Hallux Valgus (Bunions) :: Care For My Stitches, Feet And Back Post-Op?
I'm 4 weeks post-op double Scarf Osteotomy with screws in my big toes. Pain subsided after 3 weeks, but my feet are sore and bruised, big toes are stiff and sometimes crack when I walk, is this normal? Stitches though half gone have scabs, skin is dry and slightly inflamed. I don’t walk except to-and-from the bathroom, and feel my muscles are in bad shape from lying down for so long. When can I start walking? Any exercise suggestions for my toes, feet and back? Which oil/ointment to apply to my stitches and bruises?
View 4 RepliesPenis :: Post Circumcision - Tip Is Very Sensitive
I am a 56 year old who was circumcised three weeks ago.i am having problems because the head of my penis is so sensitive I cannot touch it or wear pants/boxers.tried a dressing but found it sticks so badly its too painful and damaging to remove.i am desperate to get back to work but can see no improvement even after three weeks.
View 1 RepliesPenis :: Post Circumcision Experience
So I finally had an operation on my member on Thursday. The doctor gave me what I believe was a partial circumcision. I had to do this procedure for medical reasons - chronic inflammation, the tip of my foreskin was discoloring as though it had vitiligo. He told me prior to the procedure that he will leave as much skin as possible, and removing the infected areas, which I was extremely happy about as I have the best of both worlds so to speak.
Pain in urination for the first two goes after the operation, the first time it was at the hospital, it was painful from the get go, almost fainted out of fear of the pain (I anticipated pain, but was scared of the amount), second time was later in the evening it was ok at start, but towards the end, my glans began to swell up even more and it hurt a bit. Now peeing is absolutely normal, I also find a have a more powerful stream than prior to my circ (its like a riot hose).
By the next day, there was no pain at all, save for the pressure I get from the nocturnal erection. Some light spotting with blood. I changed my gauze (which for some reason wasn't tightly bandaged (it fell off apparently after the operation, but I changed another one at the hospital, but again, not tightly bandaged)) and will continue to do so. I was able to walk on the second day. The glans began to expose themselves (time to see the world), but it was quite sensitive, but nothing I can't tolerate.
I also noticed that I cannot see my incision line as there's a swelled layer of skin covering it, most of my head, save for the tip is still covered by this. I pull it back very gently and I pull it back very little so that I can barely see the sides as I don't want to force the stitches to pull themselves. I can sort of see something like my incision line, but I can't make of it. Probably call the urologist on Monday, but for this weekend, just leave it for now.
By the end of that night, there was no pain, lots of boredom as I couldn't go out, so I slept. Few nocturnal erections, but nothing to worry about, just some pressure on the penis area.
On Saturday I wake up to some erections and pressure, again nothing to worry about. I even go out with my mother today (I did so yesterday for an hour, one hour or so driving and 30 minutes sitting down eating a meal and later going down to buy some more gauze swipes).
As the glans occasionally expose themselves I live the day feeling the sensitivity of the glans. While its annoying, its not too bothersome for me to feel edgy. I enjoy another quiet night, save for an evening drive to the shops. I slept this night without gauze and padding and put some boxers on, which I won't do again for a while.
This night (few hours prior to this post), I had an intense erection which woke me up, all of a sudden I felt a pop, as tho a stitch had fallen off. I ignored it after laying in the fetal position as advised and slept. I was awaken by a second erection which only had the usual pressure that I felt. I went to pee and found that there was small bleeding on my penis, which went away with one wipe, it was too small to be noticed.
I plan to return to putting gauze and padding on again for a week or two, and begin soaking my penis to clean it off.
Is it normal for whats left of the skin to cover the incision? I would like to see how my stitches are holding up, I don't even know where its placed (I have an idea from pictures and common sense, but I can't see them myself due to that skin issue.
Penis :: Post Circumcision - Take The Antibiotics For The 10 Days?
