My dad passed 6 months after diagnosis, I feel he wasn’t given the appropriate treatment during his journey and urge everyone to fight for themselves at this difficult time
I'm two weeks post surgery to remove a tumor on my foreskin (full c ircumcision). Seems to be healing ok. I'm pain free for the first time in a long while which is great. However, there are some practical difficulties which I wondered if anyone has...
Hi everyone. I have just been told that they found cancer cells on my foreskin when they circumcised me for a tight phimosis. I am petrified I have been booked to go for a CT scan of my chest abdo and pelvis and then I am to see a specialist. I...
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Hello cancer warriors, I am new to this forum. I have been asked to get a biopsy done for checking if I have cancer in my urethra. I had a cystoscopy done last week and they found “abnormal looking carpet like structures in my urothelium in my penis...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with penile cancer in Jan 2018 and had glansectomy 3 months later, followed by DSNB few months after that. Unfortunately the skin graft didn't heal as planned and has caused other problems which are still around today. But...
Hi, I'm posting here in the hope of getting some sound information. I recently visited my GP after noticing a very small area of skin on the head of my penis that is ever so slightly darker and more raised than the surrounding skin. The doctor had a look...
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It’s been a while since I’ve felt like I needed to check it with this site. I had my 4th operation earlier this year, removal of more infected/damaged tissue. Im no longer having therapy, although I’m still on s daily tablet to to take the edge off...
Almost three years ago I was diagnosed with penile cancer, within weeks I had a 50% of my penis removed. A year later I had to have a second operation to remove some scar tissue that was affecting the way I had a wee.. When people found out I had cancer...
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