Considering a Prostatectomy? Ask about bladder neck contractures (stricture) and how often it occurs..

You Don’t Cure Strictures…You Manage Them I have always enjoyed pretending to talk about something completely ridiculous, but in a serious tone, in front of strangers. In fact, on my first trip in an airplane to Washington D.C. for a Key Club convention, the friend I went with told me, “John, if don’t start acting …

Is a word to the wise sufficient… in prostate cancer decision making?

A Word to the Wise…  Ken Dixon’s father was one of the first surgeons of Hall County, Georgia and as a result Ken is an encyclopedia of medical stories. I did not realize until I began this book that most of Ken’s stories involve people who are “characters.” Recently he was telling me about a …

Prostate cancer and the three kinds of lies….lies, damned lies, and statistics! Facts from the American Cancer Society but nothing about death. What?

Are blinded studies for the blind?

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Yes that’s my dog Chloe licking the grill as the coals are heating up in the green egg as Penelope enviously looks on. Yes I did put the grill grate back on the egg and then cooked a pork  tenderloin on it. Yes it did not bother me or mine a bit. How about you? I sent  this picture to the nurse manager of my Ambulatory Surgery Center and she was aghast. “That picture  was so wrong,” she said.

Relative Survival Percentage for prostate cancer at five years is 99%. What in the hell does that mean?

So…in the following article the RSP given by the “epidemiologist’s” at the American Cancer Society is 99% for prostate cancer. Why in the world did I go to the trouble of treating my prostate cancer? What was I thinking? A 1% of dying of prostate cancer and I went through the surgery and leaking urine…

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Prostate Cancer: Do you need to have a second opinion…on the biopsy path report?

As a rule… No !

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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. — Edmund Burke

About the above picture…there is no way that Penelope could not be chosen for a calendar. Is she beautiful or what?

Second opinion on a prostate biopsy to be sure that a positive finding is indeed prostate cancer? Been there done that? What I did was to ask for additional stains to prove it was prostate cancer and not something else. The result? The pathologist found another area with the stains and a higher Gleason’s score and then I got the $2000 bill for my being “clever by half.”

In my opinion the answer is no. Pathologists see so much prostate cancer that it is an easy call.  They might disagree on the Gleason’s score but it would be rare for the cancer to missed or over diagnosed. Our office…

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two kinds of prostate cancer: the good kind and the bad kind – the john mchugh kind and the frank zappa kind-Provenge anyone?

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 why do i try to please people who could care less if i live or die….morrissey

“That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”

Park the car at the side of the road you should know time’s tide will smother you and I will too when you laugh about people who feel so very lonely their only desire is to die well I’m afraid it doesn’t make me smile I wish I could laugh but that joke isn’t funny anymore it’s too close to home and it’s too near the bone it’s too close to home and it’s too near the bone more than you’ll ever know
It was dark as I drove the point home and on cold leather seats well, it suddenly struck me I just might die with a smile on my face after all
I’ve seen this happen in other people’s lives and now it’s happening in mine
They…

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Northeast Georgia Urologist is “Gettin Nuttin for Christmas.”

Another hit Christmas single!

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“Nuttin for Christmas” performed by Dr. John McHugh.

How did I do it?  Recorded to Karaoke in normal voice and then increased the pitch. This opens up a whole new ballgame my friend! Watch out Chipmunks!

Nuttin’ for Christmas” (also known as Nothing for Christmas) is a novelty Christmas song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett. It became a hit during the 1955 Christmas season when the song showed up on Billboard’s pop charts by a total of five different artists. The highest-charting of the five recordings was released by Art Mooney and His Orchestra, with seven-year-old Barry Gordon as lead vocalist; this version peaked at #6 and became a million-seller. Another notable version was performed by Stan Freberg (with Daws Butler appearing as a burglar helped by the kid at the end). Other charting versions were recorded by The Fontane Sisters, Joe…

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