Sharp flaccid pain, do I have Peyronie's?

[Swagalot]

Hey guys, I'm actually a medical student who started a pretty stressful transition.  

Recently, for about 2.5 weeks, I've been having a sharp pain in my penis on the left side and what seems to be an inflamed "plaque"/lump. It's about .5cm x.8 cm on the left side of my penis. I have always had about a 25 degree leftward curvature and a "kink" in my dick. Perhaps it arose from Peyronie's as a youngster (we know this disease is highly underdiagnosed) and when I had erections that got bent due to tight underwear and jeans. In any case, congenital or not, I've mostly accepted it.

However, I'm pretty worried now because I've got a new pain and plaque in that same area.

I think my recent injury may have come from one of two two potential sources.

To make a long story short, over the past couple of months I got into penis enlargement. I wasn't stupid about it since I read about the potential for injury. All I did was a little bit of manual traction (very light) for around 10-15 seconds a few times a day. That too mostly every other day.

1. Looking down at my bent dick, I may have tried to "straighten" it while erect, which is a very stupid thing to do, and something I may have done in a moment of OCD weakness while jacking off.

OR

2. I messed up initially by doing penile traction while semi-erect. This pulled my pelvic floor muscles, led to mild hard flaccid. When I was sleeping with hard flaccid, I may have rolled onto my penis and bent it/hurt it that way.

The hard flaccid I was able to get rid of through meditation, relaxation, and reverse kegels. However, the Peyronie's has pain persisted.

I was able to stop myself from messing with my dick at all for an entire two weeks. No masturbation or stretching. The pain went away mostly so I figured it was just a temporary injury and I was back in business. I started masturbating again, and lightly stretching (just in case I did have peyronie's -- I have heard traction was helpful).

I am inclined to think it's because of the masturbation, not the stretching, but my pain came back with a vengeance. Before it was maybe a 2/10, now it is a 4/10. The inflamed lump on the left side of my dick is bigger and more noticeable after I jacked off. I haven't jacked off for 24 hours now and the plaque region is less noticeable but the pain is definitely there. It's all I can do not to massage my dick and freak out right now. I'm not going to allow this health scare to hold me hostage mentally.

Anyways, what should I do? I am going to schedule an appt with my PCP, and if he thinks it's worrying, I'll go to an andrologist. That is going to be a horrible experience for me. We don't have good insurance and my parents have never discussed sex with me (repressed asian household). They are going to want to know why I am spending hundreds of dollars on tests and appointments, and I will have to talk to them about my dick.

Ugh. At the end of the day, I know I have a lot to be grateful for, though.

[james1947]

Hi Swagalot

FIRST you must see a Peyronies specialist for diagnosis and treatment.
From your post, I suppose you have Peyronies, but just a specialist can say for sure.
I understand your reluctance talking with you parents, but you must to. You don't need to go with them in too much details, just talk about the pain.
Regarding:

...my parents have never discussed sex with me (repressed asian household)

It is not just in "repressed Asian households" Sadly, many other households also.
And also if your father have no Peyronies, most probably they never heard about it.

Light manual traction will not make Peyronies

James