Collectively we have five dogs and I sent in about 20 pictures in hopes that one would be chosen for the Hall County Humane Society's 2013 calendar. The way I sized it up they probably would not choose Penelope because she won in 2011. Then there was Bella and Brother both rescued dogs and each …
Fifty shades of grey…I mean prostate cancer
I hope you'll find the list below helpful. These are the most common search terms that end up on this site. It gives you some insight as to what's on folk's minds. Far and a way the winner here and each day is prostate nodule followed by prostate pain. My guess is that the man …
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Hot tubs linked to prostate cancer…well everything else is!
In the picture above we all have on our hiking gear and this is probably a shot just before locking the car and beginning the hike, when we thought we were really going to go hiking. All the shirts so nice and clean, the boots, sunglasses, camera, rain gear, socks and sock liners that wick...yes …
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Eugene, Ore and the Umpqua river part two- Prostate cancer the Rodney Dangerfield of organs-Why? the PSA.
So when we left off we were looking at a map and on one side of the river is a road and on the other a red dotted line indicating a hiking trail. The impression was that the red line was far enough from the road line that the group would have it both ways, …
Prostate cancer and Eugene, Oregon…what? Question: Are you tiring of Prostate Cancer Survivor Stories?
Eugene, Oregon Prostate Cancer Survivor Story For about 15 or so years in late August I'd go out west to hike and fish with the fellows pictured above. The above picture is from the Golden Trout Wilderness in California but I want to tell you a bit our trip to Eugene, Oregon home of the …
Cheech and Chong and Prostate Cancer and Cannabis.
When I think of Cheech and Chong I think of a 1969 Camaro that my brother gave me in high school. Rushton bought the car almost new while he was working for Lockhead. Rushton was going to Kennesaw College as well and the money he was making per hour was more than anyone in my family was making. …
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The greatest generation, heaven, and nothing to do with prostate cancer.
I absolutely loved my sometimes imperfect mother. I don't care about this or that or stuff my father said as to why he divorced her and ran off with a "hussy" to Alaska as my grandmother described the situation. She smoked, quit college, joined the Coast Guard during WWII and then had five boys and …
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Finally! Penelope had quit chasing the lawnmower. Some prostate cancer patients should learn to quit chasing the lastest greatest treatments.
Just because a treatment of the prostate is fancy or new doesn't mean it's better. Just because the names are cool...."cyber knife" wow....and on and on....Don't feel like you have to "chase" the new treatments or the desire to "be one of the first ones done." I had a resident friend who would be asked …
Atlas Shrugged and PSA and Prostate Cancer? Really? Mountain Bike Riding?
someone i used to know Something to listen to while you read. I think there is a way to do it. Ayn Rand ever heard of her? Years ago a Plastic surgeon friend of mine gave me the audiobook of the her book, "Atlas Shrugged." I don't read. I listen to books. I've listened to hundreds, mostly historical …
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Should dogs be screened for prostate cancer? Will the USPTF weigh in on this “ruff” situation?
Any recommendation by any government group only has meaning or impact because it has to do with what government funded programs will pay. So in the case of dogs and because there is no "Doggiecare" any USPTF dictums will not apply...yet. SPOTLIGHT: Resilient dog survives prostate cancer Friday May 25, 2012 5:15 AM DEBRA PRESSEY The …
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