As I've said before, this isn't a quick fix.
But there is still progress, though I had a small setback, since I got a small tear on the phimotic ring during the week from some ... er ... rough play. I have to remind my wife that just because it has improved, doesn't mean its back to normal.
I'm finding that keeping the foreskin dry and retracted seems to be just as, if not more important than applying honey. I use a hairdryer (on cool) to get it 100% completely, bone dry before getting dressed. (incidentally, I find doing the same thing with my underarms helps a lot to prevent Body Odour)
I gave up on the condoms for containing the honey - they did basically just squeeze the honey away from where it needed to be, and into that pocket teat thing on the end. Plus I'm not sure, but I'm suspecting anaerobic activity may be the problem, which is why keeping it dry helps.
On that note, I have another theory ... with the easy access to prurient material on the internet these days, I have found myself all to regularly getting a bit aroused sitting here at my desk. Precum flows and moistens the tip of my penis, and a little bit underneath the foreskin too ... just the top part, where the phimotic ring is. So now I wonder whether it may be the moist environment caused by the precum that is promoting bacterial growth, or whether the phimotic ring is some kind of allergic reaction to the precum - kind of like eczema? I don't know - I suck these ideas out of thin air! I may be imagining it, but when I have been too busy for a week or two (or just plain uninterested) to view sex blogs and forums, and kept up with keeping my foreskin dry, the phimosis has been better ... but then it worsens when I have a 'bad' week.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Slow, but positive
I think I've said this before ... the progress is slow, but in the right direction.
I tried the condom idea last night, and it worked pretty well, except that in the morning my foreskin was no longer retracted. I don't know if this matters or not, since the whole area was swimming in honey, but when I was using the saran/glad wrap, it always stayed retraced.
Anyway, the condition continues to improve, except when I take a few days off .... like I did last week. I was really busy for a couple of days, and VERY tired, so I didn't follow through on my treatement regime. I left my foreskin covering my glans (the 'normal' position) during the day and didn't apply the honey at night - for two days.
The whitish spot on my glans reappeared, though it is smaller now. And my foreskin became more inflamed ... but with what I would call a "white inflamation" rather than the normal reddishness that you would think of as inflamation. It became more puffy and less stretchable, and therefore tighter, and it was whiter. I dunno if this is because of white blood cells maybe? Or possibly its just dead skin cells that are white when moist, but the honey, due to its high sugar content, dehydrates it, and of course, during the day, keeping the foreskin retracted keeps it dry too, so the whiteness dimishes. Either way, I don't know, I just know the degree of whiteness changes.
So I resumed my program, and after 2 days, was back to where I was about a week ago. So thats the last time I take a day off! But at least with the treatment, things are always getting better, rather than worse (which was the general direction without any treatment).
At this point, other than the lack of spontaneity caused by having my penis in a honey-sheath at night, my sex life is back to normal - the condition, although not cured, is no longer a disability.
I tried the condom idea last night, and it worked pretty well, except that in the morning my foreskin was no longer retracted. I don't know if this matters or not, since the whole area was swimming in honey, but when I was using the saran/glad wrap, it always stayed retraced.
Anyway, the condition continues to improve, except when I take a few days off .... like I did last week. I was really busy for a couple of days, and VERY tired, so I didn't follow through on my treatement regime. I left my foreskin covering my glans (the 'normal' position) during the day and didn't apply the honey at night - for two days.
The whitish spot on my glans reappeared, though it is smaller now. And my foreskin became more inflamed ... but with what I would call a "white inflamation" rather than the normal reddishness that you would think of as inflamation. It became more puffy and less stretchable, and therefore tighter, and it was whiter. I dunno if this is because of white blood cells maybe? Or possibly its just dead skin cells that are white when moist, but the honey, due to its high sugar content, dehydrates it, and of course, during the day, keeping the foreskin retracted keeps it dry too, so the whiteness dimishes. Either way, I don't know, I just know the degree of whiteness changes.
So I resumed my program, and after 2 days, was back to where I was about a week ago. So thats the last time I take a day off! But at least with the treatment, things are always getting better, rather than worse (which was the general direction without any treatment).
At this point, other than the lack of spontaneity caused by having my penis in a honey-sheath at night, my sex life is back to normal - the condition, although not cured, is no longer a disability.
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