I have been diagnosed with varicosele, which is a varicose vein located in my testicles. i had pain down there for 1 year, but it was minor. in the last 3 months it got extremely bad, im to the point where it sometimes hurt just to walk down the road. so i went to the hospital to see whats wrong. First, they tell me that it looks to be testicle cancer, so they sent me to a cancer specialist. once there, the doc gave me an exam, then looked at my ultrasound results. He said that it is "just" a vericose vein. So im going to go get if fixed soon. other than the pain, i have noticed much shrinkage down there. not just my testicles tho. my penis used to be 5 inches soft, now it is merely 1 inch. I've done a little research and found no results on if this is a symptom. Can varicosele cause shrinkage of the flaccid penis? If so, will it return to normal once i get this fixed?