To chop or not to chop?

[TB666]

I got chopped almost a year ago.
I can't say it was a pleasant exprience
The actual operation went smooth.
Took 20 minutes and was awake the whole time.
It is when the anesthesia wears off hell begins.
The general pain isn't all that but the main problem is cleaning(atleast in my case).
1. It is hyper-sensitive
2. It bleeds alot and blood dries.
So the blood dried on the bandage and since you have to take the bandage off when you clean ehmm I will leave the pain in your imagination. Give you a hint, you got a high chance of passing out.
It also looks like it was beaten by 10 feminists with baseball bats.
Wasn't pretty
But after 4 weeks of pure hell the stiches came off(all 15 of them).
That said I still voted Gah.
Should only be done if there was medical reasons behind it like it was with me and the person getting the chopping must be the one that agrees to it.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Thank you for sharing.

[Bijo]

I got chopped almost a year ago.
I can't say it was a pleasant exprience
The actual operation went smooth.
Took 20 minutes and was awake the whole time.
It is when the anesthesia wears off hell begins.
The general pain isn't all that but the main problem is cleaning(atleast in my case).
1. It is hyper-sensitive
2. It bleeds alot and blood dries.
So the blood dried on the bandage and since you have to take the bandage off when you clean ehmm I will leave the pain in your imagination. Give you a hint, you got a high chance of passing out.
It also looks like it was beaten by 10 feminists with baseball bats.
Wasn't pretty
But after 4 weeks of pure hell the stiches came off(all 15 of them).
That said I still voted Gah.
Should only be done if there was medical reasons behind it like it was with me and the person getting the chopping must be the one that agrees to it.

Argh!!! >.< Instead of telling that story, you could just find me and shoot a bullet at me! I think I would've found them equally disturbing to experience. Actually..... I'd rather have somebody shooting a pistol at me, rather than hearing this kind of story....

But I must say you've gone through great physical pain, and it is worthy of honour

-edit-
How the hell did you pee?

[TB666]

How the hell did you pee?

A challenge worthy of the smartest men.
You have no trouble peeing except for the fact that the swollen state of your ehm member causes a unpredictable pressure making aiming pointless.

[drone]

After the WHO report, it seems that NYC is going to promote the chop for at-risk men in the city.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/ny...hp&oref=slogin

[snip]New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is planning a campaign to encourage men at high risk of AIDS to get circumcised in light of the World Health Organization’s endorsement of the procedure as an effective way to prevent the disease.

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is just beginning to convene meetings and design studies to help it formulate a national policy, New York City is moving ahead on its own.

In the United States, “New York City remains the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic,” Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the city’s health commissioner, said in an interview. Referring to H.I.V., he said, “In some subpopulations, you have 10 to 20 percent prevalence rates, just as they do in parts of Africa.”

His department has started asking some community groups and gay rights organizations to discuss circumcision with their members, and has asked the Health and Hospitals Corporation, which runs city hospitals and clinics, to perform the procedure at no charge for men without health insurance.[/snip]

Looks like the mohels will be working overtime in the city that never sleeps...

[Vladimir]

His department has started asking some community groups and gay rights organizations to discuss circumcision with their members, and has asked the Health and Hospitals Corporation, which runs city hospitals and clinics, to perform the procedure at no charge for men without health insurance.[/snip]

Looks like the mohels will be working overtime in the city that never sleeps...

hehe

"Hey there little guy, how 'bout a little off the top?"

Member: No way!



I won't ask what prompted you to dig this one back up...

[drone]

I won't ask what prompted you to dig this one back up...

I saw the WHO report in the news a couple of weeks ago, which brought back fond memories of this thread. With all the posts on genital mutilations lately, I figured this would fit right in.

[Lemur]

I am still extremely suspicious of basing New York City medical policy on studies that occurred in nations where basic health care is minimal, and the dry sex phenomenon makes heterosexual intercourse a bloody affair.

For some reason, people always want men to chop in this country. At the turn of the century circumcision was sold to parents as an anti-masturbation cure. Then it became a hygiene issue. Now it's to prevent HIV infection. I just don't know. It seems as though the reasons keep shifting to fit a predefined goal.