Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
The patients I see with prostate cancer and who are considering their options have done a whole bunch of research "before" they have seen me and then even more after they have been given the diagnosis. It is hard to imagine that after that research and particularly after speaking to other patients who have been …
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Yes that is Jolly Time Pop Corn that I get on the way to the Chattahoochee River at a small community IGA store. Ever been to one...it's a vestige of the past and a joy to shop in. Most of the products are from companies you would not recognize. I can chicken there $1.50 a lb. …
The picture above is from knots in a pine board in our river cabin. It looks just like our dog..Chloe. If you are going to recommend to patients to really consider making a decision about whether they should even have a PSA done because of being diagnosed of a cancer that may not need to …
What do you think about this "review" of my book by someone on Amazon? An informative book if the reader is trying to decide between radiation or surgery only. But if you want to explore other avenues like Hormone Therapy as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine and other alternative modalities, there is no info at …
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Click on the illustration slide show link and then the slide show inside Flickr. Be sure to check: Show info and then under options...check slow. If you understand these illustrations (from "The Decision" book) then you will have a much better understanding of the issues necessary to make the decision specific to you and for the right …
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Prostate-Cancer-Awareness-prnews-4068980716.html?x=0&.v=1&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter the honey do list.....i agree.....strong women guiding men..... i am all about that..they are strong..men are weak... i get it in my book i tell the story about a man in his 40's who goes to his family doctor and is told that he did not need a rectal exam or a PSA because "he was …
No symptoms...does it matter? Low PSA...does it mean no cancer? Big prostate...means cancer? Small prostate means no cancer? Surgery better than radiation? Proton better than regular "ole" radiation? Age over 75-is surgery best? Do you have a higher incidence of impotence with cryosurgery? Why do they only do Proton on the well-mod prostate cancer in …
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Answer: Never been showed to....
My thoughts on "battling cancer"...a year and a half ago First of all I understand that we don't know for sure if Mr. Layton died of prostate cancer or another cancer. I do wonder why we don't know or why we haven't been told. Odd. I thought this discussion and the perspective of "one does not …
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I remember when it was announced that this guy had prostate cancer. It is always interesting to me and sad that a person with the money, education, resources is diagnosed late with prostate cancer when it could have been so easily prevented and then dies in a year or so. How tragic. And yet all we read …
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