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When the prostate is removed, the bladder is separated from the urethra (the tube that runs through the penis which men void through). After the prostate is out, the doctor then sews the two areas back together. It takes about 7-10 days for this to heal. A catheter is placed through the tip of the penis in …
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It snowed in Georgia Sunday night and our town of Gainesville is at a standstill. I've cancelled forty or so patients and 10 or so procedures and much to the chagrin of my poor wife, am stuck at home. We've been walking where the dogs go and I have been careful not to eat the …
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http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/used-cars-and-prostate-cancer-decision-making/ Sap everyone and everything at your disposal to make the right decision for you based on specifics of "your disease" specific to you. A word to the wise is sufficient.- As my mother used to say.
orators become dumb... when beauty speaketh-shakesphere Okay...one more time. sex drive is called libido and is dependent on testosterone testosterone is not affected by removing the prostate testosterone is produced by the testicles and gets into the body through the blood stream independent of the prostate potency is the ability to get an erection an …
Review of "Salvage" options if prostate cancer comes back after radiation. One of the most common reasons I am given by patients choosing to have their prostate removed is the argument that one can do radiation after surgery but you can't (easily) do surgery after radiation. It is a valid argument and I think …
Proton-photon...it's all the same to me…. Comparing the two as it relates to the treatment of prostate cancer. Iceberg-Feinberg it's all the same to me. Commentary on Proton therapy-Cost and "bang for the buck" concerns. Did you know that for some prostate cancers a photon is better than a proton? I have asked a physicist, who I …
Bored to Death Recap: The Bubble Bursts Photo: Barry Wetcher/HBO Bored to Death SEASON The Gowanas Canal Has Gonorrhea! The third episode of Bored to Death’s second season gets off to a pretty sober start, as Sexy Urologist of a Certain Age tells George that he’s STD-free (yay!), but, alas, not stage-two-prostate-cancer-free (boo!). The good doctor …
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From "The Decision" Think apples to apples, prostates to prostates. A little knowledge – Don’t get too cute with what you’ve learned from your research; there is no reason to “go it alone” in making your decision. Don’t be clever by half. On one particular occasion, however it has happened countless times, I had just …
If you have spent anytime on my little ole site here, you might think that I am obsessed with Frank Zappa. Well, I am not. The deal is that we have very little real life stuff to watch that makes you feel, I mean really and gutturally feel, the tragedy that is a man being …
July 22, 2010 Dear Dr. McHugh – Your primer is very interesting, but after reading it, I have a few general questions. First if all, if a patient has a rising PSA after his initial treatment, how far do you let the PSA rise before initiating more treatments, and are the additional treatments always the …
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