Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
In the picture above we all have on our hiking gear and this is probably a shot just before locking the car and beginning the hike, when we thought we were really going to go hiking. All the shirts so nice and clean, the boots, sunglasses, camera, rain gear, socks and sock liners that wick...yes …
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So when we left off we were looking at a map and on one side of the river is a road and on the other a red dotted line indicating a hiking trail. The impression was that the red line was far enough from the road line that the group would have it both ways, …
When this all comes down what all the folks saying about doctors quitting is only partially true. It should be said that, "The doctors (me included) who can quit from a financial standpoint, will. How will ObamaCare affect prostate cancer screening? by Paul Hsieh, MD | When President Obama turned 50 last year, he made …
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Eugene, Oregon Prostate Cancer Survivor Story For about 15 or so years in late August I'd go out west to hike and fish with the fellows pictured above. The above picture is from the Golden Trout Wilderness in California but I want to tell you a bit our trip to Eugene, Oregon home of the …
When I think of Cheech and Chong I think of a 1969 Camaro that my brother gave me in high school. Rushton bought the car almost new while he was working for Lockhead. Rushton was going to Kennesaw College as well and the money he was making per hour was more than anyone in my family was making. …
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I absolutely loved my sometimes imperfect mother. I don't care about this or that or stuff my father said as to why he divorced her and ran off with a "hussy" to Alaska as my grandmother described the situation. She smoked, quit college, joined the Coast Guard during WWII and then had five boys and …
Continue reading "The greatest generation, heaven, and nothing to do with prostate cancer."
Just because a treatment of the prostate is fancy or new doesn't mean it's better. Just because the names are cool...."cyber knife" wow....and on and on....Don't feel like you have to "chase" the new treatments or the desire to "be one of the first ones done." I had a resident friend who would be asked …
Stereogum Release of "Swim" Listen while you read...won't you? So my youngest son Sam has always been a creative type. My brother Rushton taught himself to play guitar, he taught me how to play and I in turn taught Sam. He was a quick learner and in particular mastered the “barre chord” very early on. …
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There was an article on the PCA3. I have used it and it is a useful adjunct in the patient with an elevated PSA and he is hesitant to do a biopsy on the PSA alone. Being Black, having a family history of prostate cancer, symptoms help in this regard. The free PSA and the …
Of the top ten questions I have gotten over the years about misconceptions/misunderstandings of the various treatment of prostate cancer-the concept of the delayed effect of radiation on one's body is one of the more common. The typical situation will be the guy who has either had seeds or external radiation. He may have had …
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