DAILY STAR – Robin Hernon, 62, first noticed a white spot on the shaft of his penis in August 2023.
After looking his symptoms up online, dad-of-two Robin was confident that ‘Dr Google’s’ diagnosis of it being a wart was true and he simply hoped it would go away.
But then in October 2024 — 14 months after he first noticed the spot — it had developed and grown into a large weeping cauliflower-like growth.
“At Hospital, Robin was given the devastating news it was cancer. Robin underwent surgery for a partial penectomy.”
The electrical engineer was referred to a sexual health clinic by his GP, where he says he was repeatedly ‘interrogated’ about the number of sexual partners he had – despite being happily married to his wife.
Staff planned to freeze what they initially believed was a genital wart off, but after a doctor examined it he was immediately referred to hospital.
When the specialist examined Robin, he told him it was penile cancer and booked him in for surgery.
The grandad-of-four urged the surgeon to “take off what you’ve got to take” to shift the cancer. Robin had a partial penectomy and now jokingly refers to his manhood as a ‘Mini-Me’, which, although shorter, is still functional.
Robin said: “When the specialist said it was penile cancer, I just said to him ‘do what you have to do to remove the cancer, I want the rest of my life’. ‘I want to get back to my grandkids so take off what you’ve got to take’.
After first noticing the small spot in August 2023, Robin monitored it and only decided to take action in October 2024 when it grew and started weeping.
Due to its location it was difficult for Robin to sit comfortably …
