Recurring infection - only relief is after a shot of Rocephin

Are your stools black, like jet black, too? Active bleeding in your rectum is from an internal problem; if the blood stays in you long enough your rectum will turn it into a little stool. If you have black stools you likely have a colon issue and you’re bleeding internally and your stools turn black from the blood coagulating into feces.

Nope, bright red blood. Seeing gastro on Friday - they had a cancellation. Hoping to get scoped. I think it’s either a hemorrhoid that a doc hasn’t been able to feel, a polyp, or a fissure that keeps breaking open and masturbation aggravates it. As mentioned, I am not a doctor but I am seeing one in two days to get a diagnosis.

Getting scoped in January. Doc doesn’t think it’s anything, though he did say that for whatever reason, colon cancer is on the rise in young adult males.

Did a deep dive mentally on this and am coming to grips with the fact that it was more than likely the PF physical therapy that caused the positive change at the end of July. I was seeing a PF therapist 1x/week around the middle of June and my last appointment was July 5th or something like that. We would do stretches and end the session with internal massaging and belly breaths. I didn’t necessarily see any benefits from that and I actually bled during one of the sessions - was also around the time I was bleeding passing stool, so didn’t think much of it. But, maybe it just took time for everything to catch up and for me to experience the positives. Either way, I saw her pretty consistently for about a month’s time and did not ejaculate/masturbate for 2-3 weeks after my last session with her. I didn’t even realize that until now and was convinced it was the Rocephin shot I got around the end of July as indicated earlier, not the PF therapy - now realizing it was probably the latter. Maybe it was just a fluke, but I doubt it. Seeing my PF therapist again (first time since then) this Thursday at 3pm for another consult. I have tight hip flexors too so either way it’ll be good to get back in there - feels good when I’m done.

Only thing I’m a tad worried about is the hairloss I’ve been experiencing, though I have to believe it’s from the antibiotics and they’re finally catching up with me. Between the Ceftriaxone, Doxy, Cipro, Azithromycin, Fluconazole, and supplements, I’m hoping it’s not permanent and I’m doing my best to get my gut health back on track with a good probiotic, eating right, and working out. Won’t update for a while, but I wanted to leave everyone with the update that I am going to get back in PF physical therapy, which consists of PF-specific stretching and internal massaging done by the therapist, combined with belly breaths. I will try to not ejaculate until after Thanksgiving just to see what happens and hopefully will be able to re-create what I experienced this past July (increased sensitivity, no hard flaccid, higher libido, random erections, no hydrocele, and general “looseness”).

So your massage therapist was sticking her finger and/or a tool up your ass after which you were passing blood and you didnt connect the two or think it was an issue?

What is PF? And you bled in July, but didn’t think of it till now? What will you remember next that may be detrimental and/or related to your issues now? I feel like you could reveal some other past problem or issue that explains more of what you’re going through…

PF - Pelvic Floor

Gentlemen,

I’m back - a year later.

This passed year has been a wild ride. I have more clarity around this that I’d like to share with all of you. My 28th birthday was last week and figured I’d make an update post for everyone that is / was suffering. This post is for you if you think your problem is bacterial, if you have hard flaccid, if you’ve injured yourself with a Bathmate (where mine started), and ultimately what to do about your “situation” down south.

Alright, so I haven’t written something this long in a while, so apologies in advance for any typos.

To recap: this started in May 2019 when I used a Bathmate for the first time. Then I was led to believe I had a Chlmaydia infection that was hanging around and that was the reason for the problems. Then my issue was around “ok, if it’s psychological, then I need to relax and just live my life.”

Essentially all of this is, and was, wrong.

Look, here’s my issue:

The truth is, I did injure myself with the Bathmate and there is definitely some scar tissue there. The insane amount of pressure I put on myself continually after injuring myself the first night (and then using it again 6 or 7 more times) is what did it. I more than likely would’ve been fine had I just let it be after the first use.

Some of the symptoms I now have from injuring myself with the Bathmate are entirely flaccid based. My bloodflow is slightly reduced when erect, but that is not to say that I’ve had times where I am extremely hard and large, like I was before. It’s just all a bit different now. I have a hydrocele (that has been checked with an ultrasound and there’s no cancer) and I believe that was from the Bathmate as well. When I get morning wood, my penis is straight however it goes left at the base, when I used to hang right / go right at the base (if anyone has any idea what happened there please let me know - just something to note).

I get the hourglass when flaccid a fair amount of the time, but there have been times when it’s fine. I don’t have an issue getting erect, just somewhat of an issue sometimes getting to 100% erect.

I get horny / did get horny, I was just confused. I’m 28, so obviously I am not as horny as I was when I was in college. Supplements can make you feel hornier so try them if you want to feel a bit more “aggressive” …

Sometimes I get very bad hard flaccid, but it’s always related to what I ate or if I masturbate with a partial erection. My gut has become more sensitive (I do wonder if this is from the SSRI or Wellbutrin I took, or the stint of intermittent fasting because I never had this problem prior) and if I masturbate I really have to watch that I don’t involuntarily kegel.

I got tested again and everything came back negative, again. It is not bacterial if your tests are coming back negative. It is not bacterial if your tests are coming back negative. It is not bacterial if your tests are coming back negative…. I cannot stress that enough.

And that’s about it. I ruined this thread by telling people I have no libido, can’t get hard, pain when urinating…. that was all nonsense and in my head. The truth is, I could (and still can) get very hard, have great sex, and ejaculate strongly. Everything worked fine, it was just different. That’s not to say I lost size either, I just mostly freaked out over my flaccid state. I overdid it with the Bathmate a bit and need to just understand that and relax.

At the end of the day, my body responded to an injury. I put a vacuumed water pump over my penis and went full pressure out of the gate. That’s what happened. And then I did it again and again thinking it would make things better the days that followed (and masturbated on top of it!). But all in all, I never really had a problem to begin with. I just psyched myself out because honestly, I did go way too hard with the Bathmate. That’s something I want you guys to take away here: if you’re going to use a Bathmate, get the Xtreme with the hand pump, or just stay away. I cannot stress this enough. I definitely did some minor damage with that thing and I regret ever buying it. Just stay away from one if you can. I never had issues with hanging, air pumping, extending, or anything like that prior to using the BM.

Cheers all.

I said this exactly 363 days ago and if I remember you’re response was not too kind. It seems you may have grown up quite a bit since last year. You learned much and I hope others do as well from you. I am glad for your improvement!

Hey man I’m guilty of being combative / angry to other members here too. I owe you and a lot of ppl here and on PEgym (biohacker) an apology. It’s different when you’re going through it - I wanted to come back and give an update to help others and honestly, warn them of continuing to PE after an overly intense session. I think in my case anxiety led to overuse. Hard to explain, but I appreciate the honesty - cheers!