Partin table-you must understand the significance of this to make an "informed decision" I have done a post similiar to this in the past, but the issue keeps coming up in patients I talk to and I felt it was worthwhile to revisit. As simplistic as this drawing is, it answers a question and …
Some people just can’t tell a joke
Richard Pryor had skit one time about one of his characters that could not tell a joke. It went something like, "there were three dudes. No two dudes. No three, no two dudes and nun. That's it, two dudes and a nun. " Then Pryor would say," Leroy could not tell a joke" Well I …
One man’s view of life one year after prostate cancer treatment-Jim Tucker and prostablog
New Zealand is a favorite post-urologic residency destination. They have a very good urologic medical community and I have two friends that did a fellowship there. That Mr. Tucker speaks of being sexually active after a prostatectomy bespeaks of the folks over there performing a prostatectomy the right way ( I also noted the length …
something attributed to Osler and applies to prostate cancer when you have been treated-“the well wear a crown that only the sick can see.”
Something I give to all my patients who are leaning for the surgical removal of the prostate is a part of a chapter from Patrick Walsh’s book on prostate cancer. It has to do with post-prostatectomy incontinence. The beauty of the piece is that Dr. Walsh thoroughly vets the unpredictable nature of this issue. I …
prostate cancer and the history of the “finger”…ps- that’s not the one we use to do the prostate exam
a urologist examines the prostate of a patient and tells him that it is normal. the patient says, " I want a second opinion." the urologist then re-examines the man's prostate with two fingers. " Well there's your second opinion. It's still normal." Be careful what you ask for! Ignorance is bliss and ignorance kills. …
prostate cancer and the walnut and other fruits and vegetables the prostate is akin to
Urologists, and all physicians for that matter, are known to describe organs or other medical abnormalities in terms of something a patient can easily understand or identify with. I usually describe kidney stones in terms of various vegetables , i.e. a 5 mm ureteral stone is the size of an english pea. A 1 cm stone, …
there is no free ride-pick your poison
There is no free ride, pick your poison
trifecta
In betting on horses, a trifecta is when one not only picks the top three winners, but picks them in order as well. It now has been adapted to prostate cancer and relates to three important post treatment variables. That is, how did the patient do in terms of continence, potency and cure of prostate …
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