Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
Distressing. Waiting on my "positive" biopsy was one of the worst times of my life. But what's a man to do? In active surveillance there is a degree of waiting and " not knowing." In " The Decision," I state that a lot of what men decide to do or how they react to their …
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A prostate cancer death in the U.K. every hour? How can this be? Thank goodness "most" people don't die of it. Bob Monkhouse's prostate cancer ad from the grave.
The following youtube video with monkhouse telling a joke on himself having prostate cancer reminds me of another one.... A patient is sitting in front of the doctor and is told, " Well Mr. Smith, I have some good news and some bad news. Which do you want first?" The patient says, " Give me …
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Why does this keep happening?- Is the anti-screening and anti PSA rhetoric perpetuating the myth that all prostate cancers are slow growing and don't kill? The article says,"diagnosed with incurable prostate cancer." How can that be? Richard Ablin PhD. where are you? Former Newcastle owner Sir John Hall has incurable prostate cancer • 'It's another battle …
Several years ago I told a patient of mine that my favorite car growing up was the Mustang. We lived in Columbus, Georgia in the 60's and remember as if it were yesterday the day the Mustang came out. I was in third grade, we'd never seen anything like it. We had a game, "spot …
I must be missing something. First you have the guy that discovered PSA saying it has done more harm than good on the very website that he tells us his father died of prostate cancer and presented too late for treatment and then died a year later. Then I find out about a delightful and …
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The Prostate Lab http://www.prostatelab.com Disclaimer : The following does not represent the opinion of Dr. Oppenheimer, the Prostate Lab, or any other potentially liable party. Sometimes you just have to take the responsibility yourself. Lorenzo Q. Squarf Flamekeeper of Western Civilization -Understanding the Game -Playing the Game -Two years later -- [quavering voice] "I am …
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Everywhere you look today there is an article about Avodart curing cancer, causing high-grade cancer, hiding cancer and as alluded to yesterday on this blog, sparing men from that nasty ole PSA and all the harm it perpetrates on the unsuspecting male. What is Avodart? Well it is like Proscar and like Proscar grows hair, …
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