When you think about it there are only about two things you can do to treat prostate cancer. You can take the prostate and the cancer within out You can treat the prostate with some form of energy If you take it out you can do it by hand (open) or use laparoscopic instruments with …
Circumcision and Prostate Cancer….What will they think of next?
One of my favorite topics in a little Sunday School class I have taught for 20 or so years is circumcision. Why? Well, Paul had quite the time convincing the gentiles to go along with being a follower of Jesus if it meant fulfilling the Jewish covenant of circumcision. Remember the Jews had the circumcision on …
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Chloe’s Gift: Chapter Four
Chapter Four-No collar disappearances-the worst kind Over the subsequent years there were several close calls in which John and Karen almost lost Chloe for good. Each time it was a happenchance occurrence in which her collar was not on and there was either a storm or a loud noise. For instance, one “no- collar” …
An environmentalist, prostate cancer and the proton machine- What do they all have in common?
I got a big kick out of this article about the Proton therapy machine and its application to prostate cancer. First of all it is informative and several doctors of various persuasion are interviewed: We learn that it is a very expensive machine to purchase. It takes a very large building to house it. …
Chloe’s Gift: Chapter Three – and absolutely no connection to prostate cancer in dogs or people for that matter.
And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.” 1 Samuel 1: 20 Chapter Three-Chloe has layers Chloe quickly became an integral part of her new “finders” family. As time went on, several interesting things became apparent …
Alden skull, memories and prostate cancer.
The picture above is an Alden rowing skull. Have you ever rowed? Well I love the water, I like to exercise so several years ago I bought this "row boat" and I have had it out at the lake ever since. When I had the dock (a 1950's era quonset hut model) updated I had …
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Dogs get prostate cancer….did you know that? Hallmark Christmas Dog story chapter two.
Chapter Two-A dog shows up at the lake "Chloe's Gift" by John McHugh (Changed Rob to John) John and Karen had two other dogs, Oscar and Tootsie, both of whom they loved dearly, but there was an emptiness around their home without Meg. The couple felt her memory and presence everywhere in and about the …
Hallmark submission about a dog and christmas and being lost…connection to prostate cancer …..?
Chapter One - Meg By John McHugh Rob, a doctor, received a phone call at his office. It was his wife Karen. “Rob, I have decided to put Meg to sleep. The vet is coming at lunch to give the shot. If you want to be here, that’s when I am doing it. I cannot …
What does Newt Gingrich, Hillary, Orange Beach, The FloraBama, and Prostate Cancer have in common? Nothing, just something to get you to read this post!
I grew up in LaGrange, Georgia which is on the Alabama-Georgia line. West Georgia, Troup County, I went to LaGrange High School, the same school as my mother went to in the late 1930's. If you follow the Chattahoochee River (I once spent about 12 hours on an inner tube floating the river from Carrollton to LaGrange. I …
is there a difference in who does your rectal exam for the detection of prostate cancer? a prostate cartoon
One of my attendings when I was a resident in urology in Augusta, Georgia told me once,"Johnny, we urologists make the rectal an art form."Well I don't know about that, but we do perform a lot of rectal exams in the course of our career.I have said many times to patients that specialists are no smarter …
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