Swelling in groin/incision area a week after surgery?

[lautreamont]

Was wondering if anyone had similar experience. Had the Orchiectectomy exactly a week ago. For the first 5 days it will all smooth sailing. Never used painkillers. I started being more active (longer walks, doing chores) and now the area from the incision to base of penis (groin?) is swollen. Slightly red but not significant enough to call it bruising. Only on the side of the incision. Definitely painful. I even had to take serious painkillers last night. I called the on-call urologist and because I have no fever, there is no discharge, since I can urinate just fine, and since there is no swelling of scrotum itself, she told me it looked normal and that swelling can come back and forth. I told her I started wearing compression pants and walking more, she said to continue. I feel it's the efforts (I can tell when I push a little harder it hurts more) that are causing it. Any recommendations? Is it possible compression pants were too tight? I will definitely follow up with my urologist surgeon office on Monday. Just strange this started 5 days after surgery.

[Davepet]

I can't imagine wearing anything that wasn't loose fitting for at least 2 weeks post I/O..I would lose the compression shorts & ease up on the intensity of your exercise. If you feel it, you are overdoing it.Give yourself a chance to recuperate.

Also, cold compresses will help with pain & swelling. Frozen peas work well sine they will conform to the area nicely.

Dave

[lautreamont]

Thanks Dave. I do think the compression may have put too much pressure. I understand they want to avoid blood clots but loose just feels better (as long as you have support for scrotum). I did use some cold compress and it helped. Taking it easy today. Small walks in the garden but that's it.

[Davepet]

Thanks (as long as you have support for scrotum).

Well, as a person who has not worn any support for my scrotum for 50+ years. I can say isn't likely to be helpful at all. Totally unneeded, IMHO.

Dave

[StaticX]

I could only wear sweatpants for almost a month because anything else hurt, I also took 2 weeks off work to relax and let my body heal. I can't imagine wearing anything tight over the incision, I remember jeans hurting really bad

[Davepet]

First time I tried to wear jeans ( & I don't wear particularly tight jeans) I gave up on the idea for a few more weeks. Sweatpants rule after an I/O.
Dave

[eodtech2001]

I just had surgery on the 19th of jan to remove scar tissue that had built up from the I/O that was causing all kind of nerve pain in my groin. They went in through the same site as the I/O. Its still pretty tender and i have worn jersey shorts everyday since then. It will get better over time. Just let your body be your guide. You can try wearing jeans for a little bit and when its starts to feel umcomfortable its time to change out into something less pressing.

[lautreamont]

Thanks all! I sent pics of the swelling to my urologist and he confirmed this was expected. So I am just going to keep walking to let the blood flow and wear loose clothing until it goes back to normal.

[lautreamont]

Swelling confirmed by CT Scan. I know it happens after surgery (body fills the newly empty space with fluids) but man I hope it goes away. 10 days and still there.
Abdominal wall: Mild infiltration at the left anterior subcutaneous tissues at the level of the pelvis is likely related to recent left orchiectomy, with a small left subcutaneous fluid collection with partial rim enhancing without gas. (Seeing urologist on Wed)

One more question: For the past 3 days my right testis (well my ONLY testis now) has been hurting. Obviously I am not suspecting a mass there since it had gone through Ultrasound just a month ago and was clear. So what can be causing this? I had a cold this week (wife and kid gave that to me). Could it be related?

[vpirh]

Dude. I had a cold a few weeks ago. And my survivor was hurting. (That went away once I stopped having fever). It concerned me enough that I did an ultrasound, which was “normal”.

[lautreamont]

Dude. I had a cold a few weeks ago. And my survivor was hurting. (That went away once I stopped having fever). It concerned me enough that I did an ultrasound, which was “normal”.

Thanks. Will mention it to my doctor and see what he says. Last ultrasound was in January so about a month ago. Hopefully will go back to normal once cold clears. I wonder how fast TC grows .. How long had it been for you between the surgery and that pain?

[vpirh]

6 months. I had pain together with the cold. So I attributed it to it. (And I probably made it worse because once I detected that ball is sore I probably started to over check it and it only made it more sore)

[Addictedangel]

My husband had swelling around his incision, it felt hard and a little warm but not concerning...until about day 6 he woke up in the middle of the night soaked in blood and body fluid. Called his surgeon at 3am, surgeon saw him by 8am.. all to find out that if theres any fat in the area it may turn to liquid rather than hold a stitch. For the next month we had to push and fluid out of his incision and gauze it 6 times a day. It did eventually heal though (all he ever ore was basketball shorts) so it could just be the way your body is healing on the inside

[lautreamont]

My urologist ordered a new ultrasound of my remaining testis. Given that that testis was clear on the last ultrasound (a month ago when tumor was found in the other one) how likely is it that a tumor appeared over the course of 30 days? Now I am back to worried...

[Davepet]

It is not very likely at all..