Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
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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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 …
Ross commented on How I as a urologist made my "Decision." As I work my way through the treatment decision, I find myself gravitating to either Proton Radiation Treatment or HIFU - high frequency focused ultrasound but I am surprised that you make no mention of either of these options. My post on HIFU The …
So this is what it has come to. Patients are not smart enough not to "fall" for being treated for prostate cancer. So let's change the name. One way or the other the NIH, the HHS, the USTFPF (or whatever) will figure out a way not to pay for prostate cancer screening. They are a clever bunch. And who …
Any patient having a vasectomy or vasectomy reversal at the Northeast Georgia Urological Associates from now until the Super Bowl (Feb. 5) will have a chance at winning a Large Green Egg. If you have been considering a vasectomy or vas reversal now is the time to both recover while watching your favorite team and possibly …
I commonly have to correct patients decision making reasoning as related to the title of this post. "I think I'll remove it because at least that way I know I got it all," I hear often. This reasoning is flawed as the above videocast explains.
The above picture was taken last year almost to the day in Orange Beach, Alabama. I remember the day vividly. My wife and I went to the beach and for almost every minute of the day construction vehicles were working and making noise just outside our condominium. It was comical how loud and persistent the noise …
I ain't the best, but I'm blessed. So... over the last year and having done several hundred prostate biopsies...I have had about 6 or seven people get an infection. That's not many, but it is a dramatic thing for the patient dealing with it. Usually they are fine for a day or two and then …
Prostate Diaries 