Varicocele surgery tomorrow and suddenly I’m questioning EVERYTHING. 25
For months I was convinced my left varicocele was a major source of my pain/heaviness. Ultrasound confirmed it, uroloog confirmed it, surgery planned. Simple, right?
Now the night before surgery my brain is going:
what if some of the pain is actually from my rotated pelvis/posture?
what if the groin/leg pain means something else?
what if I wake up months later and only 30% improved?
what if I’m overestimating how much the varicocele contributes?
My surgeon actually gave me more confidence because he didnt oversell anything. He was honest:
recurrence can happen
not every symptom magically disappears
there are risks, recovery takes time
Oddly enough that honesty made me trust him more.
Still… I can’t tell if these doubts are intuition or just pre-surgery anxiety and overthinking.
Anyone else spiral the night before surgery and still end up glad they did it?