The Gainesville Times Online Article The article at the end of this post was in our local newspaper a few days ago. I thought Ms. Morales did a very nice job and I was very appreciative of her putting it in the paper. The actual paper article had the picture at the top of this …
johnny romone, paul mccartney, my brother and prostate cancer
The names of bands influenced by Johnny Ramone, look at them, and then the fact that Romone was a pseudonym for Paul McCartney is something I did not know. Here's the tragedy... He was diagnosed late. What I see happening often with my patients and in casual conversation with others, men and women, is that …
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prostate cancer, discordance, upstaging….iceberg-feinberg…its all the same to me
What you see in the picture above is my most beautiful lab trying to enhale a slip weight. A popular way to catch largemouth bass in the South and I imagine everywhere is by using what is referred to as a "Texas rig." My brother Rushton, you will hear about him soon as I am making …
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Secondary pelvic cancers after radiation for prostate cancer…something to think about in the decision making process. everybody reads the permit for surgery…read it for radiation too!
In my practice the most common pelvic cancer that I see in patients treated with radiation is bladder cancer. A caveat: would these patients have gotten bladder cancer anyway?, this study looked at radiation after surgery had essentially failed to do the job, and I am not saying this is a reason not to choose …
If I remove the prostate for prostate cancer I’m cured right? Maybe! The importance of the Partin table.
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 …
What’s new about this? It’s what we’ve been doing for years.
Prostate Cancer Goes to Washington PCF Hosts Discussion on Capitol Hill about the PSA TestA flurry of confusing research about the benefits of PSA testing has left many men and their physicians reticent to use a test that may be life-saving, says a panel of prostate cancer experts. The experts who gathered on Capitol Hill in …
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proxy headlines and prostate cancer-sex drive is different than impotence-Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘Love never dies’ composer
Prostate cancer op ruins Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sex life By ANIMarch 16th, 2010 LONDON - Music composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed that his sex drive has been affected after prostate cancer treatment. The 61-year-old ‘Love Never Dies’ composer, who has been married thrice, underwent a surgery to fight the disease. “Sex drive does take …
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 …
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