Around 2.5 yrs since diagnosis, and its bothering me a little more recently. I have a bit of a cough which doesnt help, I try to press on it when coughing to stop it bulging out. I'd say from being only slightly noticable, its become a faint ache at times. I cant really see any pattern to it, although I use a walking stick if I'm walking a lot (held on my right) to protect my "bad" l.leg. The tension across my body seems to trigger it a bit.
I would urge you to go back to your GP and demand an operation as soon as you can. If you have to, exaggerate the frequency and intensity of the pain, because it WILL get worse, and when they do finally give you the OK for an operation there will be a 3 month wait at the least.
I made the dreadful mistake of doing as my GP said and 'leaving it', this had the effect of:
Ending a career strand for me (this was when I was 18... I'm that bit older and wiser now to have taken their word as the end of the line but what can you do).
Left me with the infrequent bulging, pain, etc.
The thing finally started to really hurt when I was 25 and out for a walk with my family. We had to call me a taxi and cut the holiday short. It was only then that the NHS gave me a referral for an operation, for which I waited 3 months, and in that time I put a huge amount of weight on because I could no longer row, lift weights, and I began to become depressed.