Hydrocele surgery recovery

Probably because of the blood flow and lymphatic fluid, I felt pain for a good 10 days and was told to pretty much not do anything for that amount of time. I'm about 5 weeks out on my 3rd hydrocele surgery and I get a tugging feeling from where they stitched the testicle to the inside of the scrotum and it's still pretty swollen.

I would agree with 3patsfan5777, and your own assessment above. Hopefully they'll subside after another 14 days.

However, these are the symptoms I have (3 years post op) that have become chronic. You can see my posts/forum on this site as well. In my case the surgeon nicked a blood vessel and nerve to my right testicle. Hopefully this isn't the case with you.

Keep us posted. I'll be interested to know if your pain subsides or becomes chronic. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Hang in there dude.

After my hydrocelectomy, I had a lot of pain in my scrotum when standing and none when laying down. Mine felt like someone kicking me in my balls over and over. My doctor had told me that after the operation I could not lift anything heavy (meaning over 10 lbs!?) for 2 weeks, Since my job is very active and involves constant lifting, I took a total of 11-12 days to recover. It was a good thing I did, because like you, I was unable to even stand for more than 2 or 3 minutes. 

My hydrocele was also more extensive than most, so there was more internal scar tissue and thus more pain. Mine was on the left side as well and was a "communicating hydrocele," meaning it had started to enlarge into my lower abdomen. It was approx 1/2 litre of liquid. I also wore a jockstrap for about 2-3 weeks, but I was told this was to keep the swelling in check. It never did anything for my pain.

I'm not a fan of prescription drugs, but was prescribed both a pain killer and an anti-inflammatory. I tried a couple of times with each and didn't like the overall effects, but of the two, the anti-inflammatory seemed to do the best without totally spacing me out. 

it does get better. My pain was completely gone during the third week. I was told the swelling would take 2-3 months to fully go down, so I have another month, but it is almost completely "normal."

Best of luck!

Thanks everyone for the comments.  Guess there is a light at the end of this painful tunnel.  This surgery is more painful than either of my varicocele surgeries.  I'm not a wuss when it comes to pain (had brain surgery) but when it comes to the groin....I give lol.  

When i I feel my left sac/testicle it feels hard inside...this normal.  I also hear everyone talking about stapling testicle to sac...that normal too?