Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
Okay you know I do the prostate thing and in fact it happens daily that I see someone in my office who comes specifically to me for advice about prostate cancer diagnosed by another doctor. These patients like their urologist...they just want the perspective of someone who treats prostate cancer and has been through it himself. I …
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In my book I mention that a second opinion is a good idea once the urologist tells you that you have prostate cancer. I add that it is probably best to get a second opinion with a radiation therapist, i.e you already have spoken with a urologist. Well...one of the things that happens now on …
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Did I treat you fairly? (From "The Decision") When I was a freshman at North Georgia College in the spring of 1974, I had this plastic football with a screw-off top that could hold about a quart of my favorite liquid. Other than the fact that it was plastic, one might never know its true …
Good Day to you Dr John – you have the best worlds – Fishing (I love it too) Dogs, old cars, a good wife, Canning and Humor! Today my husband went and had his PSA, and Tersterone levels drawn for his appointment with his urologist next Wednesday the 10th, I haven’t commented on last month’s …
A little lady in her 70's did this for me...look familiar?
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Question: I am 4 weeks past robotic radical prostatectomy and 2.5 weeks after catheter removal. I do not have any urge to urinate. The only urine stream I get is after lying down and then the stream is only 1-2 seconds in duration. However, I have constant leakage throughout the day/night and must change …
Top 10 Online Influencers -Prostate Cancer. What? The above site will ultimately be a very good "arrow in your quiver" for prostate cancer information in the future.
Continued from the place on my face removed, retrieved from the trash, found put in formalin and then in my pocket and then to the 1994 car with old as hell tires to find that one is flat. It is a humid but not overly hot early September day in North Georgia. Without missing a …
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