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2002.09.04.07.43  (Wednesday)
Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans


Fucking sweet.

I knew I was just being paranoid / hypochondriatic a little while ago, gibbering about cancer of me penis.

Now, thanks to those exploitative 'teen' shows that Channel 4 has been airing of late, (Kids was an interesting film, Sevigny very subtle in it) I know that, courtesy of the website they push at the end of each show, it's a thing called Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans.

Basically, atrophying foreskin. If I had ever had unprotected sex, it might be down to thrush, but, as I have not, it's that thing with the long name.

And the good news is that it's not an infection, nor contagious, merely fucking annoying. Plus, now that I know what it is, I'm actually planning on possibly, one day, maybe going to the doctor about it. Maybe.

Bad news is that I might need to be castrated. Castrated? Sorry, I meant circumcised. Still. Knife + Dick = Fuck Off. Hence the delay.

But at least I know what it is. Yay.