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Re: so-called

Written by Paul B. at 04 Jun 2002 16:07:03:

As an answer to: Re: Cant' figure out so-called written by Another Jim at 04 Jun 2002 00:21:41:

> I asked him about this being related to Diabetes. He said it's not caused by but could be more of a problem if it were present.

Gobbledegook. What else would he suggest as a cause? Not that I'm saying you must have diabetes, but it just makes sense that if you did have diabetes, that would be the cause!

> He said he would not write for that as it was a steriod that thinned th' skin and I definetly did not want it on my penis.

The "thinning the skin" effect is the exact reason why it is used to assist stretching. True, it could be used to excess and cause a skin problem - which is why you will see I have gone to some detail about this in previous posts.

> He said that stretching will hurt and will not work.

Remains to be seen - both claims.

> I asked him about results on th' urinalysis pertaining to Diabetes and he said it was negative(relief!).

I'm glad that you feel relieved, but sorry to tell you that this is not a useful test for diabetes. Put more clearly, if you have sugar in the urine, it means you have bad diabetes. If you don't, it means - nothing. For the last 15 or 20 years, diabetes has been diagnosed on blood tests, not urine tests. All the bad effects of diabetes (including foreskin infections) can happen to people who never had sugar in their urine.

Of course, this fellow is a "urologist", so perhaps you wouldn't expect him to know about diabetes . . .

> Today he said he had done two such operations.

So he's telling you it is extremely uncommon - as I am sure he will tell you he has performed many hundreds of circumcisions overall. I think that story backfired.

Hey look, I'm not going to go on about him, I just hope you see what I am pointing out about diabetes diagnosis in the 21st century, and using the steroid. Some people have advised that if you have a skin problem - which is a good description of not having phimosis before and having it now, - then if you want to ask a doctor, it would be better to ask a skin specialist.

Best of all to start, because it sounds like you need the real diabetes check, would be a GP ("Family doctor") who has an genuine interest in sexual medicine and proper foreskin management, and has developed the necessary referral network of competent specialists. Now, how you find him, well it could be tricky (I am not in NA), but as someone else will possibly suggest more accurately, you could chase up NOCIRC or NORM for a list of competent - called "foreskin-friendly" - doctors.


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