Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
I saw a patient yesterday who had been treated for prostate cancer by Proton radiation in Florida. His PSA was coming down nicely and some moderated voiding symptoms, managed before treatment with Flomax, had not changed. He was very pleased with his treatment choice in terms of all parameters. He had done quite a bit …
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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. …
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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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 …
Question: I am 63 years old and in good health. I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer (Gleason 6; low volume; TIC Stage 2). My urologist–a surgeon–went through the options with me and my wife. He also stated that he felt I was a prime candidate for using the new trueBeam radiation method (45 treatments). He …
Well...I see patients all the time who have had an elevated PSA in the past and their family M.D. put them on 2 weeks of Cipro and then had the PSA repeated. Often times the PSA will go to normal and the family M.D. will then repeat a PSA at say 6 months. Often …
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 …
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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