17th March 2009 - Day 8

Another good night of sleep last night, but when I awoke this morning the dressing that I had in my pants overnight, had a fair bit of blood on it, actually the most so far over the past 8 days. I believe this bleeding had come from the frenulum area. I believe that during the night I am getting erections that are not causing me any pain so don’t wake me up. My erection is then pressing against the dressing in my pants which then causes the bleeding.

There was no continuing bleeding this morning, so I had a bath, and everything has seemed fine so far. No more bleeding or anything and it all looks like it is healing as it should do although it does not look too pleasant.

The peeling of the glans and a little bit on the inner foreskin is continuing, and seems to be causing a little bit of itching.

I did ring Dr Z today with regards to the bleeding last night just to check that it was ok, and he said that it is nothing to worry about and that I seem to be healing as I should be at this point. He asked if I have been having bath or showers, and I did tell him 2 a day. I asked if the frequent baths could be preventing the wound from healing and scabbing properly. But he said not at all and that if it is practical I should take 3 baths or showers a day.
So I felt much more reassured after speaking to him, and this afternoon I had a much needed shower, as I was getting a little bored of all the baths!

The puffiness and swelling on the inner foreskin is the same as it was yesterday as is the swelling on the shaft of my penis.

One great thing that I have now achieved is that I can now pee perfectly standing up, and it does come out in one straight stream, which is quite novel after a week of sprinkling!

With me being at home today, I have let plenty of air get to it, which has felt good and I’m sure is helping.

Every day that goes past I am starting to get more comfortable with it, and I am confident that everything is going in the right direction.
Sometimes I feel as if I am going 1 step forward 2 steps back, as I did this morning with the bleeding from last night. But I do need to remind myself that I am only on day 8 and that some things do take time.