{"id":520,"date":"2020-11-09T18:39:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T18:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2020-12-05T16:15:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:15:28","slug":"scars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-information\/scars\/","title":{"rendered":"Scars."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2019 and 2020 I had lots of major surgery for cancer. My penis, both sides of my groin and my pelvis have all been under the knife. In truth, I probably couldn’t have handled many more operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 9 inch scars each side of my groin<\/a> are really neat and tidy, and the hairs are growing back over them now. I also have two round scars and a matchbox sized outline of the drain holes either side of my belly button. Then, across my belly there’s another 6 scars of varying shapes and sizes from the robot<\/a>ic surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No amount of bio-oil is going to get rid of those! I\u2019ll always have them, and as far as I\u2019m concerned they\u2019re part of my story.  Plus, they\u2019re a great talking point!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scars are cool, and you can always tell the kids (ladies) they\u2019re bullet holes. Or marks from where you had to fight a shark, or crocodile! With your bare hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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