I've recently undergone a circumcision and have some queries however the surgeon who performed the surgery is on annual leave for a week. A few days after the procedure I noticed something wasn't quite right so I went to ED and as suspected had an infection. Would the fact that I had an infection mean that it could heal slower/incorrectly. I ask as one side of the stitches seems to be a little stretched and not sitting as tight as the other side. I was also prescribed oral antibiotics as well as an antibiotic cream by the ED doctor. I was told to take the oral antibiotics for 5 days but was given enough for 10 days by the pharmacist. Would there be any harm in taking the antibiotics for the full 10 days?
View 1 RepliesPost-op Circumcision,penis Is All Black And Blue
i just got circumcised on monday, it sucks as of right now. I'm all inflamed and my penis is all black and blue, it hurts and is very traumatizing. but when will i be able to masturbate? and now i am reading that masturbating is awful after this surgery.
View 2 RepliesPenis - Post Circumcision - Frenulum Left Like Peninsula
So I was circumcised two weeks ago. It has been quite the ordeal let me tell you! I am concerned about one thing the most right now though and just need to ask. The doctor left my frenulum like a fleshy peninsula on my penis. it looks like a clitoris underneath my penis head and it is large. I have seen many post op pictures and none of them have this hideous mound of flesh underneath so why am i cursed? Is this normal? Will it go down? Will I need another painful and embarrassing surgery? My doctor refuses to take phone calls and I am not asking his female staff about this... Please if you have any info do let me know and thank you in advance! I took the best pic I could with my phone but the above view looking down I could not get and that's where you see how far out this flesh really sticks out.
View 7 RepliesSexual Health - Men :: Botched Circumcision
I can't find much on my problem, but I believe my penis has two abnormalities. One is a small flap of skin on top of my penis that is connecting the edge of the head to the shaft. The other is on the bottom side about 3/4 of the way up the shaft, and it is a ~1 inch to 1.5 inch stretch of skin hanging down about a 3/8 inch, and looks similar to the texture of the skin on the scrotum, and the end towards the head of my penis is connected to the bottom of the head, in a little short flap hanging straight down. I hope my explanation made it clear what I was talking about, and I'm just trying to see if it really is a botched circumcision.
View 2 RepliesMen's Health :: Swelling Of Penis After Circumcision
I was circumcised on Friday (3 days ago) for medical reasons at the age of 23.
I have two issues that I'm looking for some advice with.
1. Below the glans, roughly at the height of the stitches, my penis is swollen. I know that some swelling is normal, but I don't know if mine is still in the normal range. It's swelling is about as thick as my pinky, maybe even ring finger. It's thicker than the actual glans area. So when I wear my pants, the swollen are is slightly pressed against my stomach and hurts quite a lot. (I was told to position my penis in an upright pose and wear skinny underpants).
Is this normal? How much swelling is acceptable and for how long? Should I be worried? I was just on the phone with the doc and I was told that swelling is normal, he didn't let me go into details.
2. I took off the bandage that was applied by the doc the day after the operation. I wasn't told to apply any bandages on my own, just to used some salve. The backside of my glans (penis upright) keeps sticking to my textil underpants. It's quite difficult to take them off and hurts a lot. I thought it was because of the salve I used, but even without it's the same. Should I still be using bandages or something?
Thanks.
Men's Health :: Questions And Doubts After Circumcision
I'm a 17 year old male who recently underwent a circumcision due to bad phimosis reasons. I went under full anesthesia and the operation and hospital process all went fine. I was just happy it was over with because I'd been struggling with it for so long. But now I face a new problem. When I left the hospital the same day, my doctor provided me with nothing but the bare basic information: remove the bandages after 24 hours and after that you're allowed to shower again. Nothing else. Me still stoned from anesthesia and desperate to get out of that place didn't bother with any other questions and at that time, everything felt fine.
