I'm pretty tired, so I don't know how much of this I have taken in, or how much I can communicate effectively.

DH's specialist is recommending surgery rather than the embolisation. This means at least a week off work, which seems... I don't know, I think the embolisation would have been a lot less invasive and traumatising.

Apparently DH also has small testicles. As the varicocele has been there for a long time (while he was growing) and has effected the devolpment of his testicles. I'm freaking out about this one, as DH has to have a series of blood tests - testosterone, FSH (:eek and LFTs. The testosterone seems obvious, the FSH apparently has a different role in men than in women, and while I know LFTs are liver function tests, I'm a little baffled as to why he needs them checked. I'm also petrified that DH's small, under-developed testicles are going to mean that it's impossible for us to conceive without IVF.

So... DH has blood tests, ultrasound, then back to the specialist to book in for surgery. Biggest panic for him right now is that one of our friends from church (young and female) works at the radiology place...

BW