THE SUN
AFTER experiencing pain down below, Gavin Brooks booked in to see his GP.
On his first visit in 2021, the 45-year-old was told he was just suffering with a genital wart.
The dad-of-two was struggling with a tight ring of skin around his foreskin and a lesion on top of his penis.
In total, the army warrant office was seen by three GPs, with his condition being dismissed as a wart and thrush.
Gavin, from Crewe, Cheshire, wasn’t satisfied with the diagnosis and referred himself to a sexual health clinic.
The team there passed him on to dermatologist who took a biopsy which revealed he had penile cancer.
Now, Gavin has been told he may only have a year to live and says he’s been left with a ‘Frankenweiner’ after the blunder left his manhood mutilated by surgeons.
Gavin said that he knew his symptoms were unusual, which is why he headed straight for the GP.
He said: “The best way I can describe it like a ring of tissue or hard skin within the foreskin.
“When I’d retract the foreskin, I would have to pull it over the head of the penis.