But a couple of days after the operation I began to have my worries and doubts. First of all, I was left with a pretty nasty scar at the top of my frenulum right under my urethral opening, which has turned into a hard scab that itches like hell. It also fell off twice and regrew. It's also quite weirdly coloured, a kind of yellow white with the occasional blood colour. The surgeon never discussed with me what he exactly did to me, which quite frankly, I do blame him for. He for example never pointed out that he stitched the foreskin to the base of the penis (with water dissolvable stitches). Secondly, I have a pretty swollen ring just behind the corona to which the foreskin is stitched that itches like heck. A few stitches seem to have already gone sort of loose (and I don't know if this is already supposed to happen on the 5th or 6th day) and often I find a tiny little bit of dried up blood near these stitches. It's not much blood at all, most of the time less than a drop. Overall the whole business is very uncomfortable right now. Other than that I feel fine. No sign of fever or anything else, the wound isn't too bad either so I don't think it's infected. But I'm still kind of worried and it's really exhausting me because it's on my mind 24/7, even now I'm back to school (with jeans and bicycle which is going alright).
I'm just looking for people with experience or who can answer some of these doubts in general. Maybe I just needed to get my story on paper. Anyone with similar healing experiences? What can I expect from the future?
Sexual Health Men :: Infection/Stitches And Circumcision
I'm 20 years old, and had a circumcision 13 days ago today which i'm quite happy with... However, I feel I have an infection on the underside as there is like white stuff all attached to it and even the skin looks kind of mouldy (not crazily but only a tiny bit)....
I'm supposed to be back at work on Monday but don't think it's possible... I feel really down right now (past few days) as my bandage came off yesterday which I was advised to keep on till it fell off (which it did yesterday) so the sensitivity is more strong now... Going to try go to the doctors later and see what's up.
I was also wondering when the stitches will fall out? I try to have 2 baths a day in salted water (quite warm) for 20-25 minutes a go.
Men's Health :: Slow Healing After Adult Circumcision?
Hi, so I am now 19 years old, and I got circumcised two years ago, when I was 17, because I had phimosis.
Though the scarred area should be long healed by now, I think mine has been very slow. It is still a little red, especially when I get erections, and there are still marks from the stitches.
I would like to change this and make it fully blended, and I was wondering how can I do this?
I did use an antiseptic cream for a while, till I later found out that this can slow the healing process. Could this be the main reason?
Also, if I use Vaseline petroleum jelly, would that be helpful at this point.
Thanks.
Men's Health :: Penis Numb 3 Days After Circumcision
I was circumcised on Friday as I had a severe case of phimosis in which the glans was completely covered. It is now Monday. I am a little concerned because my penis is quite numb. After researching for months on what to expect post-surgery, most of the stories I've read suggest that the head should be hyper-sensitive immediately following the surgery.
This has definitely not been the case for me. Last night I actually woke up and went to the bathroom just to make sure my penis was still attached. It was that numb. After reading so many stories of hyper-sensitivity, this numbness is starting to scare me. Should I be concerned?
If I touch the glans and shaft, I can feel them on my fingers, but VERY minimally. However, there is quite a bit of swelling so I'm assuming that the numbness is the result of the swelling. My urine tends to spray in three separate streams, suggesting that the urethral tract is obstructed by internal swelling...Does that sound right?
There is some bruising on the glans that I can feel as I walk around. A tingly sensation, but again it is very minimal. Overall, it is quite numb and not at all sensitive as I expected. Anyone else have a similar experience?
Any opinions are appreciated. Thanks!
Men's Health :: Swollen And Painful Scar/ridge After Adult Circumcision?
I have recently had a revision circumcision as the first time I had a circumcision due to tight foreskin done which was around 10 years ago it was quite a poor job, it looked messy and untidy and the scar on the top side of the penis below the glans was tender and painful. After years of just putting up with it I decided to get it done again. The surgeon was reassuring and said we can tidy it up and get rid of the painful scar etc. Anyway so I had the procedure done two weeks ago and I know it's early days and there is still swelling but I can see there is going to be yet another swollen ridge where the scar is on the top side of the shaft below glans. The rest of the circumference of the scar is healing fine, the underside and the sides are nearly all healed, swelling is going down and I can already see the scar will be level with the rest of the skin on my penis and there will not be tenderness or a ridge like there is on the top side.
