Ouch, That's Gonna Leave A Scar

Penis transplant removed after two weeks

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer Tue Sep 19, 7:20 PM ET

Chinese doctors say they successfully transplanted a penis on a man who lost his own in an accident, but had to remove it two weeks later because of psychological problems experienced by the man and his wife.

Yikes, you want to remove what, again?

What I love is that this story was actually on the Associated Press (AP) wire to start with, not the Enquirer or the Star, but AP. So, it makes it fair game here, I guess,

So let us review, shall we? Man loses ‘Mr. Happy’ in an accident.

Oh, man, that had to HURT and how precise was this accident to begin with?

According to the article, the patient and his wife plead with doctors to do a transplant.

A whole new branch of organ donations… I would have never actually have thought about.
Is there a long waiting list for this procedure? Can you actually go out on the Black Market to purchase aforementioned organ, as you can for kidneys and so on?

Ok, so the doctors rise to the occasion to do the procedure and get it up and running.

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

The transplant is successful (avoiding a ton of one-liners here). But, hey, you can fill in the blanks.

So a few weeks later, the couple decides they are not happy with the end result.

And I quote "because of the wife's psychological rejection as well as the swollen shape of the transplanted penis,” Ahem…

Excuse me, what about the patient’s “psychological” fear of the dreaded John Bobbit Syndrome. I was going to use the word ‘experience’ here; but, it seems there is actually a band named “The John Bobbitt Experience”… mostly known for short tunes with no clear ending in sight.

OK, I promise no more medical stories…well, till the next one ‘pops up’ that seems to ‘stand out.’