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No. 30
from RS0302
Old Feb 20, 2005, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by SmilingBluEyes
can you share why he had to be?Just curious.
I'm not exactly sure about the details. I believe there was some sort of infection. I'm not sure if my parents were told they had no choice but to consent to it, my mother did not want him circumcised at birth, so of course I dont think she wanted it done to him at 5 years old. I will have to call her to find out exactly why the problem couldnt be fixed without a circumcision.
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No. 31
Old Feb 20, 2005, 04:13 PM

I'll have to say that after seeing adult males getting a circ done (avg. age 50), if i have male children, i'm voting for a circ. I would hate for them to go though the healing as an adult.
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No. 32
Old Feb 20, 2005, 04:15 PM

There's a group of men on the i-net who have a website that is focused on getting their foreskins back. yup... getting them back. using stretching techniques, etc. i'll have to look it up sometime. it was on a tv show i was watching on the discovery channel a few years ago!
Ow.
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No. 33
from Fiona59
Old Feb 20, 2005, 04:45 PM

Circumcision of newborns used to be free under many provincial health plans. When infant circumcision was delisted and a fee charged, suddenly little boys weren't being cut as often.

I think in Alberta it's running around $110 right now. Because of short stays, many are being done after discharge, so there were very few done on the unit. The board was there and one doctor would do it very infrequently.

When patients would ask whether their little guy should be cut, I'd honestly tell them to discuss it with the husband. Usually men like their sons to match. Being northern european it was never an option in our families (although in the UK in the '30's it was done as a health practice).
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No. 34
from jwk
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by MarySunshine
While I would choose to have an older child or a man be circumcised rather than an infant, simply because the older male can *rationalize* through the pain, all these stories of men "needing" to be circ'd later in life weird me out a bit. Why would a circ became necessary?
Balanitis, phimosis to name two reasons.


Originally Posted by fergus51
I've never known a man who has needed a circ later in life. You don't hear about this in places where non-circumsized is the norm, so I am somewhat skeptical that this is really medically necessary all that often.
You obviously don't work in surgery.
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No. 35
from ayndim
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by jeepgirl
There's a group of men on the i-net who have a website that is focused on getting their foreskins back. yup... getting them back. using stretching techniques, etc. i'll have to look it up sometime. it was on a tv show i was watching on the discovery channel a few years ago!
Wish mine would do that. If my hubby and I ever got divorced I would make sure the next one is uncirced. I find the uncirced much more attractive.
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No. 36
from palesarah
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by caroladybelle
Quote:
Originally Posted by palesarah
He has never been able to reach organism through intercourse.



Please tell me that this was a typo???????????
NO, not a typo. He has decreased sensation and for some reason, goes numb before he can get there
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No. 37
from palesarah
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by Fiona59
I think in Alberta it's running around $110 right now. Because of short stays, many are being done after discharge, so there were very few done on the unit. The board was there and one doctor would do it very infrequently.
between the hospital costs and pediatrician cost, the procedure ends up costing $300+ in my hospital! We have patients on Medicaid from two states; it's covered for patients from one state but not from the other
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No. 38
from fergus51
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by palesarah
NO, not a typo. He has decreased sensation and for some reason, goes numb before he can get there
I think she means typo because you typed "organism" instead of "orgasm".

Jwk, no I don't work in surgery. Does anyone know how common this is? I know a fair number of men in my life and I don't know any of them being circed as adults. Even my friends who I talked to working in LTC and med-surg haven't seen it.
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No. 39
from ayndim
Old Feb 20, 2005, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by jwk
Balanitis, phimosis to name two reasons.



You obviously don't work in surgery.

How come they don't have the problem of needing a circ in European countries that don't circ out of routine for these problems. One problem here is that as soon as someone sees and uncirced baby boy or young child they want to pull the foreskin back. If it is left to separate on its own these problems become rare. And in England I believe they use creams to treat (steroid creams I think). Sometimes I think the drs here in the US only know how to treat these problems with circs. Personally I would fly back to the UK for treatment for my boys before I would let a dr circ them. Luckily for us our ped is not US born or educated and knows how to deal with uncirced boys.

I have heard stories of nurses pulling back a babies foreskin to cath in the US. I have been told by some of my European friends that they don't pull back the foreskin to cath unless the foreskin has already separated. Not sure about these because I am still a prenursing student and have yet to cath anyone.

This is a non-steroid study to treat phimosis

http://www.cirp.org/library/treatment/phimosis/atilla/

treatment for balanitis

http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/balanitis/birley/
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