"My wife is sick and I can't even buy medicine, my father, mother and I live from my father's paltry salary," the man was quoted as saying. "I saw no other way out, grabbed a rusty axe, took my penis out, put it on a log and bam!" The sight of blood brought him to his senses, he said. "Only then did I come to my senses and screamed as loudly as I could, realising I didn't have it any more," he was quoted as saying.