Anyone have a circumcision when not an infant?

Question

Did you get general anesthesia? How was the pain afterward and for how long? We chose to not circ our boys after reading all the pros and cons. But for the oldest 9YO - it's been one infection after another. He's even asking about circumcision! Anyhow - any feedback on that would be interesting. Only interested in answer from people who've had the procedure to describe the ordeal. I do not want to hear whiny diatribes about the barbarity of the procedure or arguments for it!

Answer 1

I was circ'd about 10 weeks ago at the ripe old age of 38 after exhausting non-surgical solutions for phimosis. The problem only occuring when erect everything was fine when flaccid. You should talk to your pediatrician as this may just be a case of him needing to learn to clean better, skin back when urinating, and otherwise he'll be fine with no problems later in life without surgical intervention. Why put him through surgery when soap and water and a little anatomy eduction will take care of the problem?

My circ was done under local anesthesia so I was awake the whole time. The first shot near the base of my penis hurt, but no worse than any other shot I've ever had. The remaining five or six shots didn't hurt at all as the local anesthesia took effect pretty quick. I was given a prescription for for Percacet but only really needed it for the first 12 hours or so. After the first day there was hardly any pain. I must also add that everyone's pain tolerance is different. I didn't find the recovery to be all that painful, but I was in sheer agony for three days even with Percacets after I had my wisdom teeth pulled.

It did look pretty nasty, swollen, and bruised for about two weeks, but again the pain after the first 12 hours was minimal. The stitches were the dissolving type and had all fallen out after those two weeks and I was back playing soccer in less than 3 weeks. I was given a prescription for amyl nitrate to combat nocturnal erections and was able to resume sexual relations with my girlfriend within a month. Two problems I don't think your 9 year old will need worry about!

10 weeks on it looks much better though there is some residual swelling along the scar on near the frenum, which my doctor assured me will continue to go away as time goes by, just like scarring from any other surgery.

Again talk to your child's pediatrican and decide what the best course of action should be. You made the best choice when your sons were born because in most cases everything is fine the way nature intended. Your son may just be one of the unlucky ones like me where what nature entended and an unlucky shake on the crap table of genetics didn't synch up.

Answer 2

I'm not circumcised but I feel I should say unless you and your doctor have tried everything to resolve his recurrent infections, then don't yet consider circumcision. Usually good hygiene is enough, pulling back the foreskin and washing the area underneath with water and mild soap at least once a day; however, washing the area too much can cause redness and irritation.

There are a lot of factors involved in infections. Believe it or not, diet and exercise are quite important. Eating yogurt helps keep certain infections down by maintain the normal flora of the body. There are other causes like a chemical irritant in the area that's easily remedied if the chemical is removed. Some people are allergic to certain detergents and that might be the cause.

Please check out the links as they are good sources of info. If you've tried everything and nothing works in the long term, then perhaps circumcision should be considered. If possible, perhaps a "conservative" or partial circumcision can be opted where only some of the foreskin is removed. That might be (and is usually more than) enough to resolve the problem if it's persistent, and that way he'll be able to maintain some function of his foreskin. Regardless, it'll be more than uncomfortable for him for a few weeks to a month or two after the operation.

Answer 3

When I read your question I was taken aback! When I was 8 I had to be circumcised due to infections and hygene. Yes I was given general anaesthesia and the stay was an overnight. There was moderated discomfort but only for the first three days. After that, it was not a problem. I turned out just fine. My mom and dad also thought this was the best decision so don't feel bad. It is no big deal really, just cutting of the skin, not of deep flesh. Best of luck and tell your son not to worry.

Answer 4

I actually just had to get circumsized about a week ago. I did not get general anesthesia. I was awake throught it all. It wasn't really that bad. It just hurt like hell for a few days. It still hurts a little bit though. You can't Jack off or anything like that for a while.

Answer 5

Well I work with a grandma of a 3 year old and he just had it done (ditto on the infections) and he got general anesthesia and it was done outpt, dissolving stitches, a minor painkiller and they were told to invest in a bag of frozen peas.
The kid's fine. He was sore for a few days but he didnt scream or cry or anything.
Better than having a major infection and his wiener falling off, eh?!!!

Answer 6

I did have a general one... it was a short pain (done at 5 for medical problems) and it will be the younger when done... the less pain

Answer 7

Normal cleaning is all he needs to prevent infections. That is not an easy operation for a 9 year old to go through. I think any Doctor would echo my remarks.

Answer 8

my friend had it when he was 18 he said that was the WORST pain he ever had

Answer 9

The “medical” reasons for circumcision are for Doctors to make MONEY!!!
Circumcision is “nothing” compared to other much more terrible things that people do for MONEY, when MONEY is involved EVERYRHING is possible, MONEY is the priority not moral values, not ethics, not health, not wrong or right, not even human life, etc. People are selfish by nature. And that is soooo sad. $$$CASH$$$

MOTHERS, the feelings of mothers who observed the circumcision of their babies. Go here if you have the courage:
http://www.circumcision.org/mothers.htm
They do not remember the pain when they grow up, but I wonder what kind of neurological/emotional damage it does to inflict such severe pain to such a young one!

