Why does life always takes away the things we like the most?

[sheep]

don't go too light on it in areas where the skin is thick. It takes awhile. You won't see much happening in a week.

 

[KaraBulut]

don't go too light on it in areas where the skin is thick. It takes awhile. You won't see much happening in a week.

Did the doctor show you how to retract and stretch your foreskin? The changes won't be obvious to the eye at first but you should also be doing stretching exercises and attempting to retract your foreskin several times a day.

 

[ChickenGuy]

Did the doctor show you how to retract and stretch your foreskin? The changes won't be obvious to the eye at first but you should also be doing stretching exercises and attempting to retract your foreskin several times a day.

He told me none of this.

I know nothing about retracting and stretching exercises, much less several times a day.

 

[KaraBulut]

The usual regimen is to apply the cream 1-2 times per day. You apply it to the foreskin. Also apply it around the foramen (the opening at the end of your foreskin). When applying it to the foramen, you can lift the foreskin from the head of your penis and use your two index fingers to gently stretch the foramen wider.

As the foreskin begins to loosen, you can begin to try to pull the foreskin back over the head of your penis. Don't force it. If you feel resistance or extreme tightness when pulling it back, stop. You don't want to reach the point of paraphimosis by pulling it back before it's ready.

Some people choose to masturbate instead of just pulling the foreskin back. If you pull the foreskin back and forth during masturbation, that will work just as well.

 

[rodvill]

Hey guys! I'm back with news!!!
Remember I told you that I was planning on scheduling my circumcision until December? well, as they say <nature is wise> and unfortunately about 3 weeks ago (out-of-the-blue) I started bleeding and feeling very sore in the tip of the prepuce... I know, VERY weird, even one or two ulcers (where the blood came from) started to appear... It hurt like a BITCH and I constantly found blood on my underwear S)... so this made me run for a new urologist (in the Hospital I'm doing my INTERNSHIP in) we chatted about 10 minutes on scheduling a circumcision.. he said he can do it in the first week of JUNE (a month from now)... and that i'd be able to live my normal life (walk, work, etcetera) in around two weeks after surgery with topical cream.
I still have to go for an appointment, which I'll schedule for this week. The excellent news is that today, while driving I couraged up and spoke to my parents who supported entirely the procedure... they just have questions (as me) about the phymosis and why it appeared (i guess they suspect of venereal infection... as I expected they would) and if it is covered by health insurance...
I've seen the doctor work and he's amazing in what he does, so I'm feeling very relaxed about the possible outcome of the surgery.
Anyhow... the worst part is over... I finally spoke to my parents and decided to go for it as soon as possible... I'm happy about the decision I made...
I'll keep you guys closely posted on what happens from now on...
I LOVE YOU GUYS for your advice and support!! I'm in a huge debt.. specially with chadhanes, ChickenGuy, Sheep. CrackyCreme!!!
xoxo

 

[Audio Tech]

Good luck rodvill, I just read this entire thread, and I must say that I learned a LOT!

I'm not circumcised and everything is fine, but it gave me a whole new perspective on the matter.

Uh.... thanks for posting this! VERY informative.

 

[rodvill]

Good luck rodvill, I just read this entire thread, and I must say that I learned a LOT!

I'm not circumcised and everything is fine, but it gave me a whole new perspective on the matter.

Uh.... thanks for posting this! VERY informative.

No problem at all Audio Tech!!! this is why forums like this exist... it is nice to see the problem getting solved with the help of others... thanx for the luck btw!!

 

[Nomenclature]

Get a second opinion from a urologist.

^


THIS!!


And a third, and maybe even a fourth.

Circumcision should be a last resort when all other measures have failed.

^


THIS!!

The issue of circumcision always seems to stir up arguments in the forums. But the bottom line is that all men- cut or uncut enjoy sex.

I've spoken to literally dozens of men who've gotten circumcised later in life, either for medical (most common), cosmetic or religious reasons, and this is what i've learned:

If it's performed properly and being cut doesn't personally bother the guy, he absolutely will enjoy sex just as much. if not more than he did when he had a foreskin. If he DOESN'T want to be circumcised and believes that it will adversely affect him, then there's a very good chance that it'll ruin his body image and his sex life.


Sex is 90% psychological.

 

[sheep]

You are going to be fine Rodvill. The hard part was making up your mind to do something about it.

 

[rodvill]

You are going to be fine Rodvill. The hard part was making up your mind to do something about it.

I know sheep! thank you a lot for your advice! I scheduled my appointment for 5pm on friday :S nervous but happy. I'm somehow <excited> to get my circumcision... don't know why...
on sadder news... I broke up w/ my boyfriend today (but who cares at this moment in my life)...

 

[rodvill]

date of surgery --> June 7th, WISH ME LUCK YOU GUYS!!!!

 

[rodvill]

Oh-MY-Gawddd!!! Surgery day is finally tomorrow!!!! I'm arriving from a vacation trip hours before my surgery and I'm F-R-E-A-K-I-N-G out!!!!
Wish me luck you guys... before and after picks soon

 

[BearBoi]

He told me the definite cure is circumcision.

Sure it is, and a definite cure for a pimple is to gouge out the skin all around it.

