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Re: More info . . .

Written by Alex Page Jr. at 25 Sep 2002 14:06:02:

As an answer to: More info . . . written by Paul B. at 24 Sep 2002 23:13:35:

Thanks for the answer.

follow up info : My penis increases it length to it's maximum when I urinate but the penis is NOT erected.

Hope the "prickling" feeling will go away soon.


>> There is NO PAIN when I urinate.
>Nor should there be.
>> When I start urinating the penis increases it's length to maximum length
>In other words, you get an erection when you pee, as do most people your age. This is really rather convenient, as it means that as you finish peeing, the last of the urine is squeezed out by the erection. Older men do not get the erection, so that not all the urine is squeezed out immediately, which means they "dribble" a little afterwards.
>> and after I done with urinating the penis decreases in length and thats when I feel like the frenulum is either being stretched or pulled.
>It's simply the feeling caused by the cut nerves along the scar line. The stretching as you have an erection causes the nerves to respond, but the tightness actually prevents them from responding (or perhaps, the feelings associated with the erection are more dominant - this is called the "pain gate" mechanism but I won't go into all the details). As the erection goes, the "true" stretching sensation stops, and the irritated pain (unmyelinated small fibre) nerves continue to "prickle" for a while.
>Consider when you lie on your hand, or arm and it "goes to sleep". It is when you take the pressure off that it starts "prickling" violently ("pins and needles"). That is exactly what you are describing, where in this case the pressure is a result of the tightness of the surgical scar. And of course, this is quite a common consequence of most surgical scars.
>> Anyone here who has been circumcised recently encountered similar thing?
>Well, of course, "AJ" is the self-proclaimed expert on immediate post-circumcision matters, so it is particularly revealing that he has not answered your actual question, but rather picked arguments with the commentators. Presumably demonstrating that he is simply not observant enough to have noticed what you have.
>Anyway, Alex, it's good that you came back to talk, because many who post here, unlike yourself are just "one post wonders" who obviously don't really want to learn anything. You can be pretty sure the funny feeling will eventually go away - perhaps in a month or two.


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