The Real Prostate Cancer Second Opinion-That's Right...I don't have a dog in your fight!
A dog shows up at the lake…dogs can help you get through a lot of stuff…including prostate cancer.
Chapter Two-A dog shows up at the lake John and Karen had two other dogs, Oscar and Tootsie, both of whom they loved dearly, but there was an emptiness around their home without Meg. The couple felt her memory and presence everywhere in and about the house. The couch, the trampoline, the backyard, the bedroom, …
Another Mother’s Day Prostate Cancer Story From “The Decision.”
I asked some female nurses who I work with in my amubulatory surgery center what exactly the term "my wife keeps me grounded" means? One lady said that when her husband started talking about all the things he was going to do or get she has to remind him that, " honey, we need to …
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Risk of infection with prostate biopsy versus the risk of not diagnosing prostate cancer. Which is worse?
When I was a kid and grocery shopping with my mother the first place I went in the store was to the butcher department. "May I have some bones for my dog please." The butcher dutifully disappeared and returned with about five or six bones all wrapped up and gave them to me. Free of …
What’s wrong with the following “press release” about prostate cancer and sexual function-The article in general and the title in particular…Please comment…come on you can do this!
New Robotic Surgery Technique Maintains Sexual Function After Prostate Cancer Surgery The SMART Technique (Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Technique) Enhances Surgical Precision and Maintains Sexual Wellbeing After Prostate Cancer Treatment Dr. David Samadi, Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, and Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center knows the wide …
expectations and prostate cancer surgery…what about radiation and….”the proton?”
In my opinion patients have a better feel for what to expect in terms of impotence and incontinence with surgery than with radiation. You better believe that the urologists out there are telling there patients about the possibility of complications, this is innate to all surgeries. Patients understand that surgery means anesthesia, risk of bleeding, and other …
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Nicely put Tubby Smith…reasonable recommendations about prostate cancer early detection and “male awareness. He said “cancer free” he did not say cured…and that’s a big difference.
Tubby Smith says he had prostate cancer, now cancer free 6:56 AM, May 12, 2011 | MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota coach Tubby Smith says he's "feeling great" and free of prostate cancer after dealing with the disease for the past year. The university issued a statement from Smith on Wednesday. The 59-year-old had not previously revealed …
For prostate cancer the free PSA is helpful, but not fool-proof and is only one of the arrows in your prostate cancer decision making-quiver.
The below is helpful but not a stand alone type statistic or characteristic of your PSA. I have a friend whose free PSA was very high indicating a low probability of prostate cancer and ....all of his twelve cores showed cancer, however all the cores were Gleason's 6. The free PSA (being very low) was …
Free PSA? it just may be the straw that will break the prostate’s…i mean camel’s… back
How the free PSA helped me.
notice that prostate cancer’s arms are the seminal vesicles…clever! “he ain’t that bad”
Who exactly is Movember?
Prostate Diaries 