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Unexpected varicocele diagnosis

peanutmusepeanutmuse member
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My husband had an ultrasound and was diagnosed with a varicocele. I did a quick search on this board for "varicocele" and nothing popped up, but I know I've seen it mentioned here before. Does anyone have any words of wisdom for me about this? Feedback about treatment options and their effectiveness? This is admittedly premature, since we don't know the full details yet. He will have a follow up with his doctor next week. But I'm panicking right now. I've been reading some stuff on Google, but staying with NIH articles. (I try to at least read academic material for things like this so I don't put myself into a frenzy.) I'm feeling very, very sad about this today. It probably doesn't help that I'm on CD2. I just always assumed that if there were any issues, they would be with me since I'll be 35 this year.
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Re: Unexpected varicocele diagnosis

  • cupcake201cupcake201 member

    Sorry you got such tough news -it is never easy. I don't know any more about varicoceles than you probably found reading articles, but it might also be helpful to search 3T for information. I know several women over there have DH's with the same diagnosis. 

     I hope you are able to get more information from your husbands follow up with his doctor next week.  ((hugs))


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  • Strawberry9Strawberry9 member
    Lurking from another board, but I just recently had experience with this.  My husband has a varicocele that he knew about since he was a teenager.  We didn't really think about it when we were TTC, and I was reading up on it during my 2 WW and driving myself crazy with all of the things that were on the internet.  I made my husband make an appointment and we were going to go in for a SA.  Low and behold, I found out I was pregnant a couple days later.  Not all cases of varicocele effect fertility, but I know some do.  I'm hoping for you that your husband's case will not effect your chances.  Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions.  (If you search on this board about a month ago, you could probably see a post just like yours asking for advice!)
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  • SparkleButtsMamaSparkleButtsMama member

    We discovered my husband had one back when we were first dating. They removed it via out-patient surgery. Because of the way it was situated, they had to do half a vasectomy - so only one of his boys shoots live ones. The vasectomy portion of the surgery was optional, but we decided to go ahead with it because it was going to ( and ultimately did) alleviate painful ejaculation. Before the surgery, we requested that they test his sperm count and since it was well above average we felt comfortable with our decision. Since then, it has not been an issue and he is pain free. We haven't a problem getting pregnant, either. At least, not yet.

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  • BellaLuxBellaLux member
    Sorry to hear about your DH diagnosis. I have no experience, but I know many ladies on IF and TTTC do, feel free to ask for feedback on those boards as well.

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  • peanutmusepeanutmuse member
    Thanks for the feedback ladies, I appreciate it.
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