Swelling after hydrocelectomy

I saw the Urologist and he ordered an ultrasound.  But he says that things are coming back to normal.  He said that it is normal for things to take 6 months...Its only 3 months now.  I think age may be a factor even though I am healthy.  If you have a sence of humour...I was out about a month after surgery and the wife of a friend insisted I tell her what the operation was.  Her husband chirped up and said in the hockey world damage to these areas is quite common and yje operation is referred to a "nut tuck" !

I saw the Urologist and he ordered an ultrasound.  But he says that things are coming back to normal.  He said that it is normal for things to take 6 months...Its only 3 months now.  I think age may be a factor even though I am healthy.  If you have a sence of humour...I was out about a month after surgery and the wife of a friend insisted I tell her what the operation was.  Her husband chirped up and said in the hockey world damage to these areas is quite common and the operation is referred to a "nut tuck" !

Hi Just doing some research & came across this site, i had a Hydrocele op 3 weeks ago. I have lots of swelling, its bigger than the original swelling. The wound has healed up & the stiches have disolved, so the pain has almost gone, its just uncomfotable with a pulling feeling & every now & then i get a sudden wave of pain which disipates fairly quickly. I was sent on my way from hospital with the consultant saying the op was successful with no followup needed. I went to see my GP after 2 weeks because of the excessive swelling & the discomfort walking around, i'm usually on my feet at work for 6 - 8 hours a day. My Gp has referred me back to the consultant as he thinks it has come back, Deep joy! Just wondered how long the swelling lasted as i'm getting a bit cheesed off swinging this boulder around1

I am now 3 1/2 months since the hydrocele repair.  Had an ultrasound a couple of weeks ago.  Urologist is happy with progess even though there is still some enlargement...now the size of a small hen egg.  The good news is that the scrotum is not as stretched out.  That was my primary focus was was stretched before...to actually touch toilet water in high water toilets.   My only complaint was that I was not told of the swelling to be expected after surgery.  If Urologists are reading this blog, please tell your customers what to expect.  That would help with the depression people are feeling on this blog.

Thanks for getting back guys, I knew there would be some swelling afterwards, but not as much as this. Your comments are reassuring in the fact the amount of swelling seems normal, but i wish i was made aware of the time it takes before the swelling goes down. I'm not getting the pain as such just a stinging sensation around where the stiches were. I'm back to see my consultant soon so hopefully i will get some positive news.

The information being posted certainly has helped me so thanks for everyone input. For me its frustrating as at the moment i feel i'm back to square one. Lets hope it works out for us all in the end. I'm looking forward to a better New Year! & wishing the same to all on this blog

Hi, my name's Daniel and I'm a 15 year old high school student. I discovered that I had a left hydrocele 1 year ago a few weeks before my sports physical in June. Immediately I wanted to know what I had to do for it to go away. I had to wait for three months for the doctor to see it the size of the testicle was increasing to decide where to go from there. Once the surgery was scheduled for December 22 I researched like crazy to see what was going to happen. This website helped me to realize that it wasn't that big of a deal so, now that the operation is over, I decided to write a review. My first surgery went according to planned and the urologist decided that the absence of a drain would help me to heal faster. That ended up being the wrong decision and, a month later, he said that the surgery was unsuccessful and that I would have to have it again. My second surgery was May 11, just 3 weeks ago. My new urologist told me that everything was fine but that they put a drain in. It came as a huge surprise to me that the so-called 30-60 minute operation took 3 hours so I asked: this time around they made multiple incisions and trimmed off every millimeter of excess skin they could find. I was forced to take school of for two weeks and, yes, the drain was still in. After developing a "tumor" on the underside behind my left testicle I had an appointment scheduled and the urologist squeezed me in to see what was so bad. My testicle was completely healed but the stitches they used were silk and my scrotum swelled up to the size of a tennis ball "tumor" that was as hard as a rock. The urologist immediately took out the drain and said I was good to go. That was today and, so far, I am well on my was to recovery.

This will probably not happen to you since the chance of even the first procedure not working is 1 in a 100. My advice to you is to ask for nylon stitches and not silk and to also not get worked up over the drain being removed. I promise that you won't feel a thing when it is removed.