Man Receives First Penis Transplant in the United States

[Jesus Malverde]

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.

“We’re cautiously optimistic,” said Dr. Curtis L. Cetrulo, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and a leader of the surgical team. “It’s uncharted waters for us.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/health/thomas-manning-first-penis-transplant-in-us.html?_r=0

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[braddy]

1. If anyone is wondering and didn't read the article. "The organ came from a deceased donor."

[Human101948]

2. Hope he didn't get the Donald Trump model...

It would be devastating to go through that pain and suffering for so little!

[MosheFeingold]

6. Short fingered and orange

Is no way to go through life.

[Octafish]

3. Hope the procedure works for him.

It is difficult to imagine the suffering Mr. Manning has experienced.

[Doc Holliday]

4. This story

definitely adds another layer of meaning to the phrase "organ donor."

[mac56]

5. Was it an addadictomy?

[olddad56]

7. hope he experiences a 'hard' recovery.

[Skittles]

8. brave guy

I wish him well

[HuckleB]

9. Yeah! Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[truthisfreedom]

10. Looks damned cheerful.

I wish him well.

[Socal31]

12. Things seem to be looking up.

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.