Apologies for the lack of posts over the last few days. As my last post may have indicated my mood was not in the right spot for writing up posts. (That doesn’t stop me writing up stuff when I’m in those moods, heh. When I’m dead check the draft folder of this thing. It’s quite the reading. ) So rather than vent my spleen on you poor unsuspecting readers, I chose to keep schtumm and lick my wounds. God, I was flat though.
Someone worked this out and very, very, very kindly sent me an email to lift my spirits.
The Subject Line : To Cheer you Up.
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2010 Dec;16(12):1095-7.
[Sexual function and mental state in patients with redundant prepuce or phimosis].
[Article in Chinese]
Yang L, Ruan LM, Yan ZJ, Cheng Y, Wang GY, Ji YX.
Department of Psychology, The First Hospital of Ningbo, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315010, China. yanglu20091111@hotmail.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation of sexual dysfunction with psychological abnormalities by analyzing the sexual function and mental state of the patients with redundant prepuce or phimosis.
METHODS: This study included 216 randomly selected patients with redundant prepuce or phimosis and 85 normal male controls. We conducted investigations among the subjects using a questionnaire on the general data of the patients, Chinese Index of Sexual Function for Premature Ejaculation (CIPE), International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF), and Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90). Then we assessed the status of premature ejaculation (PE) and erectile dysfunction (ED), calculated the incidence of psychological abnormalities, such as depression and anxiety, and analyzed the correlation of PE and ED with the mental state of the patients.
RESULTS: The PE and ED patients scored significantly higher than normal controls on SCL-90, somatization, compulsion, depression, anxiety and other factors (P < 0.05). CIPE scores were correlated with the scores on SCL-90, somatization, compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety and other factors, while ED-related scores showed no correlation with the scores on SCL-90 and other factors.
CONCLUSION: Patients with redundant prepuce or phimosis have poor mental health, and there is an interaction between PE and the mental state of the patient.
Initially I thought Wesley had sent it to me in a very bold move to irritate the life out of me. After I considered it though, I had to give him points for both balls of steel and the genius of finding something so perfectly hysterical and yet so pertinent. Literally when I got it I didn’t stop laughing for ten minutes.
To make matters ever more genius though I realised the email hadn’t come from Wesley at all but from an unknown email address with no hint of sender. My very first fan mail! I was so proud!! Here was one of my circumcision fans, coming out of the woodwork and earning points for being concerned for my wellbeing and earning points for being focussed.
I wrote a reply thanking my Very First Fan for his very welcome email however have yet to receive a reply. I love the fact he emboldened and highlighted poor mental health in red just so I completely get the message. It’s like he’s known me all my life!
So there you have it. My depression is a result of a redundant foreskin.
Wow! If I had known it was that easy I’d have let Wesley circumcise me the first time he offered. I hope the pharmaceutical companies don’t get wind of this as there could be a fortune lost in anti depressant. I am updating my depression inventory (a checklist of factors that influence depression) to include questions of foreskin intactness.
So God bless you, my Very First Fan. That email was the best tonic I have received in forever. As someone who does flirt with depression I am, clearly, very interested in the study. Now that I know there are mental health benefits as well as the physical benefits Wesley has already mentioned I am teetering into acceptance.
I will be back in the states in May and visiting Dr Wesley. I am sure he will have his clamp on standby. Watch this space, Very First Fan.
Circumcision Week is coming. Bring popcorn.
Away For A Bit 