He adds that, in general, 15 to 25 percent of men whose initial biopsy shows a low-risk prostate tumor will actually have a high-grade cancer upon further review of the entire prostate once it is removed. So...how big a boy are you? It seems to me that some patients wear the decision to pursue …
Of prostate cancer, post treatment ED, worms, Larry Munson, and a joke.
This is a picture of one of my sons when I lived in Augusta, Georgia in the early eighties. He is in a little garden I had behind our house on Ellis Street. I have always had a garden and have always had " home-grown" tomatoes in the summer. " Ain't nothing like em." It …
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How about live rectal exams at baseball games? Dr. Oz where are you?
The story of Michael Milken: His investment history, the trial, prison stint, getting prostate cancer and then turning all that into PCF and subsequently the relationship with MLB is truly something to marvel at. If you haven't already, the Wikipedia history is very interesting to read. I can't wait to see how they are going to decorate …
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Did you know this about prostate cancer? Volume 1.
Did you know? From " The Decision" · You have a higher incidence of bladder or rectal cancer after having received radiation. · Frank Zappa, Bill Bixby, and Dan Fogelberg died in their fifties from prostate cancer, all within three years of diagnosis. · One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at …
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Used cars and prostate cancer and bias…the doctor and the patient can both be biased.
If all you have is a hammer...the whole world is a nail. My brother Bob once sold used cars. It was always humorous to him how customers would come in with cost comparisons that had been obtained from either another dealership or the internet. The customer, in my brother’s view, almost always had a false …
ten things that patients make a decision on what to do about their newly diagnosed prostate cancer on the wrong premise….. Oh what men do… what men do daily…what men dare do not knowing what they do…. Shakesphere
chloe, pepsi, the van, the lake, and a mophead hydrangea...these are some of my favorite things.....Mary Poppins? There are so many nuances and particulars about prostate cancer and the treatments and the aftermath... that very few people " get." So..... let me let you into the " informed and enlightened" circle. In order: Concepts that the …
Team Winter/ Athletes for a Cure- Is this not just the most moving thing ever?
Winter's Page Michael's Journey-Note the reference to Polka music I wanted to add Michael Vinecki to my Amazon.com list of Famous and Interesting Men with Prostate Cancer. Here's the deal with Listmania...there has to be a product on Amazon to be listed. ( That's how I got on the list....not famous but some might argue …
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the dreaded prostate biopsy revealed
I had my biopsy done by a partner during lunch. I took an antibiotic and nothing for pain. My partner did attempt a prostate block but it did not work. He took about 16 samples and it lasted about 20 minutes. It was very uncomfortable. My biopsy experience. I am trying to think if I under …
Moishe Rosen’s (1932-2010) perspective on terminal prostate cancer one year ago-poignant
I remember the things that went through my head when the realization that I had prostate cancer took hold. For me the toughest part was waiting on the biopsy and wondering if I had the "bad" kind. I now refer to that as the Frank Zappa kind. Then there was the part of knowing I …
Don’t you dare let that mean ole urologist biopsy your prostate for profit!
It's funny... Richard Ablin kept on referring to all the money that urologists make doing biopsies and PSAs. When people start striking right at the money that " those rich doctors" make, I'm sorry, I just tune out. To me this mindset has a preconceived notion that then flavors and influences that person's view of the whole subject. …
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