Diary of a Circumcision

Krieg

Question from someone who got cut a month ago;

I read on another forum that the stitches should have fully dissolved by week 4. But I still have 5 left and they don't like they are going far. I tried plucking at them lightly but, no dice. Should I worry?

LegacyUser

Krieg,
I'm not the OP but i was circumcised for medical reasons back in february of this year. The stitches will dissolve in good time. Keep soaking the stitches in salty water to speed up the process.

LegacyUser

Had it done in early january, and 2 weeks have passed. Had to visit a urologist in november with an unrelated matter, and he informed me what i already knew, that i needed the snip. Had it done in the Mater Private, and the surgeons name was Kiaran O'Malley. Asked him was it common for it to be done, and he said he did out 7 a week, so its alot more common that people think. Didn't tell anybody by the way!

Arrived at 8am and was checked in, at about 8.30ish i was in a bed and a few checks were done by the nurse and the surgeon came to see me and went through the procedure. At about 10.15 i was brought into pre-theatre, and more checks were done and i was wired up for the operation. At 10.50 is was in for the anesthetic, asked the anesthatist how long i would be under and he said 30 mins. Woke up later and chanced a look, and all i could see was a cock shaped bandage which was bigger than normal. Then the surgoen came in to see me and said everything went well and that it was a pretty tight foreskin. Then ththe anesthestist came in to say hello as well. Was eating tea and toast at around 12.15 and aftered i had a piss i was told i could go home. Have to say, all the staff in the Mater Private were very professional about such a delicate matter. There wasnt much pain at this stage as they had also given a local anesthetic during the procedure. Before i left they gave me a few A4 sheets with the does and donts. Was hone by 14.15 waching day time tv, murder she wrote, diagnosis murder, deal or no deal etc.. Couldn't watch Seoighe for obvious reasons! The first day i was grand, still had the bandage, was on pain killers and slept well.

Woke up with the dawn horn, didn't look at it and went back to sleep. Had a bath and the bandage came off, my cock looked like it had been in a fight and come off the worst. Got dressed and wore boxer shorts. Not a good idea and the gland that used to be covered was now exposed and i was walking like john wayne with a groin strain! I was swollen but painkillers helped. Bought tight fitting boxers, which are a must as it gives stability and limits movement of the lad. Had it done on a friday and was back in work on the monday, told my collegues i had pulled a groin muscle in the gym, so no one was the wiser.

Found it easier to re-bandage it for the next few days to save it hitting off anything, the only problem was that the banagde would slip and i'd end up pissing over myself. Pissing sitting down was easier, but then statred to do it standing up.

Over the next few days it was still swollen, my dick was massive, which usually is a good thing, but not in this case! Rang the surgoen and he saw me asap in his rooms, said there was no problems and that it was healing up well. He didn't charge me either.

Over the next few days, the swelling went down, and the sensitvity is improving. I am having a shower every morning and a bath in the evening. It is getting better. The advise sheet says no sexual activity for 3-4 weeks, which i presume includes an allied irish, so avoiding all that at the moment. I'd get up on the back of a chair at this stage!

The only slight problem i has was that my piss smelt awful, so after check the internet, i presumed i had a urinary tract infection, so went to my GP (who is female), she again was very professional and was very interested to hear about it, and she gave me some mild antibiotics, which have done the trick.

Its 2 weeks now since it was done and all is well. Dont have any pain, but is still a bit uncomfortable to touch. Its weird looking at it a first but you get used to it, and remember the majority of men in the world (60%) have it done. So far so good.

I have gone unregistered for this, but if anybody has any questions, i'll use the nickame 'snip 1' and check back over the next few days

jeepers101

Just thought I'd give a long term update on the state of my penis. All in all I couldn't be happier with the way the circumcision went and I wouldn't go back for anything. I was just lookin at where I left off with the diary and it was week 5 before I had sex again (I think that has to be some kind of record). It was rather uncomfortable for a good few weeks, especially putting on a condom.

Had sex without a condom for the first time last month. It was fantastic. I read a lot about a loss of sensitivity after a circumcision and I know everybodys different but I haven't experienced it at all. Well, when I'm walking around and that its fine, but during sex, absolutely no loss in sensitivity.

Another aspect I want to address (as I read a lot of debate on it) is the hygiene issue. I can say for definite that a cicumcised penis is a hell of a lot cleaner. I haven't smelled smegma for ten months and I don't miss it. I know a lot of people say that if you wash every day there's no smell but I would wash in the morning and it would smell by evening. I think its the case for most lads that you have to wash two/three times a day to keep the smell at bay. As for now I've gone for a couple of days and it still smells peachy

What does the girlfriend think about it? She loves it. Not only does she not have to listen to me moan about it but she says it feels a lot better and I'm getting a lot more oral these days. Life is good.

Dave! wrote: »

Question...

Do you mean general anaesthetic? Or did you just fall asleep during the op?
Did you feel anything during it, no?
Cheers for posting the experiences... hopefully I will not have to have it done ever though :pac:

Yeah it was a general or a local, not sure of the difference. They gave me an injection, took about 5 secs to pass out, then they gave me another to wake me when it was all over. Didn't feel a thing.

Krieg wrote: »

Question from someone who got cut a month ago;
I read on another forum that the stitches should have fully dissolved by week 4. But I still have 5 left and they don't like they are going far. I tried plucking at them lightly but, no dice. Should I worry?

Don't pick them out, it'll leave a scar. Mine took a good five weeks to come out.

Unregistered wrote: »

as a matter of interest, how old are you jeepers?

25

Richie860504

Got mine done on monday.
Left hospital at 6:30 and ended up back in at 7:30.
Don't know what happened but blood started pouring out.
Was kept in all that night, was told would have to go back into theatre on tuesday morning if bleeding hadn't stopped. Thank god it did.
But blood still coming out today. Going back into to see the consultant in the morning.
Is it normal to still have some blood coming out 3 days after op?

LegacyUser

I'm not a medical expert so I can't say if its normal or not but I had a bit of spotting for a few days alright and even into the second week.

BankMan

There's a big thread on this subject in the men's health forum for anyone who's interested..:cool: