Morning, everyone! Dan here with what wasn’t meant to be today’s update about my adult circumcision recovery, but sometimes life throws you a curveball during recovery.
The Plot Twist Nobody Saw Coming
So here’s the thing – I’m sat here typing this after an unplanned 5:45am trip to urgent care, and it’s got absolutely nothing to do with my circumcision recovery. Turns out, whilst I’ve been waddling around like a penguin protecting my healing bits, I’ve somehow managed to injure my right leg.
The Mystery Pain Saga
Yesterday afternoon, I started getting this sharp, stabbing pain in my right leg whenever I put weight on it, bent it, or tried to move. Given that I’m already doing the circumcision shuffle, this basically made walking nearly impossible. I felt like I was starring in some sort of slapstick comedy – can’t walk normally because of surgery recovery, now can’t walk at all because of mystery leg pain!
The Hospital Runaround Experience
Being the responsible patient I am (ha!), I rang the hospital that did my op yesterday afternoon. I explained the situation, thinking maybe it was somehow connected to the surgery – you know how your mind goes to worst-case scenarios during recovery.
The Promise That Never Came
They told me a nurse would call back, but it might be in the evening. Well, evening came and went, and my phone stayed disappointingly silent. No callback, no nothing. Brilliant.
5:45am Wake-Up Call (Literally)
By this morning, the pain hadn’t budged, so at the crack of dawn I was on the phone to NHS 111. Credit where it’s due – they took it seriously and had me at urgent care by 5:45am. Nothing quite like hobbling into a hospital at dawn when you’re already recovering from genital surgery, let me tell you.
The X-Ray Verdict
The good news? X-ray came back clear – no broken bones. The relief was massive because, honestly, my anxiety-riddled brain had convinced me I’d somehow catastrophically injured myself.
The not-so-helpful news? The doctor was pretty vague about what’s actually wrong. “Might have strained or torn something,” they said, before handing me some Co-Codamol and essentially sending me on my way. No care instructions, no timeline for recovery, nothing. Cheers for that comprehensive medical guidance! I was also made to walk down to X-ray and back – that was difficult too!
Silver Linings and Circumcision Update
The Reassuring Bit
At least I know this leg drama isn’t some nasty complication from the circumcision. That was my biggest fear – that somehow I’d developed a blood clot or something equally terrifying as a surgical complication.
Down Below Status Report
Everything with the actual recovery is ticking along fine, really. No significant changes from yesterday – still tender, still swollen, still doing the careful underwear dance every morning. The leg situation is completely separate, just spectacularly poor timing!
The Week Two Plan
I’ll be covering all of this properly in next week’s blog and vlog. Week two is shaping up to be quite the chapter, with both the circumcision healing milestones and this unexpected leg mystery to unpack.
Random Thoughts While House-Bound
You know what’s funny? I was actually starting to feel a bit more mobile with the circumcision recovery, getting my confidence back with walking and moving around. Then this leg thing happens and I’m back to being furniture-bound. It’s like my body’s playing some sort of cruel joke.
The timing couldn’t be more ridiculous if I’d planned it. Recovery from genital surgery? Check. Mystery leg injury with zero useful medical advice? Double check. It’s like I’m collecting mobility issues at this point! – I better not mention my right wrist was hurt on a recent hiking trip and I probably should get it checked too!
P.S. – At least the Co-Codamol they’ve given me might help with any lingering discomfort from the circumcision too. Every cloud and all that! Though I do feel like I’m turning into a walking pharmacy between the original post-op meds and now these painkillers.
Thanks for following along with this unexpectedly eventful recovery journey. Sometimes healing isn’t linear, and apparently sometimes it involves completely unrelated medical mysteries!
If you’re planning adult circumcision surgery, don’t let this put you off – this leg drama is just my own special brand of bad luck and terrible timing!
Unit the next blog guys!
Dan
