I've seen a gastrointestinal consultant about pains in the lower left abdomen in a similar position to where I had a hernia repaired 20 years ago. The pains are also accompanied by severe wind. The hernia was a congenital inguinal hernia that was accompanied by a hydrocoele. The consultant has carried out a CT scan and a colonoscopy and ruled out a reoccurence of the hernia. He says there is a little evidence of wear to the bowel but nothing serious. However, the pain is there. Both the pain and the wind sometime get less but at other times they are both severe. My family doctor says I also have a left hand variocoele, which may or may not be related, though it too causes quite a bit of discomfort at times. I am occassionally feeling the need to pass water more frequently but this sensation isn't always present. All these symptoms feel very similar to my original hernia and the pain is in a similar place but have had no more than the occassional bit of discomfort since the original surgery. I'm therefore still worried it may be something else. I'm happy to accept I don't have a serious bowel problem but something is not right. I don't know what to do.