Men - how often do you examine your testicles

I know how this comes across, but for this reportage I couldn't be any more blunt.

A report which I dug out made for BBC Radio looked at the growing number of men between 18-40 affected by testicular cancer.

I visited a young man, former navy personnel, on the Isle of Wight you had one testice removed because of the illness.

He was told he'd never be able to have children, but miracuolusly he did.

The hospital I went to for the report advised me on a daily routine for men to check themselves.

Behind the screen, the doc told me to pull my trousers down, er ( fright) and he'd check and using diagrams show me what men should be doing every morning.

"That's a bit embarassing doc", aint it".

"Nonsence", he replied, "women perform routine checks on their breasts for any abnornalities, what's the problem!"

You can find the radio report on the front page of Viewmagazine.tv: a simple routine that's worth the bother.

Feature stories - Testicular Cancer

I'm fishing out some stories that I made for BBC national radio and this one srtuck me. Testicuar cancer - one of those issues that dare speak its name.

I met a young man ex, navy in the Isle of Wight who'd had a testice removed because of the illness.

Miraculously he did manage to have children.

A specialist at Hammersmith hospital advocated self-examination by men.

I quipped after going behind the curtain, er slightly embarassing though isn't it.

Women exam their breasts all the time, no more embarrassing than what men should be doing.

I don't have the figures to hand, the presenter would have read out some about trends etc. but it does make you ponder.

I'll put it on itunes shortly

Front page of view features a little promo for the piece on multimedia with the vlog butterfly project - two days away.