I think I do have the wrong idea. The veins are not hot, red, hard, or painful. I don’t know what the term is for this area, but it starts right before the middle area between the shaft and the head. As soon as I pull down the foreskin a little bit I can see it. Its about a quarter of an inch long, and 1/6th of an inch wide. It feels slightly harder than the normal flacid area, but its definitely not painful or anything.
Do you think it is a lymph vessel? I did a search and saw read through a lot of threads on it, but had trouble figuring out any real information about how to tell if that is what I have or how to get rid of it.