Man Receives First Penis Transplant in the United States
Source: NY Times
A man whose penis was removed because of cancer has received the first penis transplant in the United States, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Thomas Manning, 64, a bank courier from Halifax, Mass., underwent the 15-hour transplant operation on May 8 and 9. The organ came from a deceased donor.
I want to go back to being who I was, Mr. Manning said on Friday in an interview in his hospital room. Sitting up in a chair, happy to be out of bed for the first time since the operation, he said he felt well and had experienced hardly any pain.
Were cautiously optimistic, said Dr. Curtis L. Cetrulo, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and a leader of the surgical team. Its uncharted waters for us.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/health/thomas-manning-first-penis-transplant-in-us.html?_r=0
braddy
(3,585 posts)Human101948
(3,457 posts)It would be devastating to go through that pain and suffering for so little!
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Is no way to go through life.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)It is difficult to imagine the suffering Mr. Manning has experienced.
Doc Holliday
(719 posts)definitely adds another layer of meaning to the phrase "organ donor."
mac56
(17,564 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)Skittles
(153,104 posts)I wish him well
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,138 posts)I wish him well.
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Socal31
(2,484 posts)Looks like a regular stiff who got shafted, but things seem to be looking up. Sometimes in life, you have to just keep your head down and overcome.