Hey guys!!!!
I am 18 years old and I had very very bad varicoceles in my left testicle as well. I noticed it when I was about 12 years old and they just got bigger and bigger. Last year, spring break, I went to the Dr. to check it out and i did some sperm tests done. It turns out that, due to the varicoceles, I was infertile. So during the spring break I went under the knife and had the veins snipped.
Everything was alright after the surgery, except 2 days later I swelled up and my whole scrotum and perineum (the bit that leads from your sac to your anus) turned black. I was also in INTENSE pain for days and the hydrocodine stopped working. Anyway, I went back to the doc and I had an ultrasound done on my nut and it turns out that I had a thrombosed vein, causing the bloodflow to stop flowing to my testicle. No bloodflow = no oxygen. That also explains the pain, because there was such a huge amount of pressure it was constantly crushing my testicle. My testicle "died" from lack of oxygen. So....1 week after my initial surgery I had to go under the knife again and they had to remove my left testicle. <

It was hard to deal with. It still is hard to deal with...but I think about it this way. I am more fertile now (I'm fully capable of reproducing now) with 1 nut than I was with 2 and the varicocele.
I am not telling this to scare people away from the surgery. MINE WAS A FREAK OCCURRENCE. It really was. There was no explanation for it at all and in 15 years it was the first case that my doctor had seen. My doctor was a qualified Urologist, so he knew what he was doing (I think). I'm just letting you know my story and letting you know that there can be complications. But losing your testicle b/c of the surgery is VERY VERY rare. I can't stress that enough. I would have had to get it removed anyway at a later stage b/c i was infertile b/c of it.
Now, I have the option of getting a testicular implant. I don't want to do it right now because its not veeeeery noticeable that I only have 1, and I'm comfortable with only having one. Do any of you guys out there have a testicular implant? If so...I'd very much like to know about it. Maybe later I'll get the implant, but I don't want another surgery b/c I don't wanna fuck up the other nut, especially since its just cosmetic.
I think thats all I have to say for now. If any of you guys out there have ANY questions about varicoceles and the procedures, don't hesitate to PM me or just reply to this thread.
Cheers
Stoffel17