What can I do about this? Why is it healing like this again? Do I just scar badly in that area? I put up with it for years before and often avoided sex because of it due to pain and embarrassment and I really hoped I could get it resolved but it looks like the same is happening again.
I see other photos of circumcisions and there is a smooth scar all the way around. The type of circumcision I have is quite loose so there is still excess skin on the shaft that can bunch up a bit behind the head, I don't know if this maybe causes the scar to roll up and heal thicker, whereas if the skin was pulled tight from head to base then maybe the scar would be flatter?
Im not sure what to do now, I thankfully was able to have this done on the NHS and can see them saying well that's it now there's nothing more we can do and I will be stuck with the painful scar. Has anyone experienced anything like this or has any advice? I would really appreciate it.
Eye Care :: Styes - Come And Goes Every 2 Weeks
I'm always having a eye stye. It always comes back after a week maybe 2 weeks. I already tried antibiotics such as natravox 500mg, erythromycin (sorry I don't know the spelling), terramycin. One ointment I always used when I feel that an eye stye is going to pop up the tobrex an eye ointment It may disappear a week but after that it goes back again.hope you could help me for prescriptions to try some other antibiotics/ointment for fast healing.
View 1 RepliesEye Care :: Black Floater In My Eye
I noticed a black floater in my eye a couple months ago and it seems to be fading now so i haven't been worried about it. But a couple weeks ago I noticed, very occasionally, mainly when i'm looking at a computer screen, this pinhole flash of light in the same eye as the floater. Again, its not often at all, some days i don't see it, and it's mainly when looking at a screen. I just saw the eye doctor not too long ago because i was having my first ocular migraine and they dilated me to make sure that's all it was and she said everything was fine at that point.
View 1 RepliesEye Care :: Do I Have Sub-clinical Keratoconus?
I'm 35 years old and have worn glasses or contacts since I was 11.
I recently had a corneal topography done during pre-Lasik exam. There was some yellow in the right scan, indicating possible abnormality, despite "pristine" external corneas and d numbers.
Over the past 10 years (ages 25 to 35) my right eye went from a .5 to a 2.25 astigmatism, while my left eye went from 0 to .75. Between the yellow scan and the Rx history, I was told I have subclinical keratoconus.
My question is: is there any other explanation for this level of change in astigmatism over a 10-year period? For example, my work during the same time period has involved hours in front of computer screens every day, whereas before this was not the case.
Eye Care :: Retina Detachment
My eye doctor saw something strange about my retina so she sent to a retinal specialist. After a 3 hour thorough exam he stated to me that sometime ago I had a detached retina and since I didn't notice, it healed itself. He stated that this do not happen often when a retina will heal itself. I have some damage but nothing very serious. There is a tiny blind spot when I look up but that is all. I feel very blessed that it healed because this should blinded me. Does anyone know if this has happened to anyone they know? I do have to be seen by the specialist every 6 weeks for a while. But considering the alternative...I have been blessed.
View 2 RepliesEye Care :: Detached Retina
I fell off a 2nd story Building onto a concrete driveway, my L-1 was compressed 40%, my L-3 and L-4 disk was chruched along with the L-5 and S-1. My question is: I hit my head hard landing on the concrete driveway, bleeding and leaving a bump and my vision in my left eye started to have black dots and finally a Detached Retina.
Was this Detached Retina from my Fall?
Eye Care :: Floaters And Buggers
Went to eye doctor last week and found my retina fine and saw a floater. It's awful won't go away. I have tried to ignore it but I get more nervous trying. Does anyone else get anxious due to these buggers?
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