Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
Blog post from years ago is still relevant today. Patients often times see clots in the urine and worry, that like clots in the blood stream, may go to the heart and lungs and cause a serious medical problem. Clots in the bladder are a problem only if they obstruct the flow of urine i.e. …
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Men commonly will say that they don't feel they need to be tested for prostate cancer because they have no voiding symptoms. As seen below, most prostate cancers occur in the posterior aspect of the prostate well away from the urethra. So one will have voiding symptoms from prostate cancer only if the cancer is …
The link below is to one of the most popular posts on Prostate Diaries. The comments reveal a wide range of unpleasant experiences patients have had during and after a prostate biopsy. In my practice I am fortunate in that I own a Surgery Center and we do the vast majority of our prostate biopsies …
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In Patrick Walsh’s book on prostate cancer there is a very nice chapter on post prostatectomy incontinence. It details how one person might do extremely well and never leak. Another treated the exact same way leak for months (me). During this time I fully felt the meaning of a quote from Osler mentioned in that chapter.
“The well wears a crown that only the sick can see.” Let me tell you, how I wished to be dry and free of diapers and bags and such.
Below a daily ritual around a month after my prostatectomy.
When it comes to the decision making process…you want as much input as you can muster…to make the best decision for you!
Is it fair or helpful to ask your doctor when you’ve been told you have prostate cancer,”What would you do if I were you?”
Well… it depends.
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