a testicular cancer is a lump or swelling in part of one testicle. It can be as small as a pea or it may be much larger.Remember that most testicular lumps are NOT cancer. At a testicular clinic at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, only 76 cancers were found out of 2,000 men seen with a testicular lump. This means that fewer than 4 in every 100 testicular lumps (4%) are cancer (figures courtesy of Mr Mike Wallace, FRCS).
Lymph glands(02 of05)
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Sometimes testicular cancer cells can spread into lymph glands at the back of the abdomen. This can cause backache, which is usually constant and you need to take painkillers. If testicular cancer has spread, there may be lumps in other parts of the body, such as around the collarbone, or in the neck. These lumps are lymph glands that contain cancer cells.
Hormones in the blood(03 of05)
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Many testicular cancers make hormones that can be detected in blood tests. Doctors call these hormones markers. There is more about this in our section about diagnosing testicular cancer. Occasionally, men with testicular cancer have tender or swollen breasts because of these hormones.
A heavy scrotum(04 of05)
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Your scrotum may feel heavy. Your GP may shine a strong light through your testicle. If you have a fluid filled cyst (called a hydrocoele) rather than a cancer, the light will show through. A cancer is a solid lump and the light can't pass through it. Your doctor may call this test transillumination.
Discomfort or pain(05 of05)
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Testicular cancer is not usually painful, but about 1 in 5 men (20%) have a sharp pain in the scrotum as a first symptom. Some men may have a dull ache in- The affected testicle- Their lower abdomen