Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
burn me once... shame on you...burn me twice...shame on me When tumors are described by way of its differentiation, i.e. well differentiated, poorly differentiated, what they are talking about is how close or how far away is from a normal one. In prostate cancer the Gleason's score is a way to describe how a …
Continue reading "question about prostate cancer….high Gleason’s / low PSA…..how can this be?"
It was pretty today in Northeast Georgia....a bit windy however. My newest stab at podcasting...what do you think? My plan is to take about 100 specific questions about prostate cancer ( I cheat by looking at my blog's search history) and answer them concisely and hopefully with a somewhat clever and irreverant slant. Today I …
This is a shadow box I made for a charity auction a couple of years ago. A clock made with Viagra stuff that drug reps had given me over the years. The guy that bought it, brought by for me to autograph it. I called it ..."Hard Times." The plaque near the hammer says, "In hard …
Continue reading "Two new questions about prostate cancer:Libido and Free PSA"
A podcast in response to a question: Should I have a biopsy for an elevated PSA if I have a bladder infection? Anyway...this podcast is a bit weird. I did it with a free recording software and a microphone that cost 8 dollars from Wal-Mart. So what do you expect? What in the world is …
Who exactly is Movember?
The picture is of our cat Annie, the night before she died of renal failure.The search phrases are from the week prior to today- and an "insider's look" at what gets people to a particular blog. Lockerbie Plane crash 24 prostate diaries 9 famous men with prostate cancer 7 nanoknife 6 marias river 5 cnn and …
The things people search for (it is often a question that comes up "after" they have been diagnosed or treated for prostate cancer) that got them to this blog. This also provides for me a subject matter or topic for that day's post. "Like taking candy from a baby." Thanks to all for your …
"And the universe is a lot like the earth, if you go straight around you end up where you were, and the universe is a lot like the earth...." Modest Mouse So I put my numbers in the risk calculator and come up with a 41% chance of prostate cancer. The only abnormality or risk …
One of my heroes of all time is Will Rogers. If you have not read a book about him....do it. He is the best. He was a Rush Limbaugh of sorts in the early 1900's. My son, Sam is an Eagle Scout, and he and I hiked for two weeks in New Mexico at Philmont. …
CNN visits Dr. John McHugh's Urology practice for a Health Minute on March Madness and Vasectomies. The scene with the patient pretending that he is hurting actually occured minutes after the vasectomy. Vasectomies are customarily performed on a Friday so that the patient has the weekend to recover prior to returning to work on Monday. …
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