When circ's go bad...

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Has anyone seen a circ go really bad? I saw one today where the doc took too much foreskin off and the skin on the shaft ended up "degloving" from the fascia underneath. A urologist had to come in and do "damage control." The people I've talked with say they've never seen anything like this happen before.

MY brother and three of my cousins had phimosis and had to be circumcised later in life. My family is from Brazil and there where isn't common for children to be circumcised it's very common to see older children or grown man being circumcised due to infections related to the inability of the foreskin to retract and such. I believe that here in the US we don't see that very much because most men are circumcised. But believe or nor it happens more often that you can imagine in other countries where most men aren't circumcised.

Lt Nurse

OMG from where in Brazil??? I lived in Paraiba and Sao Paulo state for so many years!!!!!

beijo !

Ginny Doula RN SNM

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OMG from where in Brazil??? I lived in Paraiba and Sao Paulo state for so many years!!!!!

beijo !

Ginny Doula RN SNM

I have family in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

LTNurse

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I have family in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

LTNurse

so how dee neibor...

Sua comadre

Ginny Doula RN SNM

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Specializes in Trauma ICU, MICU/SICU.
I've just seen one that bled for awhile. I don't like watching them either but I do help the doc. Plus all 3 of my boys are circ'd. And the 20 and 22 year old have told me they are glad.

I was all for NOT doing it but Dad won out.

Funny how the guys actually want it done.

steph

I think guys like their memberes, period. :rotfl:

My husband is not circ'd and is glad. :rotfl:

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LTNurse like you, I'm not from the US. I'm from Canada and most men there aren't circed either, but I've never known one who needed a circ as an adult.

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I think guys like their memberes, period. :rotfl:

My husband is not circ'd and is glad. :rotfl:

I read that wrong the first time. I thought you wrote " I like guys memberes, period." Man is my head in the gutter today. :rotfl: :rotfl:

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I've never seen a botched circ, per se, but I've seen many "regular" ones done, and I always think the same thing--it seems barbaric to me. That's just me, though. When my patients tell me they want a circ, naturally, I don't give my opinion. They have already made up their minds and it's not my business. But, sometimes they ASK and then I get to say how I really feel, which is fun for me. I am encouraged by how the procedure is getting less and less common.

I find it kind of amusing that fathers want their little boys to look like them, in the member department. Seems a bit of an invasion of the kids' privacy? I dunno... seems weird. I don't go around saying "wow, I sure hope my daughter's boobs look just like mine!!"

There aren't too many things that get me riled up. Circs are one of them, though.

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I've never seen a botched circ, per se, but I've seen many "regular" ones done, and I always think the same thing--it seems barbaric to me. That's just me, though. When my patients tell me they want a circ, naturally, I don't give my opinion. They have already made up their minds and it's not my business. But, sometimes they ASK and then I get to say how I really feel, which is fun for me. I am encouraged by how the procedure is getting less and less common.

I find it kind of amusing that fathers want their little boys to look like them, in the member department. Seems a bit of an invasion of the kids' privacy? I dunno... seems weird. I don't go around saying "wow, I sure hope my daughter's boobs look just like mine!!"

There aren't too many things that get me riled up. Circs are one of them, though.

I can understand the debate about infant circs - but why are you, or anyone else, especially women, concerned about adult circs? Why do you think it's "fun" to tell an adult male about YOUR personal opinion about circs?

Perhaps you'd like my opinion on labial reduction and contouring, which seems to be all the rage at my hospital right now. Should I offer that opinion to my patient should she ask? Do you think she'd appreciate the male perspective? I doubt it!!!

Oh, I know, how about this? Maybe when a woman comes in for a tubal ligation I could call her husband a wimp - if she asks for my opinion of course - since I think any man who would let his wife go through a potentially life-threatening surgery because he's too much of a baby to have his vas snipped is a first class wimp. After all - it's my opinion, perfectly valid in my mind.

Your personal opinions have no place when patients are getting ready for surgery. It's THEIR decision, not yours.

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I can understand the debate about infant circs - but why are you, or anyone else, especially women, concerned about adult circs? Why do you think it's "fun" to tell an adult male about YOUR personal opinion about circs?

-I am not discussing adult circs at all, actually. Just infant ones. I have no exposure to adult circs. And the reason I say it is "fun" to give my opinion is sort of meant to be lighthearted... who amoung us doesn't like it when someone asks us to say how we really feel? And I'm also referring to instances when people ask me out right what my personal opinion is, you know? Not that I would think my opinion would factor in on such a personal decision--my ego isn't THAT big--but I just like being given the chance to speak my mind WHEN ASKED TO DO SO.

Perhaps you'd like my opinion on labial reduction and contouring, which seems to be all the rage at my hospital right now. Should I offer that opinion to my patient should she ask? Do you think she'd appreciate the male perspective? I doubt it!!!

-Ummm... I don't understand the connection here, but it seems like I have touched on a nerve or something, and have somehow personally offended you. I certainly didn't mean to. You seem to have pretty strong feelings about this topic.

Oh, I know, how about this? Maybe when a woman comes in for a tubal ligation I could call her husband a wimp - if she asks for my opinion of course - since I think any man who would let his wife go through a potentially life-threatening surgery because he's too much of a baby to have his vas snipped is a first class wimp. After all - it's my opinion, perfectly valid in my mind.

Your personal opinions have no place when patients are getting ready for surgery. It's THEIR decision, not yours.

Agreed, 100%, like I said above. But if my patients ASK ME, I'll tell them how I feel. It's why they asked.

Also, play nice, please. :)

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Well, shoot. I totally messed up my reply just now. I tried to quote and reply to different sections, but ended up just making it all messed up. My responses are in italics, making it look like they were part of the original quote. Then I tried to go fix it but wasn't able to...

Sorry for the mess!

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I can understand the debate about infant circs - but why are you, or anyone else, especially women, concerned about adult circs? Why do you think it's "fun" to tell an adult male about YOUR personal opinion about circs?

Perhaps you'd like my opinion on labial reduction and contouring, which seems to be all the rage at my hospital right now. Should I offer that opinion to my patient should she ask? Do you think she'd appreciate the male perspective? I doubt it!!!

Oh, I know, how about this? Maybe when a woman comes in for a tubal ligation I could call her husband a wimp - if she asks for my opinion of course - since I think any man who would let his wife go through a potentially life-threatening surgery because he's too much of a baby to have his vas snipped is a first class wimp. After all - it's my opinion, perfectly valid in my mind.

Your personal opinions have no place when patients are getting ready for surgery. It's THEIR decision, not yours.

Personally, I could care less what an adult male does do his member, barring my own hubby of course. He can cut it off if he wants (just not my hubby :chuckle ). He is an adult and has every right to choose to have surgery on his body. All I am saying is that I think drs tend to ignore other alternatives here and rush into circing. A pt may not know there are alternatives. So he is not getting to make an informed decision for himself.

As for infant circs I am 100% against routine infant circs. I say let the man decided for himself when he is an adult.

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Maybe someday little boys will acquire the same legal status of little girls, where in the U.S.A., in the absence of any pathology, this kind of procedure is a felony.

Actually, there are very few laws to help little girls in the USA, regarding genital surgery. And even where there are, they are rarily enforced.

One of the medical groups (composed of OB/Gyn MDs) in the USA recently asked to rescind laws against female genital mutilation. The reason was to do it in a safe sterile way rather than the parents going "underground" and it being done unsafely.

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