circumcision...ugh

[thegirlfriday11]

Interesting. Where we live it was dropped as a covered expense a long time ago, hence, fewer circumcisions.

even if it weren't covered, i'd pay whatever it cost to have it done

 

[supple_curves]

lol, can't believe this threads still here

 

[Cheyenne]

Study: Circumcision protects against AIDS

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/ind...20050705-20182400-bc-safrica-circumcision.xml

ORANGE FARM, South Africa, July 5 (UPI) -- A South African study finds that circumcised men are far less likely to be infected with AIDS through heterosexual sex than the uncircumcised.

The Wall Street Journal reports that French and South African researchers followed 3,000 HIV-negative men in a South African township, with half the men getting circumcised at the beginning of the study. They found that three men in the circumcised group became infected for every 10 in the control group.

The Journal reviewed a draft of the study, which has not yet been published. Its findings echo those of previous research, including a study that found a far lower AIDS rate among Kenya's Kikuyu tribe, which practices circumcision, than among the Luo tribe, which does not.

AIDS experts caution that circumcision is by no means a total protection against AIDS and fear that the study results might inspire false confidence among some men.

Circumcision also offers no protection from AIDS spread by sharing needles and limited protection with homosexual sex, the most common means of transmission in the United States.

Copyright 2005 by United Press International. All Rights Reserved.

*****

The WSJ quoted 70% reduction in AIDS risk for circumcised men.

 

[BoobsNBrains]

In both cases with our sons, the pediatrician performed the circ. I didn't watch; my husband did...but he said it hurt him more than it did them. Heh.

Go with what you feel is best for your son and don't give a second thought to anyone who tries to dissuade your views.

Oh...and good luck. I seriously recommend c-sections.

 

[thegirlfriday11]

i die laughing every time this thread pops up again

but seriously, thanks for the info cheyenne and for sharing your experiences boobsnbrains

 

[Cheyenne]

i die laughing every time this thread pops up again

but seriously, thanks for the info cheyenne and for sharing your experiences boobsnbrains

As soon as I read the article today in the WSJ I thought of this thread and knew I'd post the story here if no one had searched for it to beat me to it.

 

[thegirlfriday11]

As soon as I read the article today in the WSJ I thought of this thread and knew I'd post the story here if no one had searched for it to beat me to it.

thank you

 

[Cheyenne]

I would like to take a moment to thank my parents for having me circumcised.

I love you both!

Thank them again.

 

[TumbledLove]

so, has he been mutilated yet? I haven't been keeping up.

 

[breakwall]

oh here we go again with the "I lost my penis" brigade.

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

oh here we go again with the "I lost my penis" brigade.

LMAO

 

[beetlebum]

i'm not for or against circumcision... i just wouldn't get one at this point in life


i'll let my wife decide what to do with our kid if we have a boy.

 

[lizaveta]

i'm not for or against circumcision... i just wouldn't get one at this point in life


i'll let my wife decide what to do with our kid if we have a boy.

Yeah, I'm not sure about the whole thing myself.

But my husband says "cut", so if we have boy children, cut they shall be.

 

[smy3th]

Los Angeles Times article today says a recent study in South Africa showed that circumcision helps prevent HIV/AIDS. The study was halted part way through because so many more of the uncircumcised men got HIV that they could not justify continuing the study.

 

[Warmslide]

Interesting...

Recently a child here in town was born without eyelids. They used foreskin from a circumcision to replace the eyelids!

The operation went perfectly. The only problem was two months later, the child was cockeyed.


ok ok...beat me....

 

[HoldenMcCrank]

Recently a child here in town was born without eyelids. They used foreskin from a circumcision to replace the eyelids!

The operation went perfectly. The only problem was two months later, the child was cockeyed.


ok ok...beat me....

I can only imagine what puberty will be like for this kid.

"Jimmy you haven't blinked since you picked me up at the start of our date. Is every think ok?"


Holden

 

[smy3th]

Recently a child here in town was born without eyelids. They used foreskin from a circumcision to replace the eyelids!

The operation went perfectly. The only problem was two months later, the child was cockeyed.


ok ok...beat me....

And every time he rubs his eyes, his lids swell up and block his vision.

And no, you'll just have to beat it yourself, I'm not gonna do that for you.

 

[Cheyenne]

Los Angeles Times article today says a recent study in South Africa showed that circumcision helps prevent HIV/AIDS. The study was halted part way through because so many more of the uncircumcised men got HIV that they could not justify continuing the study.

I guess the Times is a little slow. CHeck out post #778 in this thread from July when that news first broke.

 

[TumbledLove]

The Case Against Circumcision is a forum where many mothers are against cutting.

 

[Guest]

 

[pinkpunani]

I know I am a little out of date for this thread, but here is my two pennies anyway.
Circ. is just an added expence, an increased chance of infection or complication. It is a surgical procedure, that is not important outside of social stigma. As for the AIDS risk, I live in the U.S. where condoms are readily availible, and with the grace of God my son will use them! And as it has been pointed out, there is a trend of more and more boys are going home uncut these days, and I want my kids to be trendy.

 

[TumbledLove]

http://www.iasociety.org/abstract/show.asp?abstract_id=2176002

[male circumcision] is not associated with HIV or STI prevention in this U.S. military population.

If this study holds true for the general population, then this is one less reason to get cut.

 

[twb's scrotum]

DON'T DO IT!!!!

 

[breakwall]

http://www.iasociety.org/abstract/show.asp?abstract_id=2176002



If this study holds true for the general population, then this is one less reason to get cut.

here's another reason:

You could wind up spending the rest of your life wringing your hands and whining over the loss of an eighth of an inch of useless skin.

On the upside it makes a handy patsy: "I'm unemployed, single, lonely and live in a dank, smelly basement apartment...if only I had my foreskin!"

 

[TumbledLove]

anything to amuse you, and keep your interest. Don't let the thread die.