So how is one of my back top left side tooth like prostate cancer decision-making? I crack , a small crack, a tooth eating ice about three years ago. I ignore the crack and slowly with each successive almond or cube of ice the crack gets bigger. The tooth now began to hurt with anything hard forcing me …
hubpage another source of prostate cancer information and discussion
The picture above is actually fascinating. Today at the lake I was in command of all the five dogs...Bella, Brother, Penelope, and the evil twins Big Baby Girl and Little Longfellow. So for some reason the bass of Lake Lanier in the cove of our little cabin are poppin right now. I can on any given …
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If continence is that one most important factor don’t choose removing your prostate for prostate cancer.
My Dog Calendar for 2012 Don't buy it...just click the preview button. I bet you'll see a dog or two you recognize. Since my book has been written I see a lot of patients who show up for a second opinion. I get to hear first hand the impressions made by the original urologist. Sometimes it's …
potholes and prostate cancer…no relation I just said that…
Just a stone's throw from my office is the Hall County YMCA. My office manager is a spin instructor and doing spin is a bit of a craze these days and reportedly has the most calories expended per time spent spinning. The deal is you can sit or stand with any combination of increasing the …
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if prostate cancer don’t get me maybe the van will…..scrubs for penelope?
So I am out at the lake with my dogs and my daughter's dog Brother and my wife has just left after we had the most delightful time eating Blimpie's stuff and letting the dogs run along the shore of Lake Lanier because it is down so much because we feed Atlanta and Alabama at …
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Prostate cancer, ProstateMd app and a Wife’s intuition
Is Penelope pretty or what? I could kiss herrrrrrrrrrr! Eight inches of saliva and a stick...it don't get no better than this. Once again my wife is the star and orator of wisdom... The local paper did this article on my book and the ProstateMd app this past Sunday. So what is it that everybody …
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prostate cancer message boards vs. the doctor. who ya gonna listen to?
A question (slightly amended for privacy) from a message board. I am so happy to report that my husband's bone scan, x-ray and cat scan all came back negative and the doctor feels the cancer is contained to him prostate. I understand it could actually be a bit outside which won't show up on any …
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“Battling” prostate cancer is more a mental thing than a physical thing. What did Yogi say? “50% mental?”
If it's true for baseball can it be true for cancer? I have a friend who feels he is divorced today because his wife could not handle the ramifications of the treatment of prostate cancer particularly the recovery to potency or lack thereof. He felt she felt he was "damaged goods." When I learned I …
2011 in review PROSTATE CANCER prostate diaries
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here's the sad thing...I do a post for fun about bleeding scrotums and whadaya know? It's the number one viewed post. Go figure. Happy new year! Here's an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about …
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poor ole active surveillance-the rodney dangerfield of prostate cancer treatments-don’t get no respect
This may surprise you but the patient drives the decision-making process. I can tell you there are patients who "want it out" from the get go and others that from the get go are suspicious of doctors and surgery and opt for surveillance. This article and others paint the male patient as a dumb malleable creature …
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