I had open incision (as opposed to laproscopic) inguinal hernia repair surgery in February 2011. It is now October 2012 and ever since the repair I have had left side discomfort off and on. I have also had intermittent painful ejaculations, the pain would start in my left groin area and move up the left side of my penis, after this happened I would have slightly painful spasm-like (or throbbing) sensations moving from what I can only assume would be my prostate up through the left side of my scrotum and end at the tip of my penis, this would last for a few minutes after ejaculation. As of about 4 days ago I have developed moderate to severe pain in the left Vas Deferens and/or testicle. The Vas Deferens is swollen and hard with a lump in it and it is very tender to the touch. I am also having trouble maintaining an erection and have an inability to ejaculate due to the massive pain that sex or masturbation cause. The pain radiates to my thigh and up to my abdomen, sometimes the pain seems to hit my left kidney. The left testicle keeps wanting to retract up inside (as it did before I got the hernia repaired). Any one else experience these symptoms after hernia repair surgery? What should I do?View Thread