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Written by mdb at 02 Jul 2004 21:30:36: Re: Circumcision in the UK
As an answer to: Re: Circumcision in the UK written by Jake at 30 Jun 2004 21:47:21:
Hi,
I had a circ done 3.5 weeks ago in the UK. I had no luck with my GP at university and yes you should switch doctors to the one in your university city. When i came back from uni i still had this problem and asked my doctor here, again no luck on him knowing what it was but for other reasons he did refer me to a specialist (which you need to do).
I would highly highly recommend you don't get this done under a local anaesthetic. I had mine done under a general and when i came around they gave me a local anaethetic injenction which didn't have an effect. The Anaesthetist even said that in that area they can be hit or miss. Now i doubt you want to risk having repeated injections down there do you? I think i'd pass out if some-one took a knife to me down there anyway :)
So if you have seen a specialist at the local hospital they will put you on the waiting. I waited 7 months and got a call from the new government iniative that trys to book you in elsewhere if you have been waiting for over 6 months. Well guess what i would have had to wait another 4 months with no promises. So i forked out £1300 and went to BUPA. They did a good job too apart from they don't tell you how to deal with the aftercare and believe me it looks nasty for days.
I didn't tell my parents either btw. Just bear in mind you'll not want to move around for a week (i.e. get shopping in etc first), but being a student you should be used to that :)
Mark