My Circumcision Story

ABitTight

Been lurking around here for a long time. Need some advice; has anyone out there ever gone for preputioplasty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preputioplasty) as a means to treat Phimosis?

Going to see the Urologists again in two weeks time. When I saw him a few months ago he told me go and stretch for a while but the results of this have not made much of a difference. Personally, I don't want to get a circumcision, I don't think its that bad. And the Urologists advised against a Dorsal slit last time around. This is why I am wondering has anyone any experience with preputioplasty?

Thanks,

ABT

waveman1

Hi ABT
I was originally discussing having a preputioplasty for a phimosis condition i had which was caused by some previous treatment i had for a skin condition.
i eneded up with a very narrow but tight band on my foreskin that restricted "pull back" on erection but was ok when flacid. After several discussions i went for the partial circumsion on the final advice of the consultant as the skin either side of the tight band had its normal elasticity and he advised just taking the band away. I wasn't too enthused about the operation myself and i am only 2 weeks in so i don't know the final outcome yet but it is healing fine with little or no dicomfort.
as a few have said on here previously, having it is not as bad as the thought of having it!!
If as you say your phimosis is not bad and you don't want a circumsion i would go for the preputioplasty. It is less intrusive and you still have the option at a later date to have a part or full circumsion if it does not give you the full movement you need.

best of luck.

ABitTight

Thanks for the reply waveman.

It sounds as if you had the EXACT problem that I have at the moment (regarding tight band). I think he mentioned last time something like I "wouldn't need a full circumcision anyway", so maybe he was alluding to having the same procedure you underwent. Out of interest where did you get it done and was it local or general anesthetic? Oh and were you waiting long to get it done?

Thanks again,

ABT

waveman1

Hi ABT,
I live in the Northwest of England and got the op done on the NHS at Blackburn Hospital. took about 6/8 weeks from consultation to having it done. You go for a pre op a couple of days prior to the operation where they ask you general health questions and take swabs for MRSA ( to make sure your not carrying the super bug they keep going on about in hospitals).
From entering the hospital waiting room on the morning of the op to walking out the door was about 4 hours. you get hearded into a day ward then sat on a bed, a few questions, blood pressure, visit from the anesthetist, visit from the surgeon (where i made the final decision to have the partial based on his recommendation) and change to a very unflattering hospital gown and paper pants. sat back down in a waiting area in the ward and then 20 minutes later being wheeled off on a trolley to the anesthetic area just outside the theatre. Had a general anesthetic ( prick in the arm....can you feel anything happening...no..we will give you a little oxygen (liars) can you feel anything happening N....gone!!) and was in theatre around 30/40 mins as best i can remember. woke up in the recovery room more blood pressures then back to the day ward for tea and sandwich. Bandage fell of straight away but they said dont worry and leave it off as it will get in the way of peeing anyway (different set up than full circ) Was there for about 45mins then got changed and left once you have had a pee ok (bit strange as your still numb in that area)
they do insist you dont drive and you must have someone to be with you when you leave. Although i didn't drive there i came and left on my own (discharged myself) and got the bus and train back home. felt absolutely fine. Only discomfort was at night with laying in certain positions and erections but no damage to stiches and very little bleeding. get the odd pull on a stitch every now and again but thats it. had showers daily and have now started cleaning the inside of the foreskin with cotton buds but am waiting for the disolvable stiches to fall out (2/3weeks) before i do any stretching of the area.
So there you have it so far. whichever way you go i wish you the best of luck and really don't worry about the actual, it really isn't as bad as you think it will be (as i did). Forget the dorsal slit (in my humble opinion) i looked at that route but every image i saw of it and the articles i read put me off (asthetics and all that!)
let me know how you get on
Cheers
Paul

ABitTight

Lads quick question regarding getting the op;

Has anyone got it done with local anaesthetic? Urologist told me "most" go for a general anaesthetic but he said local is quite common too. Thing is, and this might just be me, why would anyone opt for a general anaesthetic over a local? Is it a mental thing or something?

