Intense pain on my left testicle

I've been dealing with mild testicular pain for around 3 years on my left testicle. At first I suspected a torsion or cancer so I went to a GP who referred me for an ultrasound, where they found a varicocele on the left side. They told me it's "nothing to worry about" and that was it. Since then, the pain comes and goes and it gets especially noticeable around winter for some reason (I guess maybe since the testicles retract intro the body, it's worse somehow).

I've set an appointment with an urologist for late January but it's frankly becoming hard to bear with. I read about mild or dull pain online but this got quite distracting and has impacted my mood quite a bit. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to get particularly better when laying down or anything -- although mild compression seems to help somewhat.

Has anyone dealt with similar issues? I keep thinking maybe it's something else since I have health anxiety