Using circumcision to “cure” phimosis should only be a means of last resort. There are several treatment options that exist without invasive surgery, such as steroid topical cream and even natural stretching methods utilizing a variety of devices.

I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that your professor is, himself, circumcised. Look, the truth is that a lot of doctors just don’t have a fucking clue how to deal with an intact penis. As such, their immediate response to any issue with the foreskin is to cut it off.

Case in point: my neighbours are from Europe, none of their sons are circumcised. They took the youngest one to a doctor due to a minor bladder infection and came home fuming. The Doc had insisted that he circumcise their 6 month-old because his “foreskin was too tight and would not retract, clearly sever phimosis.” The father was especially mad, because the foreskin is not supposed to retract until the boy is a toddler. That is how it is designed. He tried explaining this to the doctor, who insisted on doing a circumcision right there in the exam room.

I’d cancel that surgery and get a second opinion, if you truly do not want to be cut. Specifically mention your desire for non-invasive treatment options prior to considering surgery, only as a means of last resort. This wiki page can help a little. (Of course, if you don't care anymore than knock yourself out. It's your body.)

Of note: "Application of topical steroid cream, such as betamethasone, for 4-6 weeks to the narrow part of the foreskin is relatively simple, less expensive than surgical treatments and highly effective. It has replaced circumcision as the preferred treatment method for some physicians in the British National Health Service."

Also, "Stretching of the foreskin can be accomplished manually, with balloons[30] or with other tools[31]. Skin that is under tension expands by growing additional cells. A permanent increase in size occurs by gentle stretching over a period of time. The treatment is non-traumatic and non-destructive. Manual stretching may be carried out without the aid of a medical doctor. The tissue expansion promotes the growth of new skin cells to permanently expand the narrow preputial ring that prevents retraction. Beaugé treated several hundred adolescents by advising them to change their masturbation habits to closing their hand over their penis and moving it back and forth. Retraction of the foreskin was generally achieved after four weeks and he stated that he never had to refer one for surgery."

 

[thisisinteresting]

3nipples: I find your statement a little bit judgamental.

The reason that I don't want to tell my family is because they don't support 'me being gay', they just make a blind eye to the situation. They know for a fact that I'm not sexually active now, they just don't know why... they think because I'm chosing celibacy (haha). So If they'd knew that the 'fix' would let me become sexually active again, they most-likely wouldn't approve. They'd say ahhh so that's why you haven't been interested in ANYBODY for the past year... and they'd made me stay the way I am no... It's like a situational chastity belt, if you know what I mean.

So this is an old post and everything, but I wanted to explain for this random guy that it wasn't the fact that you didn't want to tell your family (I wouldn't either because I don't share what I do with my penis to my family), it was how you sounded so ashamed of it. Like you were a terrible person or something.

Hahah, anyway. You'll be fine.

 

[3nipples]

Good luck to you... not that you need it, you'll be fine

 

[Georgiadude]

Hope everything went well. Been following thing thread for a while and I know this is something you haven't taken lightly. Hope by now everything is over and the healing process can begin. I'll try to keep a good thought for you the next few days. When your feeling better let us know how your doing.

Steven.

 

[rodvill]

HEY GUYS!!!
Everything was over sooner than I expected!
Yes, there were some embarrasing moments, but people were very professional about it. (e.g. me not shaving down there, saying hi to everybody I know on the hospital's staff since I'm an intern there).
My surgery was at 09:15 am. Around 2pm I was already waking up from general anaesthesia (only sedation with facial mask, no intubation or anything) and having lunch... around 4pm I was ready to leave the hospital.
Right now I'm liying in bed with the stitches, gauses, and all, and even though it occasionally stings, I tend to forget anything happened down there. My doctor told me to expect some pain in the morning when physiologic nighttime erection happens. (then I'll say OUCH)... but appart from that I think it looks good, a little swollen and bloody, but taking that away, I'm liking the results so far.
I took pictures yesterday of what my phymosis looked like, I'll probably take pictures tomorrow for you guys to see the postop results; and then in about a month or two.
The thing is to share share SHARE
Overall I'm happy I had the courage to go through with this instead of living in constant mild pain. As GeorgiaDude said, it is not something I took lightly, but I couldn't be happier I'm in the healing process now.

P.S. Thank you all for your good thoughts and wishes.. love ya'll

 

[3nipples]

Good to hear it all went well! Take some painkillers before the pain sets in.

 

[ChickenGuy]

Oh god. I'd almost forgotten about those pics that I put on this thread.

I can't believe I did that. I should remove them.



rodvill, I wish you a speedy recovery, and hope you're back to soon!

As for myself, back in January I elected NOT to have any procedure done, and the urologist was OK with that. Here is the thread where I described the appointment. Unbelievably, I was completely oblivious to the fact that I had this condition until I was 33, which just goes to show you that it NEVER caused me trouble in that entire length of time. Unless it causes me any issues in the future, then I intend to leave things just the way they are.

 

[rodvill]

Sooooo as promised... here are the BEFORE pictures...

As you can clearly see, the phymotic ring existed... that's how much it went back when hard (which I'm unpurposedly showing here )