Suppose I am just wondering whats the experience like of having it done under local?

Thanks,

ABT

OnTheCounter

I feel like I'm missing out on something with circumcision thread. Are you in pain when fully erect?

Why would you want to retract your foreskin back over the bulbous(?) head?

smash

OnTheCounter wrote: »

I feel like I'm missing out on something with circumcision thread. Are you in pain when fully erect?

Why would it be painful?

OnTheCounter wrote: »

Why would you want to retract your foreskin back over the bulbous(?) head?

It's supposed to retract, so you can clean it. If you can't retract it then you need a circumcision.

iusedtoknow

ABitTight wrote: »

Lads quick question regarding getting the op;

Has anyone got it done with local anaesthetic? Urologist told me "most" go for a general anaesthetic but he said local is quite common too. Thing is, and this might just be me, why would anyone opt for a general anaesthetic over a local? Is it a mental thing or something?

Suppose I am just wondering whats the experience like of having it done under local?

Thanks,

ABT

yep, i had it done under local. You don't see or feel a thing. With my operation I walked into theatre, the doctor looked at me and said "you look a bit young for a vasectomy, but ok..." before laughing his head off, and saying that he knew it was a circ.

I lay on the bed, and they attached a heart monitor and a drip which gave me saline through the operation. The doctor told me to look to the side, and I felt a couple of pinches on the base of the shaft and I think on my ball sack (this was based on the bruising). The doctor then waited a few minutes and told me to sit up and watch as he hit a needle into the penis, just to check it was numb - it was, so he said to lie back and relax.
I knew he was working down there, but couldn't feel a thing. The atmosphere was relaxed, with just the doctor, a nurse and a medical student observing. Every so often we'd talk about whiskey or the Barcelona Madrid football match that was happening that evening.
The only strange thing was the cautirizer, which seals the wound. The sounds is disconcerting, but you will not feel a thing. After about 1 hour or so, got me up to look at his work (looked a mess, but now 6 months in it looks great) and I walked out of theatre to the "staging" area where my wife was waiting. Got change, home in a taxi and had a breakfast.

It really isn't that bad, they are professionals and try their best to keep things relaxed if the patient is awake.

RoscommonTom

Does any one else othink its strange that most fellas cocks in porn films are circumciced.?

RoscommonTom

RoscommonTom wrote: »

Does any one else othink its strange that most fellas cocks in porn films are circumciced.?

Most fellas cocks in America are circumcised.

RoscommonTom

Thanks, very strange. It does make them look bigger that's for sure.

ABitTight

iusedtoknow wrote: »

yep, i had it done under local. You don't see or feel a thing. With my operation I walked into theatre, the doctor looked at me and said "you look a bit young for a vasectomy, but ok..." before laughing his head off, and saying that he knew it was a circ.

I lay on the bed, and they attached a heart monitor and a drip which gave me saline through the operation. The doctor told me to look to the side, and I felt a couple of pinches on the base of the shaft and I think on my ball sack (this was based on the bruising). The doctor then waited a few minutes and told me to sit up and watch as he hit a needle into the penis, just to check it was numb - it was, so he said to lie back and relax.
I knew he was working down there, but couldn't feel a thing. The atmosphere was relaxed, with just the doctor, a nurse and a medical student observing. Every so often we'd talk about whiskey or the Barcelona Madrid football match that was happening that evening.
The only strange thing was the cautirizer, which seals the wound. The sounds is disconcerting, but you will not feel a thing. After about 1 hour or so, got me up to look at his work (looked a mess, but now 6 months in it looks great) and I walked out of theatre to the "staging" area where my wife was waiting. Got change, home in a taxi and had a breakfast.

It really isn't that bad, they are professionals and try their best to keep things relaxed if the patient is awake.

Thanks for the reply.

