Day 3 & 4

Today (day 3) I still have no pain (the occasional twinge but nothing bad). The blood kept coming a bit, as there are small spots of it in my underwear and when I go to the toilet, but I don't think it's anything to worry about. I'm still leaving it, though, and not rolling the foreskin back apart from a tiny bit when I go to the toilet.

I still get non-painful erections in the night, but just walk them off really quickly.

No washing, no pulling back.

Day 4 - I've decided that I'll wash it again this evening (48 hours since the last wash). The bleeding has slowed down to very little, nearly nothing, despite non-painful erections at night, so I feel happy, though nervous about pulling it back in the shower.

For the shower, I had my girlfriend looking after me for moral support (she's really brilliant) as I was getting quite panicked, even though there's no pain. I first showered my whole body apart from my penis to get myself nice and clean.

Then I carefully, very carefully pulled back the foreskin. I was relieved that there was no pus or pain or bad smell. It was a little bloody, but only what had been slowly oozing over the last couple of days. I hadn't broken anything.

My new technique of washing it is to get a big cup of warm water, put a little salt in, put a bit of my unscented soap (Sanex Zero % shower gel), and then dipping my penis in. I then move the water round it by moving the cup up and down, back and forth. I then refill the cup with clean water and do the same, to get rid of the salt and soap, then splash myself with more clean water. This worked really well.

Drying, again, was gently resting the penis (foreskin pulled back) on a towel and dabbing at the top and bottom of it. I decided against the blowdryer, and just blew on it instead, which was cooler and soothing. Once it was dry, I rolled the foreskin up and tucked myself away again - felt much better after showering and so happy that my anxiety was for nothing. It didn't hurt, didn't bleed, and is nice and clean. Good result.

I'm going to continue rolling it back and washing it just once a day for the next few days, to see what happens.