Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
Read the following comment and then my thoughts after it. Being a doctor is a lot like a person gambling with someone else's money. Read the comment and then I'll explain. October 08, 2010, 11:28:15 AM | Dean Hubbard My physician and urologist recommended a biopsy when my score hit a 5 at age 55. Nothing …
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My sentiments exactly. This is different than what the American Cancer Society recommends. He did not mention diet or lifestyle as "major" risk factors.
There will blood places and that is normal. Blood at the tip of your penis, blood when you urinate, blood with bowel movements, and blood in your semen if you are sexually active. Blood is expected and rarely a problem and almost always limited in duration. As a rule, don't worry about the blood. Urology tip: …
Men prefer large breasts to enlarged prostates. Movember A new study has indicated that despite 1 in 6 men being diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetimes, men know less about how to monitor and prevent this condition than they know about what women should do to protect themselves from breast …
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After the prostate is removed the male depends almost exclusively on the external sphincter for the control of urine. The male's body has to "relearn" how to control continence. How much one will leak, how long one will leak, and to what degree one leaks, cannot be predicted. The fear of incontinence along with the fear …
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I have had an ongoing dialogue with a radiation therapist friend of mine about " what is the most aggressive therapy for prostate cancer?" What would you say? To me the most aggressive thing would be to remove the prostate. In the diagram above, from "The Decision", shows that if the prostate cancer …
This link has a lot of good things and then a lot of incorrect statements about prostate cancer and the sexual aftermath of the treatment of prostate cancer. Be that as it may...it too enhances awareness and discussion and that is good. Can you find factual errors in the piece? If so put in …
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Factors that a urologist with prostate cancer used to make his " Decision." I am not advising that you make the decision I did. (That is the difference between this book and many others about prostate cancer.) I am advising that you make your decision the way that I did. It has to be done based …
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Manhattan Beach News Cancer survivor returns from nationwide awareness tripby Carley Dryden (Updated: Thursday, September 23, 2010 1:23 PM PDT) It’s one thing men just don’t want to talk about.When Robert Hess brings up testing for prostate cancer, most of his friends squirm.“Guys just don’t want to do it … but once they’re diagnosed, …
Since I have written the book I have perused the internet more often for prostate related news. I started this blog, I subscribe to RSS feeds that deal with prostate cancer news, and I search Twitter from time to time about Tweets related to the same. There is a consistent pattern of about three issues …
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