So it is the fall of 1979 and I am a junior medical student at The Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. I am to be married to my current wife in December of the same year. Because of this I had to scramble to have a place to live for the three months of …
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 …
How can one predict the need for radiation after having the prostate removed for prostate cancer?
If you are choosing to have a prostatectomy because "you'll be cured" Or if you think that you'll have the option of having radiation if cancer comes back Or if you think "well if I have the prostate surgery I can have radiation but not vice versa" Or if you think one or the other …
Prostate cancer, The Wiz, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Outkast’s Hey Ya. What the …..?
If nothing lasts forever then why is love the exception? Outkast The Wizard of Oz History So I am in the audience when my son was "The Wiz" in the "The Wiz" and out of nowhere he says some things that were not in the play the night before. "What's cooler than cool." " …
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Kermit the frog has never had a PSA or been checked for prostate cancer!
Urology Humor
A physician should have a ready wit....dourness is unpleasant to the well and the sick alike. "What do you call a tire made out of 365 condoms?" A good year!
Urology joke # 1
Patient to urologist: "So doc, If I have five penises how should my pants fit?" Urologist: "Like a glove!"
People do die of prostate cancer….it might not be “most” but men do indeed die of it my friend!
Well that depends on the definition of most is? Does 30,000 seem like a small number to you? Prostate cancer is mostly slow growing. Yes. Prostate cancer usually affects the old. Yes. Most people die with it instead of - of it. Yes. Do young people die of it? Yes. Are men diagnosed young and …
Otis Brawley and Joe McGinniss and inoperable prostate cancer……A cartoon. “Be glad you don’t get all the government you pay for.”- Will Rogers
Otis Brawley: I have never had a PSA and do not desire one. I have had relatives with the disease. I just do not believe it saves that many lives. Mr. Brawley is the medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – Author-journalist Joe McGinniss says he …
That mean ole conniving PSA…he’s worse than Mr. Prostate Cancer!
Things a doctor would not do....have a prostate cancer test PSA is a "simple" blood test to check for prostate cancer. Know what it stands for? Prostate Specific Antigen. Or rather, as many doctors will tell you, Persistent Stress and Anxiety. Prostate cancer is far more common – and, usually, less serious – than most …
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Prostate Diaries 