When I left school I eventually saw a GP, but he didn't consider it a serious enough case for NHS referral. I admired and became increasingly jealous of the roundhead boys at school who were somehow liberated of this problem. I would go to bed and leave the foreskin retracted in the vain hope that it would stay that way until morning. I was way too embarrassed to tell my parents or a doctor, so I just tried to tolerate it. I could retract it without too much difficulty but when it was forward it felt claustrophobic, much like the discomfort when wearing clothing that is one size too small. When I entered puberty I became aware of my foreskin feeling tighter. What is the main reason you were circumcised? Are any members of your family circumcised? The school's catchment area had a sizeable Jewish population and around 1 in 5 boys in my year was circumcised. After I started secondary school, where showering was compulsory after PE. When did you first become aware of circumcision?Īround the age of 11 or 12.
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