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Post circumcision concerns - update

Written by Nigel at 29 Aug 2001 10:33:15:

Its now 2 weeks since I had the op`, and things are getting a lot more comfortable now. I did away with the painkillers after a couple of days as they were making me constipated - (sorry! too much information). The swelling has now pretty much gone down, and the wound seems to healing quite well. I have been keeping everything clean with salt water washes which seems to have helped a lot.
I`ve been keeping a gauze dressing on and changing it periodically throughout the day (about 5 times) to keep everything as clean as possible. Then going `commando` at night, to let the `old chap` breathe a bit.
The only other thing is getting used to the extra sensitivity of the newly exposed glands, which at times can be difficult, but I try to keep myself busy and not think about it too much - it`s getting easier.
I`m concerned that in Pete`s reply to my original posting, he said the stiches should be removed instead of letting them disolve, is this right? I still seem to have a few stubborn ones hanging in there, one of which is right on the frenulem, and is fairly tender.
The other thing I`m a bit concerned about is that my glans seems to be shedding its old skin in places, is this normal? I`m assuming its `cos it got knocked around a bit during the op`?
Lastly can anyone enlighten me as to what BXO is? The consultant said I had it and that circumcision was the cure, is this right? What are the symptoms?

Thanks for any answers you can give.
Cheers
Nigel


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