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Q: Circumcision recovery ?
asked by: Xptboy on July 20th, 2009
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Hey, I'm 19... and I got circumsized last Friday because well, I wanted to and stuff. This will be a kinda rant, but also I just want to make sure that everything is going OK.
But so far, the recovery has been hell, I just wanna know if this is normal and when I can start to walk like a normal person and possibly even run.

I met my surgeon beforehand at one of the best hospitals in town so I have confidence in the surgeon and that he would do a good job, during the surgery he kept reassuring me everyting was going fine without me asking so that was good (local anastheasia)

Immediately out of the hospital I don't feel any pain (probably because the anasthaesia hasn't weared off yet) but once I'm back home I'm irritated and slightly in pain. I look down at my penis for the first time and there's a load of blood on the bandage... Throughout the day I keep on bleeding (slowly though, not alot) and I take a painkiller which doesn't help very much tbh. Go to bed in discomfort.

Day 2, wake up due to getting a boner and follow the surgeon's advice of taking a shower and taking the bandage off. It scrapes off and I see a horrible sight... it's like a huge fat dick that is amazingly swelled. When i touch it, it is hot because of the swelling, also the stitches look gross too. When I walk around, my dick is still very uncomfortable and sensitive, how long will this last?

Day 3, dick is as sensitive as day 1&2, but at least the bleeding has completely stopped

Day 4, dick is still extremely sensitive and no signs of becoming less sensitive, but still very swollen. and getting a boner in the morning is an easy way to wake up and not be able to go back to sleep...

OK... is this normal?? and how long will the recovery process take? I haven't been taking any creams or anything should I? I got a doctor's appointment on the 31st of july to have a check up on how my penis is recoverring. No sex or masturbation for 4 weeks but I hope I can do exercise in a week or so. Oh yeah, the stithes should go automatically in like 3-4 weeks as well.

Ugh, this is just a rant, hopefully when I'm recoverred I'll look back at this and laugh, but for now I'm just doing it sensitive and find it hard to walk from my room to the living room. Is everything said here normal though?
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W0LF
replied on July 21st, 2009
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Yeah, circumcision is serious business. You're going to bleed through the stitches there will be swelling. What you're seeing/feeling is normal. Your doctor should have explained this was coming, bad on his part. Keep taking any medication they put you on, especially the antibiotics you really don't want that surgery to get an infection. If you feel pain or severe discomfort call your doctor immediately, be paranoid about it. It's your junk man. No lower body exercise until your doctor clears you for it, probably best to keep your blood pressure down even if your hips are remaining still.
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Xptboy
replied on July 21st, 2009
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OK update, I'll keep updatung regularly until I'm fully recoverred because honestly I've got nothing better to do since I can't go out and enjoy myself lol...

Day 5: Today I wake up with yet another boner but am really tired and it's only 7 in the morning, so I force myself to think about soccer and american football and then doze off to sleep before waking up with another boner at 10ish. I get out of bed and check my penis to see that it is still quite swollen (not as much as before but still swollen) and it still hurts the same ammount as before. I was wearing boxers before, but today I'm just wearing regular basketball shorts and that actually helps quite a lot.

I've got no issues with my doctor since he did tell me this would happen, I just hate this process and can't wait for it to get better. I'm not taking any medicine or anything... Just hoping it heals as fast as possible.

I better be able to at least walk properlly by August 5th because that's when I'm on a holiday to New York to see friends.

bleeding has stopped completely now even when in the shower I don't bleed anymore which is good i guess... I wish I could like, skip the next 2 or 3 weeks of life and just be free.

The reasons why I decided to get circumsized are:
1. Growing up guys made fun of me being uncircumsized so I was always somewhat selfconscious about it, even though in general I am confident and outgoing.
2. 2 of my ex's told me that it was weird and told me to get it circumsized.
3. I was denied a one night stand becuz when she saw my dick she left saying that I need to get circumsized...
4. I am now moving to the states for college where most guys will be circumsized (unlike in Europe) and there'll be lots of stupid girls who believe anything said in those stupid comedy shows (american pie etc).
5. I guess it looks nicer, but honestly I hardly give a damn about this...

Yeah, basically I hope it's worth it in the end. As long as I'll be able to have sex and play sports again I'll be happy. I really don't care that much about how much better/worse sex feels, if it feels better then it fels better, if it feels worse then I last longer so this doesn't matter to me...