I just think the thing would be less dramatic under local, although in fairness people could make a good argument for the opposite.

Ringing to make appointment for it tomorrow, will be happy when its all sorted, this has been an issue for me for years

Where did you get it done?

iusedtoknow

ABitTight wrote: »

Thanks for the reply.

I just think the thing would be less dramatic under local, although in fairness people could make a good argument for the opposite.

Ringing to make appointment for it tomorrow, will be happy when its all sorted, this has been an issue for me for years

Where did you get it done?

I got it done on the Spanish public medical system, was living there at the time. But the process is pretty much the same everywhere.

My father (a doctor) said that any procedures done under local, they try to keep it as casual and "light" as possible to put the patient at ease.

OnTheCounter

I can't retract my foreskin at all. How common is this? I never thought about it before reading this thread.

I'm never in any discomfort.

Why should I consider circumcision?

tbh

OnTheCounter wrote: »

I'm never in any discomfort.

Why should I consider circumcision?

Why would you?

OnTheCounter

From flicking through the thread it seemed as if it was being done for hygiene reasons only which seems a bit drastic.

I take it all adult Irish men who get this done do so because they are in pain?

extremphonixx

No not all men, for myself I’m seriously thinking of getting it done for both hygiene and because I think it looks much better. It’s actually hard enough in Ireland to get cut for this reason, unfortunatelyL

OnTheCounter wrote: »

From flicking through the thread it seemed as if it was being done for hygiene reasons only which seems a bit drastic.

I take it all adult Irish men who get this done do so because they are in pain?

tbh

OnTheCounter wrote: »

From flicking through the thread it seemed as if it was being done for hygiene reasons only which seems a bit drastic.

I take it all adult Irish men who get this done do so because they are in pain?

well, hygiene reasons for me were significant - so I couldn't retract my foreskin at all, and because I'm diabetic, there was.....build up. Lets just leave that there it was unpleasant and itchy and it knocked my confidence. Trying to retract my foreskin was painful and that meant that I couldn't enjoy sex as much as I did when I could retract my foreskin, and that was if I was ok with the whole hygiene thing to expose it to a potential partner.

so realistically for me, it was for hygiene, but now you know the grisly facts, you might understand it a bit better - i appreciate that you don't have the same issues, you might not know that others do, because it's not the type of thing you talk about to your mates.

No disrespect to the dude above me, but I'm glad it's difficult to get done for cosmetic reasons only.

extremphonixx

With respect as well I don’t agree that the medical people should make it hard to get circumcised.
The way I see is, it’s much the same as a piercing or tattoo, it’s something you like the look of for whatever reason and if you’re prepared to pay for it there shouldn’t be a problem in getting it.

tbh wrote: »

No disrespect to the dude above me, but I'm glad it's difficult to get done for cosmetic reasons only.

tbh

extremphonixx wrote: »

With respect as well I don’t agree that the medical people should make it hard to get circumcised.
The way I see is, it’s much the same as a piercing or tattoo, it’s something you like the look of for whatever reason and if you’re prepared to pay for it there shouldn’t be a problem in getting it.

yep, I can see where you're coming from in some respects, but at the end of the day, it's surgery. It's less like a piercing and more like a boob job, if you're doing it for cosmetic reasons only.

extremphonixx

Ah yea i know its surgery of a minor nature, more serious than a tattoo but nowhere near as serious as a boob job, thing that gets me is that i could go to the UK or the US and get it done there with no issues but in ireland its just "no medical need" from any doctor i have asked. Infact in the US there is a campaign not to circumcise babys and to let them chose as adults, which btw i totally agree with!!!

QUOTE=tbh;81630598]yep, I can see where you're coming from in some respects, but at the end of the day, it's surgery. It's less like a piercing and more like a boob job, if you're doing it for cosmetic reasons only.[/QUOTE]

OnTheCounter

Thanks TBH. I can go back to being blissfully ignorant.

Like you say its not something that is talked about the lads so thought it was the norm not to be able to retract the foreskin.

If it doesn't bother me I won't bother it.

derbax

Newbie here,well under an assumed name! .. anyway this thread is a great resource..

My question is probably the same as has been asked before but just need to get some personalised advice /words of wisdom...!

I have never been able to retract my foreskin (I am 30 now ),never discussed it, have had limited and really only recent relationship/bedroom experience ,anyway its basically penetration that has been slightly painful for me and fairly unfulfilling as a result for both of us ... btw I have no problem or pain going the DIY route .
So am I right in assuming I should be able to retract and the pain etc would mean I should look at the circumcision option..
I am a very active sports guy at a reasonably competitive level would this op knock me out for long of action ..
any advice welcome

iusedtoknow

derbax wrote: »

I am a very active sports guy at a reasonably competitive level would this op knock me out for long of action ..
any advice welcome

You do have to take it easy to be honest with you for at least a month. You won't feel like doing too much for a week or so after, not because of pain but because of your sleep being disrupted by being woken up by erections. Also, the sensitivity of the exposed head will take around this long to get used to, you will have around 5 days of hanging out at home in nothing but a dressing gown and a dvd box set.
Once the stitches start coming out, you'll be able get more active (7-10 days after the op).

I was back on a bike in 4 weeks,running and swimming at 5 and back to all other activities around 6 weeks after. Played 5-a-side around the same time. Talk to your doctor about this though, mine erred on the side of caution, but i'm glad he did - i recovered very well and now a few months later I am very very happy with the results (for so many reasons)

If you have insurance, can you maybe schedule for an off-season or time when there is less activity?

Gavin89

i am having a partial circumcision and frenuloplasty on monday. i just read a copy of the consent form and it says i should take an anti-inflammatory 1 hour before the procedure. is this really neccessary? if so how would i get them, the doc never gave me a prescription so i was thinking of just not taking the anti-inflammatory....

tbh

Gavin89 wrote: »

i am having a partial circumcision and frenuloplasty on monday. i just read a copy of the consent form and it says i should take an anti-inflammatory 1 hour before the procedure. is this really neccessary? if so how would i get them, the doc never gave me a prescription so i was thinking of just not taking the anti-inflammatory....

we can't tell you whether it's necessary or not - my own opinion would be to do what you're told. Anyway, it's just neurofen or anything containing ibuprofen, you don't need a prescription.

Gavin89

Thanks tbh, I didn't realize it was just nurofen. Luckily I saw your reply before the op ha

Anyway lads...had the partial circumcision and frenuloplasty done today so if anyone has any questions about it don't be shy

ABitTight

Where'd you get it done Gav? Was it under local or general?

I am going for the full circ in a few weeks. :O

Mister R

Finally went to the GP about this the other day and I have to say its not as bad as you expect it to be I know I'm only at the early stages of the process but still I waited way too long to get this sorted I kept making excuses and did have some genuine reasons to delay but last week I just though "screw it" and went to the GP, so yeah anyone considering it I'd say bite the bullet and just go the GP to get it out of the way.

Rjd2

Done it about ten days ago, first week or so was fine, as I was off work and was able to lie around the gaff doing **** all as I booked a week of work. However since I returned work the sensitivity has increased which I was expecting. I am using cream and some furacalin.
It is bleeding a little at the top which is a little concerning (very briefly. Not bleeding at the moment hopefully!!), this because it got infected. Obviously not news to celebrate to but I was assured it happens quite a lot by the GP.

I will give the GP a buzz Monday, if it does not stop or before that.


Assuming everything is fine, I can’t think of a reason not to do it, painless operation and not that expensive. It cost me only a few hundred and while I know the value of money in such harsh times, I have spent more on absolute toss so can’t really grumble.


EDIT....I did make the mistake of walking way to much the last few days like a twat. About an hour or so a day coming from work getting food etc which I really should have known better not to do. The drawbacks of not having a car!!!