In the US circumcision started to stop boys from masturbating; they will take much longer to reach the orgasm, and the orgasm will not be as intense, but that will not stop them.
Nowadays the “medical” reasons to circumcision are for Doctors to make MONEY!!!

RELIGION--If God intended boys to not have "skin" He would have made them so.
Also, if you examine the bible, lest just say that is full of terrible things that are considered very illegal nowadays, and many of those terrible things are AGAINST WOMEN. Women, how would you like it if those things get legalized?
http://www.nocirc.org/religion/

HYGIENE--Use a new invention, soap and water!!! Women produce much more “smegma”, all kinds of discharges, wetness, and smells; because of physiologic and anatomical reasons, and how would you feel if they cut your vulva lips??? Women, why don’t you answer my question, are you afraid? Women are more likely to get urinary tract infections and no one suggests we surgically alter them at birth to reduce the risks! Just one of many double standards and laws that always treat men worse.

MEDICAL REASONS--No medical reasons. It is not a birth defect! A extremely small chance of a complication do not justify the removal of the foreskin, if so, why don't we remove the tonsils and the appendix when a child is born, and the chance of complications of the tonsils and the appendix is much greater. And what is even greater is the chance of breast cancer so the best thing to do is to remove the breast glands of young girls or at least remove them at the first sign of trouble without trying any alternative treatments first in order to preserve the breast(women, how do you like it now?). And for infections of all the organs, including female organs, use a new invention called antibiotics. Talking about complications, in fact many baby boys die each year from circumcision and related complications.
EVEN if “TRUE phimosis” occurs, instead of chopping it off like barbarians!, use Conservative Treatments like:
-Topical Medication(non-traumatic and non-destructive)
-Dilation and Stretching(non-traumatic and non-destructive)
-Combination treatment(non-traumatic and non-destructive)
-Preputioplasty is the medical term for plastic surgery of the prepuce or foreskin(many methods).
If you want more detail on Conservative Treatments, go here:
http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/
http://www.circinfo.org/alternatives.html
The foreskin can still be tight even after puberty, and it is natural, not TRUE phimosis.
And now they invented a new reason to make money, the risk of STD in uncircumcised men. Well actually uncircumcised men have more protection, but in practical terms that protection means nothing, because circumcised or not, if you have sex without protection and your partner have an STD you will be infected FOR SURE! That means, it is just one more stupid and desperate reason in order to make money with circumcisions.

SEX--Foreskin actually enhances the sexual experience for men because it constantly moves over the head of the penis causing more friction and pleasure. Men will also lose much sensitivity to the glans if circumcised.
Circumcised men will have to deal with discomfort and dry glans. Uncircumcised men, pull the foreskin back for a day, and see how it feels against your underwear all day, and see what happens. The frenulum is the G SPOT in men.
The foreskin have those functions: protective, erogenous, sensory, and sexual physiologic. After all, why would you want to lose all of those “Meissner corpuscles”, the same nerve complexes which provide fine touch to the fingertips?
It is there for many reasons, that is how a man should be(it is natural).
If women like it better circumcised because it looks better(strange, not natural) or gives them more sexual pleasure(strange, not natural), then too bad, they do not have the right! All men do not like mutilated vulvas, and all men like breasts with nipples, they do not like mutilated breasts, etc, etc, etc, because that is the way those organs are supposed to be, it is natural. Interesting, isn’t?!!!

If that was a common practice to do that to baby girls, all the women would be in a BIG UPROAR about it(and men too!, men are not like women), but it’s ok to mutilate little boys. The great majority of the ones that agree with circumcision are women for their stupid selfish reasons. Even court cases reported in which mother and father fight because the mother wants to mutilate the son, it is always the mother!. You women should be ashamed to that to your son. Men that are not circumcised, will not get circumcised when adults, they would scream, kick, fight and run, if someone tries to mutilate their privates area, just like you women would run too if someone tried to do that to your labia. Men that where circumcised do not realize what they lost because never had one, and most of them that do realize try to justify it so they do not feel bad about it. Many circumcised men feel very bad emotionally because of what was done to them to such a private area.
It is mutilation of defenceless children in the most private spot, genital mutilation.
It is cruel and barbaric.
It is a human rights violation.
It is not the parent’s decision; it is the parent’s decision if they want to abuse him, rape him, or to kill him? It is the parent’s decision to choose the son religion? How can he chose a religion or his believes, if he is just a baby?
I do not even agree that it is ok if an adult man wants to get circumcised. I think it is wrong, because if a man wants to lose a finger, the Doctor can not do that to him. Think about it, think, think. And by the way, adult men that decide to get circumcised, do it because they know most women like it, they just do it to be more accepted by women.
I think it is just like slavery and all other barbaric acts of the past, it was accepted because it was common practice or tradition, everyone accepted slavery without questioning the facts, but it is not accepted anymore in a modern and fair and civilized society. Circumcision must not be allowed, BY LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many other reasons not to do it, check it out:
http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/
http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/
http://www.noharmm.org/
http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/
http://www.circumcisionquotes.com/boydies.html