Steven 'Stumpy' Hamill has told This Morning hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley about his penile cancer nightmare.
Seven years on from his initial diagnosis, which resulted in four inches of his member being amputated, Hamill is now an unlikely proud father.
But that hasn't stopped him from spreading awareness in regards to his horrific health condition.
Asked by the ITV presenters about the first time he noticed something was wrong, today's (21 April) guest revealed that upon going for the first morning wee, Hamill realised that his penis was 'very swollen'.
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"As a 26-year-old man, it was very, um... Hmm, what's this? So I did what every guy would probably do, ignore it, hope it goes away itself, and then we'll see what happens. And then we had the bleed."
The bleed was an almighty bleed at that. Shortly after leaving the toilet, Hamill was making a cup of tea downstairs when he 'felt something wet'.
All over the kitchen cupboards, the floor, and his feet was scarlet. He shouted his partner, who immediately came running downstairs.
"That's when I thought, 'Do you know what? I need to go and get this checked'. In my head, I didn't even know penile cancer existed at this point, so I was, like, very... don't know what's going on, but something isn't right. So that was the big wake-up call for me to be like, 'Do you know what? I'll go and see a doctor now."
Things didn't run the smoothest from here, though, with the medical professional deemed it to be balanitis to begin with, sending the patient home with steroid cream.
"I put steroid cream on it for two weeks solidly and there was no change," Hamill said.
"I went back to the doctors two weeks later and he said it was definitely balanitis. But by this point I was in so much pain. It felt like someone was poking a needle into the end of my penis. The only way I could get a little bit of pain-free time was in the bathroom or I'd be rocking on the floor.
"After this, the smell started. I would describe this smell as death. The smell followed me round and it was awful and other people could smell it.
"I had every sign and symptom of penile cancer and the doctor agreed but he said it 'couldn't be cancer' as I was only 26."
They were wrong.
Topics: Health, Cancer, This Morning
Dan Seddon