What has forty heads and two teeth.....? The front row at a Merle Haggard concert. Merle is a color combination in dogs’ coats. It is a solid base color (usually red/brown or black) with lighter blue/gray or reddish patches, which gives a mottled or uneven speckled effect. Although most breeds that can have merle coats …
Healthy 63 yr old with prostate cancer and favorable parameters on prostate biopsy report. Which treatment for prostate cancer best?
Question: I am 63 years old and in good health. I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer (Gleason 6; low volume; TIC Stage 2). My urologist–a surgeon–went through the options with me and my wife. He also stated that he felt I was a prime candidate for using the new trueBeam radiation method (45 treatments). He …
Vasectomy 101-Gainesville’s Northeast Georgia Urology Group (NGUA) Podcast
If you look hard enough you'll see Chloe in the background being a good girl and just taking it in. On the other hand...I have got some work to do with the Pepster. She chases the lure in the water by following the fishing line. She'll swim where the line goes despite my moving the …
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Pin, active surveillance and prostate cancer….iceberg feinberg it’s all the same to me…..PIN the new Active Surveillance
Here is a thought for you...So your PSA is high and you get a biopsy. The biopsy shows PIN. No cancer is seen. You are told, " Uh Oh...you have a higher percentage of having prostate cancer if we do another biopsy. So here is my thought. If you have the bad cancer or the very large volume …
Risk factors of prostate cancer and a smoking President Obama
I was reading where President Obama is still smoking. Then I read that one is at increased risk for prostate cancer if one smokes. And then I know that of the risk factors for prostate cancer, none is greater than being black and having a family history. As my mother would say..." A word to …
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how would a urologist go about deciding what to do about having prostate cancer
Podcast on "How I made my decision as a urologist"....now you do it the way I did...don't just do what I did.
trifecta in prostate cancer: robotic vs. open prostatectomy… Mr.proton beam you’re next!
Podbean Podcast on the Trifecta and Open vs. Robotic Patients often times choose a procedure for the wrong reasons. Patients often glamorize newer treatments. Patients often have a treatment, become an advocate of that treatment and somewhat defensive of that treatment and actively recommend it to other's as the "only way to go." Sometimes they …
Urge vs. stress incontinence and prostate cancer…do you know the significance? My wife told me to quit saying “the decision available on amazon.” “It sounds like you’re saying that’s the title of the book john.”
Podcast- Do you know the difference between urge and stess incontinence and why it is important in your prostate cancer decision? Hmmmmmmmmmm?
Myths about Prostate Cancer
Myths about prostate cancer often times delays the chance of early diagnosis in men. Myths about Prostate Cancer, posted with vodpod
question:if early on prostate cancer has no symptoms,then how do you make the diagnosis. Answer: think breasts?
This was a question to a podcast on podbean and it is a good yet very simple question. The essence of which is lost on most men who's fear of a rectal exam outweighs the benefits of early detection. If you told a women to have a breast exam or mamogram and they answered, " …
Prostate Diaries 