Your surgeon was right about the timing, in the early days you just can’t tell what the final result will be. Make sure that you stay active, walking and moving, but nothing extreme, so that things can settle in to the places that they’ll be in for your normal life.
I had odd sensations that only resolved after about a month, when I was stretching in bed after waking. But, in the end, I did not have a good long-term result. You probably will do better, it can’t be determined ahead of time.
In the early weeks, there is not much that anyone can or will do unless you have obvious physical problems.
As far as right versus left, direct versus indirect, with mesh they just do the same on both sides. Lay the mesh over all of the areas that might herniate in the future, after they pull the material back from the wrong side of the abdominal wall. Your surgeon probably had to dissect the “fat” from your spermatic cord and the trauma is where your pain is originating. The cutting/peeling of the material from the cord, leaving a raw surface behind.
Don’t do anything crazy. Wait, stay active, hope. Odds are you’ll be okay.
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