male only Surgery Monday, Home today, and noticed something

[ArcusX 216]

The catheter didn't come out until this morning. Now that I'm home, I've noticed that my scrotum is swollen. Anyone else experience that? I guess i need to sit with a bag of peas?

[SportCub 28]

I had a little swelling also but it was just Fluid retention from all of the fluids they pumped into me while in the Hosp.

Good luck! Hopefully it clears up soon.

[RickM 1,752]

I didn't have any noticeable swelling after the VSG, but certainly did after plastics and inquinal hernia repair. It may be, as Sportcub suggests, just residual Fluid from all that they pump in during surgery, or it may be a bit of drainage from the surgical site up above. As the plastics guy explained it, the ducts that our testes descend through from their original position at infancy to their ultimate destination is still there, and make a wonderful path for any abdominal Fluid build up to drain downhill.

Yes, bag of peas time, and if it doesn't clear up in short order, keep in top of the doc about it - mine got up to grapefruit size (not pleasant or convenient carrying that around!) and ultimately developed a hematoma that took months to resolve. May your journey be shorter and more pleasant!