Rectal swab culture to prevent infections after prostate biopsy in checking for prostate cancer? PSA screening all over again?
I ain't the best, but I'm blessed. So... over the last year and having done several hundred prostate biopsies...I have had about 6 or seven people get an infection. That's not many, but it is a dramatic thing for the patient dealing with it. Usually they are fine for a day or two and then …
Prostate cancer and urology jokes
So... a husband and wife are looking out the kitchen window while doing the dishes. "Honey I am gonna have to speak to Bess about her boyfriend. Look there...It looks like he has spelled his name in the snow," the husband says. The wife replies, " John, I am sure you have done that too …
Zat you prostate cancer? Will never know if you don’t screen/test for it.
radiation cystitis and prostate cancer…the gift that keeps on giving…
Now the pepster wants to do podcasts...no way shomcheppie.... Today I informed a patient that his prostate biopsy showed cancer and he began, as often patients do, telling me about advice various friends had given him. "My friend down the street told me not to have the regular surgery, I should have the one …
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question about prostate cancer and a psa of 46 then antibiotics – psa16 then two weeks a psa of 20…what to do? what does this all mean?
the psa and antibiotics...what's the deal? A podcast.
urologist with bias toward surgery for prostate cancer? what about the vitamin guy on twitter, or the proton guy in california and the radiation guy…..
prostate cancer podcast on post prostate biopsy checking for prostate cancer and subsequent provocative blood born infections…whew…say that three times!
A little disappointed in the Penelope...she refuses to play with the new puppies...try as they may...she shuns them. She is not mean, she just won't play. Chloe played with her, she played as a puppie with Toosie, she plays with Brudder and Bella....but ignores the new sibling Dachshunds. Go figure...she may be getting "chloeised." Hey listen.....post prostate …
Prostate cancer musing…PSA is very reliable when following prostate cancer “after” treatment.
The leaves in Northeast Georgia have been particularly pretty this year and have hung around more than usual. The light comes through the trees behind Penelope about 5 everyday and are almost "illuminated" by the sun. I had a friend who happens to be a doctor call me to ask me some questions about his …
Breaking News…USPSTF declines PSA testing on Egyptian Mummy with Metastatic Prostate Cancer!
Just kidding....too funny to pass up. Where is the USPSTF when you need them? We can do MRI's on 2000 year old Egyptians but don't recommend PSAs on men in the U.S.A. Mummy Had History’s Second-Oldest Prostate Cancer Case By Heather Pringle, Science Now Some 2,250 years ago in Egypt, a man known today only as M1 struggled …
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