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hunter

(40,695 posts)
49. You're not reading me right.
Tue Dec 8, 2015, 12:12 AM
Dec 2015

Simply put, my penis is well worn, but still functional, if not cosmetically perfect, in spite of some surgeon's best efforts. He wanted it to look nice, I guess, but I'd have rather it didn't frequently hurt. It still hurts "down there" sometimes, but not so bad as the arthritis these days.

Maybe my dangling bits are not such a huge part of my personal identity that I'd replace them at the risk of transplant drugs.

Others might decide differently. It's not for the doctors or the accountants to decide this risk/benefit ratio.

It's the patient's body, it's the patient's decision, and we, as a nation owe severely injured veterans that choice.

Nevertheless, I still think our dangling human sexual bits and what we humans do with them are often silly.

I'm the sort who will start laughing at an overly serious sex scene in a seriously artistic movie, or even serious porn scenes.

Hell, I have no problem telling funny stories about my own sexual misadventures.

On the list of things I'd choose to have repaired about my physical self, I'd start with the asthma, then the brain chemistry, then the other peculiar immune system/arthritis disorder stuff. My dangling bits will just have to wait their turn. Testosterone is not my favorite steroid. Prednisone is, but alas, it makes me psychotic after a few days.

In middle and high school I was frequently bullied and called "queerbait" and other things worse. Sometimes I'd get beaten bloody. I quit high school. My biggest problem was not-breathing. I was a frequent flyer in the hospital emergency room. Then, in late adolescence, my mind got really strange.

Penis problems were not such a big deal to me.

I currently take crazy-meds that have a side effect of anorgasmia. Oh fun. Or not.

Other men are not me.

To lighten the mood, I'll post a video:







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I'm not going there.... Photographer Dec 2015 #1
they write themselves nt firebrand80 Dec 2015 #3
What, the jokes? philosslayer Dec 2015 #28
I'm kind of not understanding the donor situation here snooper2 Dec 2015 #2
They can have mine. I'm not using it. Qutzupalotl Dec 2015 #11
It should be like any other organ, if the tissue type is a match JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #17
"Sorry Shaq but its for the troops" 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #4
Don't really understand the humor n/t snpsmom Dec 2015 #5
Yeah, me neither. Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2015 #7
+1 COLGATE4 Dec 2015 #10
+10 Raster Dec 2015 #76
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #24
It's actually pretty sick. Codeine Dec 2015 #57
Yep. People giggle, but these are horrible injuries. backscatter712 Dec 2015 #72
K&R Solly Mack Dec 2015 #6
I wonder if it's 3D-printed living tissue. That's top-notch research. DetlefK Dec 2015 #8
Wow, just amazing. I wish the best for the patients. MerryBlooms Dec 2015 #9
I hope some guys mobilize against this loyalsister Dec 2015 #12
Why on earth would you hope that? B2G Dec 2015 #13
As I said loyalsister Dec 2015 #18
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The big lie perpetrated loyalsister Dec 2015 #45
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Ableism is cultural loyalsister Dec 2015 #54
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Is this in that same idiotic vein of deaf parents who want their child to be deaf? TipTok Dec 2015 #71
Forget sex for a moment Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2015 #64
What these troops are going through aren't accidents. They're acts of war. backscatter712 Dec 2015 #73
+1 DashOneBravo Dec 2015 #77
I agree. LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #78
So you're saying that a person with a spinal cord Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #79
Choice ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #22
If that is their choice they should do that. alphafemale Dec 2015 #23
I think you misinterpreted loyalsister Dec 2015 #46
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That's classy loyalsister Dec 2015 #55
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I am not trying to make or remove any choices loyalsister Dec 2015 #65
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If you were really motivated to prove your point. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #80
How on earth can you call using a penis to have sex a stereotype? CBGLuthier Dec 2015 #53
It's the idea of normalcy that is a stereotype loyalsister Dec 2015 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #61
You are the one assigning that one choice is more noble than the other. alphafemale Dec 2015 #62
I would like to point out to you that breasts are not sex organs notadmblnd Dec 2015 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #33
I don't think you're going to get that answer from that particular poster notadmblnd Dec 2015 #35
It's like the power washer in the garage Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #39
lol yeah, like that. notadmblnd Dec 2015 #42
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+1 sigh...nt jonno99 Dec 2015 #26
+1 nt Tree-Hugger Dec 2015 #69
Is there a "stupid post of the day" contest that I wasn't aware of? philosslayer Dec 2015 #30
What do you think of women who have had FGM?Do you hope someone mobilizes against reconstruction a uppityperson Dec 2015 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #43
Breasts and genitals aren't vaguely the same. nt Codeine Dec 2015 #58
Oh god, this is ridiculous nonsense. If you ever had a penis, you wouldn't be saying this. phleshdef Dec 2015 #67
Um, no. backscatter712 Dec 2015 #68
How about you let them do what they want with their bodies... TipTok Dec 2015 #70
Much of what we know about treating traumatic injuries DawgHouse Dec 2015 #14
No way I'd mess with immune-suppressing drugs for that. hunter Dec 2015 #15
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You're not reading me right. hunter Dec 2015 #49
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Reek, Reek Prism Dec 2015 #74
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They have them for dogs! TexasBushwhacker Dec 2015 #50
Those are cheaper too. hunter Dec 2015 #52
Wow! Let's hope this works. mikehiggins Dec 2015 #16
Good luck DashOneBravo Dec 2015 #20
Awesome research Kurska Dec 2015 #27
One would think that would be the universal, compassionate response. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #31
But Warren! Kurska Dec 2015 #34
Yeah, these guys arent exactly "smilin' bob" Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #38
Oh man that guy Kurska Dec 2015 #44
This is good news if it works... haikugal Dec 2015 #32
Good luck to them, this would be wonderful if it works. For those snerking 3rd grade "humor", uppityperson Dec 2015 #36
Anything, I would think, for wounded victims of war. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #40
Served in the military TeddyR Dec 2015 #41
I sincerely hope it works. Urology has unfortunately been a booming business TwilightGardener Dec 2015 #51
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