So it is the fall of 1979 and I am a junior medical student at The Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. I am to be married to my current wife in December of the same year. Because of this I had to scramble to have a place to live for the three months of …
Fifty shades of prostate cancer Rule #2-For better or worse a prostate biopsy is the only way to definitively diagnose prostate cancer.
Bladder neck contracture, prostate cancer, prostatectomy and treatment…
This is a video of a patient who is s/p a prostatectomy and has developed a bladder neck contracture. He presented with diminution of his urinary stream. If a patient is voiding well after the prostate is removed and then the stream slowly decreases the likelihood is that he has developed a bladder neck contracture. …
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Does a prostate nodule always mean prostate cancer? A podcast by John McHugh M.D.
When I am at my little cabin on Lake Lanier I sit at a small table that has a laptop and I write. About every thirty minutes or so our chocolate lab Penelope will come over to me and rest her chin on my thigh and then whine a high pitched sound that beckons me …
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Regarding Prostate Cancer Decision Making- Does It Matter That You Can Do Radiation After Prostatatectomy But Not Vice Versa?
I mentioned the concept in my book, I think urologists (rightfully or wrongly) use it as a reason for patients to have their prostate removed, patients often use it as a justification to have the prostate removed, it probably pisses off and frustrates the radiation therapist....and that is the concept of: If I remove the …
How can one predict the need for radiation after having the prostate removed for prostate cancer?
If you are choosing to have a prostatectomy because "you'll be cured" Or if you think that you'll have the option of having radiation if cancer comes back Or if you think "well if I have the prostate surgery I can have radiation but not vice versa" Or if you think one or the other …
No Needle No Scalpel Vasectomy Madness and Northeast Georgia Urological Associates are on T.V.!
CBS Atlanta Comes to Northeast Georgia Urological Associates-The T.V. Segment
Does removing the prostate for prostate cancer or having a vasectomy make you less of a man?
Well what makes you less of a man...For the most part it is the male hormone Testosterone. The circulating levels of testosterone do not change after vasectomy or prostatectomy. A vasectomy does not affect erections. A prostatectomy and radiation do potentially negatively affect erections...so in that sense it may very well make someone less …
Prostate cancer, The Wiz, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Outkast’s Hey Ya. What the …..?
If nothing lasts forever then why is love the exception? Outkast The Wizard of Oz History So I am in the audience when my son was "The Wiz" in the "The Wiz" and out of nowhere he says some things that were not in the play the night before. "What's cooler than cool." " …
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Prostate cancer treatments, sexual dysfunction, incontinence, and ….oh yea will it cure me of the disease.
I 'm the one in the blue diapers- When it comes to prostate cancer treatment decisions the likelihood of cure is only one of the factors to take in consideration. ps...I made the diapers out of the corner of the envelope the card came in....clever huh? Prostate Cancer Treatments Often Cause Side Effects 05 …
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