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Title: patient sues hospital over flesh-eating bug that 'ate' most of his penis
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URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201 ... al-flesh-eating-bug-ate-penis/
Published: Dec 8, 2016
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2016-12-08 16:52:50 by Horse
Keywords: None
Views: 71
Comments: 1

A man who lost most of his penis to a flesh-eating superbug after routine surgery is taking legal action against the hospital.

Cancer patient Andrew Lane, 61, contracted the potentially fatal infection necrotising fasciitis following an operation to remove his prostate gland at Southend Hospital in Essex.

WARNING: Some readers might find image below distressing

He was left fighting for his life and, although he survived, his genitals were so badly damaged that he lost most of his penis and is no longer able to have sex.

So much diseased tissue had to be removed that it also left him with a protruding stomach, where the outer tissue had been "eaten" away.

He was forced to use a catheter and colostomy bag for two years and has had to have a special device fitted to help him urinate.

I had a good body, but now I look like I'm nine months pregnant. I can't ever bear to look at myself naked

Mr Lane, from Thurrock, Essex, spent eight weeks in hospital following the incident in March 2013 and said he has only recently started to come to terms with his injuries.

He is now taking legal action against Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust over claims that his bowel was punctured during the original operation, but this was not detected for days afterwards, which led to the infection.

He said: "It has just been a horrendous experience. I thought I was going to die. That night I was taken to theatre three times while the surgeons took more and more tissue away.

"I lost from my belly button to just above the groin and I've not got much left of a penis.

"I was super-fit before all this. I had a good body, but now I look like I'm nine months pregnant. I can't ever bear to look at myself naked.

"The most difficult bit is not being able to have sex with my wife anymore. We're a normal couple who enjoyed it as part of a healthy relationship and I do miss that."

Andrew Lane said he had enjoyed an active sex life with his wife, Sue, before the superbug

Mr Lane, who married his long-term partner Sue after being discharged from hospital, said he felt unable to return to his job as an architectural draftsman and now works as a carer.

While the damage is irreversible, he hopes that sharing his story will help raise awareness and stop it happening to anyone else.

"I'd never even heard of the bug before and had no idea of the damage it could do, but if speaking out can raise awareness and stop one more person having to go through what I've been through then it will have been worth it," he said.

So much diseased tissue had to be removed from Andrew Lane that it left him with a protruding stomach, where the outer tissue had been 'eaten'

Nick Greaves, a clinical negligence specialist at law firm Slater and Gordon, is representing Mr Lane in a civil action.

"Mr Lane believed he was going into hospital for a routine operation and would be home within days," he said. "Instead, he has been left with permanent and life-changing injuries that have turned his world upside down.

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#1. To: Horse (#0)

"I was super-fit before all this. I had a good body, but now I look like I'm nine months pregnant. I can't ever bear to look at myself naked.

Some people get upset about the tiniest things.

"The most difficult bit is not being able to have sex with my wife anymore. We're a normal couple who enjoyed it as part of a healthy relationship and I do miss that."

Cheer up! The good news is she can still have sex.

sneakypete  posted on  2016-12-08   17:34:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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