Hello,As you can see I am new to this board, But to this certain experience I've been through hell and back.I'm 18 and I had scheduled surgery for circumcision on the 1st of this month, Due to a certain complication called Phimosis.The day of the surgery was a bit nerve-racking because not only was my pride and joy in the hands ofa guy I've only met once, But it was my first ever surgery.Ok, Moving on the surgery went very well. Everything looked good, I was in recovery room for about an hour and was discharged.Feeling very confident I went on and took as best care of it as I could 5 nights later, On the 6th, I woke up to one of the most annoying yet weird feelings you can, A feeling wetness and or dripping in a very unsual spot...I grab my thoughts pull away my covers and to my horror my whole groin region is covered in blood there is blood oozing quite a good bit through the dressing, And the shaft of my penis was the size of a orange (No exageration it was indeed that size)Which later spread to the testicles.I got up rushed through my dinning room for the phone to call an ambulance, Thing was just to run through the dinning room once covered the floor in blood (Hardwood Floor), Paramedics got there, They were a bit surprised to see where my injury was present hehe.Got to the hospital, They did pretty much nothing but try and wrap it up, My urologist had said to leave un wraped with ice, They didn't pay any attention, They put on Gell foam (Supposedly to help stop bleeding) and wraped it up and tried to send me home, Cause it wasn't bleeding while laying on the gurney, Moment I stand up boom instant leak.I just layed back down and demanded they called my urologist again, Finally after hours of waiting he arrived, I actually think it was worse than he thought it was, Immediatly he said "Yeah, You got a Hematoma" Wraped it back up and I was preped for emergency surgery, bad thing was I had to urinate so bad, But I couldn't due to the swelling, Was blocking all that up, The head was unrecognizable.So finally when they took me in to the OR I requested that a catheter be insereted while I was out. Though a request wasn't needed it was already planned to be put in.I woke up in an Admission Hospital room in Pediatrics. Well which was a unpleasent feeling cause I unfortunatly was alergic to morphine so I was itching like I've never felt before in my life.Treated with Benadryl once every four hours for 2 days.Finally on the 12th I was discharged from the hospital.Yeah sure everything still pretty swollen but with ice packs applied all the time and bed rest and time it will go down. Well it didn't everything went smooth for about 4 days.Very early morning of the 17th, I wake up to that same feeling again, And I'm think oh god please let it just be the ice leaking...But to my luck I once again was covered in blood. And i'm just thinking what did I ever do to deserve this, Luckily no swelling at all (Thank God) Again I was rushed to the ER Once a doctor saw me, I had broke nearly the whole left side bottom stitches.But it wasn't as bad as last time, And it stoped bleeding in a matter of hours after being in the hospital...Well thing was my actual urologist was out of town on a conference.So his fill in just said admit me once again into the hospital to be watched until my actual doctor got into town. 2 Days go by all is well my Doctor comes in, Thought maybe it would just be a random visit to check on the progress or not progress, Then he squeezed what seemed to be almost a full glass of jelly like old clotted blood which hurt like nothing I've EVER felt before in my life, But the swelling was gone and immediatly the color was alot better ( It was black and blue) Once that torture was over wraped it back up with wet gauze and told to use Saline Solution to clean it.I was discharged again the next day(20th), And I've been home since and I've been doing ok, And hope I will continue to stay that way although at this time I'm dealing with Post nasal drip so my throat is killing me and urinary tract infection.Sorry for the long post, I found this place on a search thought I'd post my recent dilema.
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Circumcision Horror Story.
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Wow i havn't even got a penis and it made me cringe. You certainly sound like you have been through the mill, and i hope things continue to improve.............oh and welcome to the boards hon
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and thats why I dont wanna get circumsized. EVER.Sorry to hear about what happened to ya man. That friggin blows hard....
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Ouch! Well at least you didnt have to worry about the paramedics thinking you had a small penis . I hope shit gets better for you man.
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im glad i was circumsized when i was first born....sorry to hear baout all those problems man.
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Newborns occasionally have major problems from their circumcision. I'm not saying it's a high percentage, but consider yourself lucky.
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Sorry to hear about all the problems you had. That's horrible. Did they ever give you a reason why it kept happening? I was thinking while reading it maybe it was because of erections in the middle of the night ripping the stitches??
At any rate I am glad things are okay now!
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> erections in the middle of the night
Wouldn't that be an issue for almost any guy who gets circumcised?
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Kinda my point.I was circumcised as a baby so there's no concern over that nor have any idea if they give any meds to suppress erections or what not. Simply why I was asking. =-D
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But lots of adolescents get circumcised at adolescence. Like many Philipino boys, for instance.If busted stitches is the case, then the doctor may have screwed up.