Chapter Two-A dog shows up at the lake 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 house. The couch, the trampoline, the backyard, the bedroom, …
Prostate cancer question for Prostate Diaries: Can you have sex the morning of a prostate biopsy?
Had to get that "moustache dreadful picture of my hair off the main page of the previous post. A nurse of mine asked," Are those plugs?" The answer to the question posed above: Drum roll please...... Yes you can have sex the morning of a prostate biopsy Yes sex before a PSA will make it …
Highlighted excerpts on Amazon’s Kindle about prostate cancer nuances from “The Decision” are revealing….
First of all...how does Amazon know when an individual who has a Kindle marks something as a highlight? I saw these highlights today for the first time on the Kindle page for my book. I go there from time to time to read comments and check ratings. I want to comment on the highlights. Before …
prostate cancer dogs and orvis….i bet one of my pictures wins…. i gar-un-tee it my friend!
prostate cancer sniffing dog wins orvis cover photo contest
Google search for prostate cancer: Fixing obstructive problems? Good question!
What makes my book special ( I think ) is the attention that only a urologist who has been through the prostate cancer process and treatment could make of the voiding issues. That's what urologists do...we are human plumbers. We understand how men void, the difference between obstructive (slow stream) and irritative (frequency, urgency, getting …
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Can you get cancer if you have sex with a man who has prostate cancer?
So...A dream I had as a child was a pool with a lap lane. I love to swim and when I was younger , I was actually quite the swimmer. I rarely lost a race in any stroke. There was a boy in Columbus, Georgia who regularly beat me...but no one else. I ruled …
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dogs sniffing for prostate cancer…what’s next…seminars for urologists?
Dogs making the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Could a urologist be taught to sniff as well? And to think...I have been posting pictures about dogs on a prostate cancer blog site for a year now. Who'd a thunk it?
What’s wrong about what this urologist was “quoted” to have said about Eddie Montgomery’s prostate cancer?
Read the following report see what you think about the quotes and conclusions of Mr. Montgomery's surgery. I read for my wife the article and she asked, " So, he will never need another PSA will he? The doctor said he was cured right?" Report of Eddie Montgomery's Surgery and Prognosis
prostate cancer, frank zappa, yellow snow and cancer sniffing dogs
It snowed in Georgia Sunday night and our town of Gainesville is at a standstill. I've cancelled forty or so patients and 10 or so procedures and much to the chagrin of my poor wife, am stuck at home. We've been walking where the dogs go and I have been careful not to eat the …
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Two things about Active Surveillance and Prostate Cancer
The two things: Most low and intermediate risk prostate cancers don't progress-Do you know what low vs. intermediate risk means? And...if they do there is "usually" no consequence to the delay in treatment One caveat..."in most cases." It takes a special mindset to choose surveillance and one must accept a small amount of risk that accompanies …
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