Hydrocelectomy, 16 days post op

I had my hydrocelectomy about 16 days ago. Everything went smooth, typical swelling, had to walk carefully for 7 days or so. But at this point the stitching seems to be gone, and essentially zero pain. My Hydrocele had around 200ml of fluid, and encased the entire testicle.

A few of my concerns:

• The testicle is very hard, but I've been told this can take weeks to months to resolve -- no problem. I can wait.

• But my biggest concern is it almost seems like there's a new hydrocele, but on top of my testicle? It's a fluid ball/bump on top that's a little bit smaller than a ping pong ball. I shined a light on it and it lit up.

Looking at my surgeons notes, it says this from the surgery:

We removed the wings of the hydrocele sac and then oversewed the remaining tunica in an imburcated fashion back against the spermatic cord

Is it possible this remaining tunica is creating a new hydrocele on top of my testicle already? I'm so confused as to how this could happen. Because of fluid, and the hard/slightly swollen testicle beneath, my testicle ends up being the same size as pre-hydrocele surgery.

I did text my surgeon and he said "this is typically edema part of the healing process", which idk, doesn't seem to make sense. It doesn't feel like traditional swelling. It just feels like a squishy fluid sac on top of the testicle.

Is there any chance this will resolve on its own? Or am I going to need surgery again to get this corrected? This whole situation has made me so anxious and depressed and I just simply want a normal scrotum again, or at least close to normal. As of right the left testicle is still 2-3x the size of the right.

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