OK... So when can I quit walking like a cripple again?
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projeck15
replied on July 21st, 2009
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may I ask how much did the surgery cost?
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Solita777
replied on July 21st, 2009
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So did u do it yet after getting circumsized can u please tell me if it feels better sexually or worse as my boyfriend wants to get this done and im against it! What would u suggest? Do u regret it?
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Xptboy
replied on July 22nd, 2009
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Day 5: It was day 5 yesterday but now that I think of it, I got circumsized on Friday last week so today is in fact the true day 5.

Anyways, got up with a rock hard erection which hurt more than ever before, probably because, before my erections have always been smaller but today it was nearly 100%. I could feel the stitches pulling, but anyways, apart from that I went back to sleep about 20 min after that incident and woke up from a bad dream I had where my dick got cut off (like completely) and a cop was making fun of my dick being cut off and he was bashing it on the floor... It was a horrible nightmare and I was happy to be awake with my dick still attached to my body lol.

Alright, so anyways, It's still quite swollen tbh... And I've started to notice that scabs are forming, also I've got a little bit of puss but nothing to great. Anyways, I took a salt bath in order to make sure I don't get infected (I really hope this doesn't happen).

Also, I'm doing something kind of weird which helps my dick not be sensitive at all, basically I take my basketball shorts and tuck my balls over so that my penis can kinda rest between my two balls and is exposed to the air so it can be dry quickly and stuff. This allows me to sit down in total comfort. It is a bit awkward when my parents saw me for the first time today but they understand lol.

My lifestyle right now is really boring... Wake up, eat breakfast, watch TV or surf the net until nighttime, eat a few more times throughout the day and sleep. I'm overeating a bit and if I keep going then I'll have to waste around a month in the gym getting back to where I was. Normally I exercise almost everyday, so I have a high metabolism and stuff, but without exercise I just get fat lol.

Solita777:
I haven't had sex or masturbated since the op. and I won't be able to for at least another two weeks or perhaps even more. I'm not going to suggest anything to your boyfriend, but I definitely don't regret it since it's something that I've been considerring for a while and I finally decided to go for it after much thought, I just hate the recovery process and find it being a pain in the ass not being able to do any exercise or sexual contact. Basically, it's your boyfriends choice. It's a very minor surgery and very safe so nothing to be worried about. Just realize that for at least a week he won't be able to do anything other than watch TV, eat and sleep and in most cases you guys won't be able to have sex for at least 3 weeks.
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Xptboy
replied on July 22nd, 2009
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oh, and the surgery cost 100 euros for the operation and 50 euros to meet my surgeon. This was at one of the best private hospitals in Belgium btw. And btw, the operation itself was rather relaxing... no pain whatsoever even though I was awake. I elected not to watch them perform the op, and the doctor and nurse operating me were always nice and I felt really relaxed and never nervous. It's the recovery process which is a pain in the butt...
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Xptboy
replied on July 23rd, 2009
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Day 6: Today for the first time I actually see some form of improvement in my penis... and for some reason, I managed not to have a boner this night and slept in peace!!! yay!!! I'm really not worried about not getting boners in the future because well, i've always been able to "control" my boners so i'm sure I'll be able to get them just fine in the future. Nowadays whenever I see one coming I just start thinking about something else like dancing, soccer, football or pretty much anything that has nothing to do with sex.

My swelling is slightly smaller but still rather big, especially on the right side where I can pretty much pinch my swollen area and there's gonna be a pinch mark left!

Scabs are still there/forming, I took another salt bath and made sure my dick dried after that to keep the scabs. I did clean off the dry blood that served no purpose though.

My glands are definitely dryer but they're not necessarily "peeling" as other people have said would happen. I'm walkin around naked still lol.

The part when my dick hurts the most is when I touch an area surrounding a stitch where I got cut... guess that's normal though... Other than that, I can walk around fine now as long as I'm naked lol. I did finally do some exercise and it was definitely nice to just do something (squats, DB press, DB rows, shoulder press, arms curls and extensions) Tomorra I'm just gonna do statoc stretches and the day after I'll be doing bodyweight exercises because I'm hating the way my body is deteriorating whilst I'm circumsized. I want my lean athletic sexyness back lol. I'm definitely not gonna be swimming until my wounds close up completely, and I'm pretty sure i'll be swimming a lot when I move to florida in september!! beach baby!

Ugh, I hope I keep improving fast because although I did finally do exercise, I still don't wanna try walking aroud in boxers or anything... prolly won't for another week or two either until my stitches are out. I'm imaginin my stitches getting caught in the boxers now haha.
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