If you comprehend the previous post and this one you will more fully understand the stories that will come out about the Lockerbie bomber's " missed life expectancy" prediction and some of the nuances of Androgen Deprivation Therapy. (ADT) In the ideal scenario one has his prostate cancer treated with whichever modality he chooses and the …
more about prostate cancer as it relates to androgen suppression and the lockerbie bomber next time…got sidetracked
My beloved daughter is going to Macon, Ga to get a masters in nursing in August. She wanted a Border Collie like the one she had out west. My wife and I agreed, I suggested waiting until she got to Macon and her own place to get a new dog. A new dog to me means …
How is it that one of the most healthy men in the world dies of prostate cancer at 62 only five years after diagnosis?
Andy Ripley: Rugby union international who later became a champion rower and successful businessman By Gavin Evans Saturday, 19 June 2010 Andy Ripley, who died on Thursday at the age of 62 after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, was renowned as a rampaging No 8 for the England rugby union side, but he was …
When it comes to prostate cancer decision making…It’s all about you!
Pt's often ask their doctor, " What would you do if you were me? or as it pertains to prostate cancer, "What would you recommend if I were your father?" I am also frequently asked, " What would you do if it were you?" (Most patients that I see and particularly the newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients don't …
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“Who are you” trumps more prostate cancer information regardless of the format.
I think this is a very reasonable study. The newly diagnosed prostate cancer couple should all of the resources available to them to make " The Decision." All of the factors play a role in the ultimate choice. What the multi-media doesn't address is that before a patient and family can choose anything they must …
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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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Anything that raises awareness of prostate cancer is good. Men need an “awareness gene” like women have.
It's a funny thing. I think there are two types of men when it comes to medical care and particularly prostate cancer awareness. One set of men I see are patients who are all over the disease. They are aware of family members that have had prostate cancer, they may have a wife that is very proactive …
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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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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Obstructive voiding symptoms and its significance in the “Decision” of what to do about the newly diagnosed prostate cancer…what i did.
My wife and daughter went to the beach recently and as my usual custom I stayed to work to pay for my many ill-advised investments. So...what to do with the pepster,(our most wonderful chocolate lab, have you by chance seen any of her pictures?). I ask one a member of my staff if she would …
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