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        <title><![CDATA[Man is ‘Shopping for a New Penis’ after amputation]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it came to finding a replacement penis after an unfortunate amputation, Richard Stamp knew he better shop around.</p><p>Stamp, the 54-year-old star of Britain&#8217;s new Channel 5 documentary <strong>&#8220;Shopping For a New Penis,&#8221;</strong> was diagnosed with penile cancer after discovering a lump in 2018.</p><p>Now, the Londoner with 20 years experience as an actor and circus clown is on a quest to find the perfect penile replacement. The journey, he said, has shown him &#8220;what the world has to offer,&#8221; from inflatable prosthetics to stem-cell regeneration.</p><p>After discovering a lump and mounting pain while traveling in Cambodia, Stamp waited two months before seeing a physician in Adelaide, Australia. He recalled how his doctor, coincidentally named Dr. Cox, delivered the difficult diagnosis, telling him that his &#8220;c- - k’s going to come off.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Everything was spinning around,&#8221; <strong>he told the Mirror</strong>. &#8220;That [was] the worst moment of my lifetime.&#8221;</p><p>He later sought a second opinion at St George’s Hospital in London, home to Europe&#8217;s leading penile oncologists. The pain, he had told doctors, had &#8220;built up over time,&#8221; so that even penetration &#8220;really hurt.&#8221; As a result, the father of two from a previous marriage had begun avoiding sex with his now-ex-partner Angie. They had been together two years before finding out that Stamp&#8217;s penis would have to be amputated.</p><figure id="attachment_16201324"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/penis-cancer-01.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/08/penis-cancer-01.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/penis-cancer-01.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Richard Stamp in a lab discussing potential methods of penile restoration.</span><span class="credit">North One via Youtube</span></figcaption></figure><p>Dr. Cox, who is also appearing in the new series, officially broke the news to him.</p><p>&#8220;I’m really angry I let it get that far. I feel a complete fool. I could kick myself, because I could have saved it,&#8221; he claimed.</p><p>As the surgery to remove his penis got closer, he felt an increasing sense of dread.</p><p>&#8220;I remember before the operation, thinking, &#8216;I’m going to run away,&#8217; &#8221; he said. &#8220;Then the realization is where am I going to run to? If I don’t do this, I’m going to die. Maybe it sounds crazy if you’re not a bloke, but living without a penis makes you question who you are.&#8221;</p><figure id="attachment_16201308"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/penis-cancer-02.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/08/penis-cancer-02.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/08/penis-cancer-02.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Stamp stars in the British documentary &#8220;Shopping for a New Penis.&#8221;</span><span class="credit">North One TV</span></figcaption></figure><p>After the surgery and his split from Angie, Stamp managed to cultivate a sex life with other women, albeit a challenging one.</p><p>&#8220;I was grateful I could still orgasm,&#8221; he said, without sharing details on exactly how, &#8220;but then I had to work out how to do that with a partner, how to share my new body with someone. But some women don’t mind.&#8221;</p><p>After traveling the world to meet with surgeons and discuss the possibilities, Stamp is now making plans for a full penile reconstruction, or phalloplasty, in February. The surgeries will involve a graft from the arm and buttocks to create the skin over an implant, which is fitted with a pump that can provide on-demand erections. The process will take approximately three 13-hour operations.</p><p>Stamp, now a motivational speaker for UK-based men&#8217;s cancer charity Orchid, hopes his story will empower the men who feel shamed or scared into silence, and educate those who aren&#8217;t aware of the disease.</p><p>&#8220;It’s such a taboo thing to talk about and to experience, and when I found I had penile cancer, I had no idea it even existed,&#8221; he said.</p><p>&#8220;So the message to every man watching this documentary is if there’s something up, get it checked. If you’ve got a girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever, hopefully you’ll be able to talk to them. If you’re on your own, then talk to a friend. The main thing is you must talk to someone. Don’t stick your head in the sand like I did.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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