Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
Read the following comment and then my thoughts after it. Being a doctor is a lot like a person gambling with someone else's money. Read the comment and then I'll explain. October 08, 2010, 11:28:15 AM | Dean Hubbard My physician and urologist recommended a biopsy when my score hit a 5 at age 55. Nothing …
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There will blood places and that is normal. Blood at the tip of your penis, blood when you urinate, blood with bowel movements, and blood in your semen if you are sexually active. Blood is expected and rarely a problem and almost always limited in duration. As a rule, don't worry about the blood. Urology tip: …
After the prostate is removed the male depends almost exclusively on the external sphincter for the control of urine. The male's body has to "relearn" how to control continence. How much one will leak, how long one will leak, and to what degree one leaks, cannot be predicted. The fear of incontinence along with the fear …
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The following was copied from a post on the American Cancer Society's Survivor Network. There are numerous lay members of these message boards that have been through the process and very conscientiously help other newly diagnosed cancer patients. If you have not visited a message board you should. You will be surprised by the candid dialogue …
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Factors that a urologist with prostate cancer used to make his " Decision." I am not advising that you make the decision I did. (That is the difference between this book and many others about prostate cancer.) I am advising that you make your decision the way that I did. It has to be done based …
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Prostate Diaries 