Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
I asked some female nurses who I work with in my amubulatory surgery center what exactly the term "my wife keeps me grounded" means? One lady said that when her husband started talking about all the things he was going to do or get she has to remind him that, " honey, we need to …
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Two days after I had my prostate removed....the five year anniversary is today(I think) my wife and I set off to the condo on Orange Beach, Alabama. In a way it is a blessing and a curse we did that. I have horrible memories of the time that I remember every time we go there …
Okay so a high-ranking official in the Coast Guard is found to have cancer and has plans to have surgery at Bethesda Hospital. I don't know this but they probably don't do the robotic method there...that's just a side note...it is of no consequence. It is still news, somehow and some way famous people who …
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That's a San Juan Worm and a Wooly Bugger dropper and a Soque River Rainbow....just flows off the tip of the tongue when you say it don't it? Also reader be advised...It is said to never talk religion or politics but this thing about health care, the psa, and who lined up for Pres Obama's …
A couple of things about my deceased brother Rushton. First of all of my four brothers he was always the kindest to me. Jeff my youngest brother doesn't count...as mother said he was "the baby." Rushton always chose me to be on his team in football...he could throw and I could catch and we were deadly, …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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