Just cause your buddy at work or your uncle Harry chose one particular treatment and did great dont mean you will. You gotta know specifics.... Gleason's , PSA , rectal exam, path report, voiding pattern, underlying health, personality and family situation. That's right- personality...Why is that important?
What’s the difference between a radical prostatectomy and a Greenlight Laser prostatectomy?
A lot of patients will come to my office after a positive biopsy of the prostate and after weeks of research tell me they have decided to have their prostate removed by the "laser." Well with all the stuff out there it stands to reason that things can get confusing. The only laser treatment for …
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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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 …
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 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 …
Prostate Cancer, Impotence, Boy Scouts Wood Badge, and Marriage….
I have a Wood Badge in Scouting...a so-call masters degree in scouting that you get if you spend four weekends or so dressed up like a Boy Scout and learning everything known to man about fires, knots, cooking and getting along in the outdoors. One of the tests we were given in regards to starting …
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It’s beautiful day in Northeast Georgia…If you can’t hold on….hold on.
I did everything he did but backwards and in high heels. Ginger Rogers You are welcome!!
Gainesville Georgia Urology Group to Give Away Final Four Tickets to Lucky Vasectomy Patient!
Northeast Georgia Urological Associates Facebook Page-Click now to join the fun! Vasectomy Page of Northeast Georgia Urological Associates Northeast Ga Urological Associates will be having a drawing to give away two tickets to the NCAA Final Four Championship game in Atlanta to the lucky patient who has been seen in consultation for a vasectomy, had …
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