{"id":94,"date":"2020-10-14T13:52:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/?p=94"},"modified":"2020-12-09T11:48:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T11:48:15","slug":"itll-soon-be-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"It’ll soon be christmas…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

21st December 2019, Home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200b\u201cI put almost ten inches inside you\u201d<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOk prof, it\u2019s bad enough as if is, I can really do without you showing off as well today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, a month would have gone by since I had my first operation. Finally, this morning, I had my enormous drain removed<\/a>. Apparently it was a pretty major operation, so I\u2019m confident that I\u2019ll be ok with childbirth if I ever decide to go for gender reassignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big headline from the professor is: So far so good, as everything in the business district is pretty much healed now and working as normal. I should say, as normal it\u2019s probably going to be, all things considered! My big gash is neat and tidy<\/a>, and healing nicely, and I\u2019m even walking without a limp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I go into hospital again on the 7th and 8th of January my next operation, and then back again the following week to remove some more lymph nodes.  Once that\u2019s done, all the staging work will be complete. We will finally have the first part out of the way! Then, I\u2019ll know what the ultimate treatment plan is actually going to look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from the big tumour they took out of my groin, the other three nodes were negative for cancer! This gives me reasons to be hopeful…  but I’m still a bit cautious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

21st December 2019, Home. \u200b\u201cI put almost ten inches inside you\u201d \u201cOk prof, it\u2019s bad enough as if is, I can really do without you showing off as well today.\u201d On Wednesday, a month would have gone by since I had my first operation. Finally, this morning, I had my enormous drain removed. Apparently it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hide_page_title":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,21,13],"yoast_head":"\nIt'll soon be christmas... ><\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'm so glad to have the redivac drain removed. Lugging around a pint of your own juice isn't fun. It's almost a month since the circumcision and groin surgery to remove the tumours\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It'll soon be christmas...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"21st December 2019, Home. \u200b\u201cI put almost ten inches inside you\u201d \u201cOk prof, it\u2019s bad enough as if is, I can really do without you showing off as well\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-14T12:52:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-09T11:48:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Black-Knob.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"116\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Knob.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/160.153.138.71\/y53.743.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Black-Knob.png?time=1621067374\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/160.153.138.71\/y53.743.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Black-Knob.png?time=1621067374\",\"width\":500,\"height\":116,\"caption\":\"Knob.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/\",\"name\":\"Knob.\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"MedicalWebPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/\",\"name\":\"It'll soon be christmas... >\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-14T12:52:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-09T11:48:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"I'm so glad to have the redivac drain removed. Lugging around a pint of your own juice isn't fun. It's almost a month since the circumcision and groin surgery to remove the tumours\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"It’ll soon be christmas…\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f85f55c09e676f183efe9e0aac67e03e\"},\"headline\":\"It’ll soon be christmas…\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-14T12:52:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-09T11:48:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/itll-soon-be-christmas\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Penile cancer surgery\",\"Recovery\",\"St Anthony's Hospital\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Penile cancer journal\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f85f55c09e676f183efe9e0aac67e03e\",\"name\":\"JL\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e67376e949d1897e1028d6fc312d5a90?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e67376e949d1897e1028d6fc312d5a90?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"JL\"},\"description\":\"Jonathan was diagnosed with penile cancer in the autumn of 2019. After 5 major operations, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy treatment he decided to use the pandemic as an excuse to write knob.blog. His writing brings an unvarnished perspective of cancer care in the UK, and the challenges of dealing with a rare, male cancer. He writes on a wide range of health topics, with a focus on cancer treatment and hospital care in the UK.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/author\/jonlittle5579\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}