“I feel like a real man again,” says Malcolm MacDonald. And he sees it full. It is that his story, distressing and dramatic by the way, seems to have had a happy ending.
Today, at the age of 47, this father of a family is encouraged to tell about his tremendous and painful experience: that of having his penis on his arm for six years.
What happened to Malcolm?
In 2014, due to a strong infection in his blood, Malcolm’s penis literally fell off. “I struggled for years with a perineum infection, but I had no idea what could happen,” he explained to The Sun at the time.
MacDonald, who is a mechanic by trade and lives in Norfolk, Great Britain, suffered from this horrible infection that turned his fingers, toes and penis dark and black.
“When I saw my penis turn black, I was really scared. It was like a horror movie. I was in a panic. I knew that deep down I had lost it, “she recounted then.
And in 2014, what was inevitable happened. Her penis fell to the ground, but his testicles remained intact. She just picked it up and threw it in the trash.
“I went to the hospital and they told me that the best they could do was to roll up the remaining stump and make it look like a little sausage roll. It was very sad,” she recalled.
This new situation led him into a deep depression, so he began to drink excessively.
“For two years I felt like the shadow of a man. My life really fell apart because I didn’t have confidence in myself. I drank too much. I did not see family and friends, I just did not want to have to face it, “he lamented at the time in dialogue with the medium.
“The Penis Master”
But everything was going wrong until a piece of information reached Malcolm’s ears. It was a name, that of Professor David Ralph, of the University Hospital of the University of London, a doctor known as the “master of the penis”.
Initially. The expert gave him hope: he explained to him that there was the possibility of doing a graft on his arm -which he would have to wear for at least two years-, and then yes, a procedure that would return the organ to its place.
In this way, he would be able to have intercourse and urinate properly again.
“It was like getting all the Christmas presents at once. I was very excited because it was an opportunity to start over, ”he said.
And he added: “Not having a penis made me feel horrible. It is the worst fear of most men. But not in terms of sex, because I already had two children, but because it was more about having confidence in myself and simple things like using the bathroom.
At that time, specialists used his arm to remove blood vessels and nerves. In this way, they created a penis, with a urethra included.
In addition, the member had two tubes that could be inflated with a manual pump and generate an erection that lengthened the member about 5 centimeters.
Once it was ready, it was implanted into his arm to allow the skin and tissue to form naturally before being placed in its final location.
“When I first saw it on my arm I was very, very proud. After everything that had happened, it didn’t seem strange to me, but it was a part of me, “he acknowledged when speaking to The Sun.
Although this was going to take about two years, the coronavirus pandemic and the high costs of the operation – some 63,000 dollars that the British health system (NHS) financed – delayed the surgery for a while.
So much so, that to play darts he had to learn to place them under his member.
the end of the nightmare
Fortunately, after a surgery that lasted for nine hours, he returned to normal and had a penis of about 15 centimeters in the corresponding place.
“The first thing I did was look down and say, ‘Oh my God.’ They got it this time. I feel like a real man again, ”he explained in front of the camera, in a documentary that will be broadcast on British television on May 2.
Even, The Mirror highlights, he could even use it to have sex thanks to a pump in his scrotum that will fill it with a saline solution.
“My luck in life hasn’t been very good so far, but it can only go wrong for a while, right? Can you imagine six years of your life with a penis swinging on your arm? It’s been a nightmare, but now it’s gone, the little son of a… ”, she closed, optimistic.
