{"id":71,"date":"2020-10-14T13:14:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2020-12-09T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:31:35","slug":"the-big-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/the-big-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The big day."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>27th November 2019.  Spire St Anthony&#8217;s Hospital, Surrey, England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wednesday-night-live\">Wednesday night live<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bI&#8217;ve checked in, my room is definitely better than a park inn and I&#8217;ve got my own whiteboard.&nbsp; Apparently, I also have to shave my own groin.  Getting my prostate milked \u201cisn\u2019t standard pre-op procedure\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I definitely should have gone for the platinum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-information\/the-nhs-vs-private-healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cover<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to wearing a cute dress and seeing where professor penis keeps his laser though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1.jpg\" alt=\"A private room at Spire St Anthony's Hospital in Surrey, England\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>A private room at Spire St Anthony&#8217;s Hospital in Surrey, England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27th November 2019. 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