Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
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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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? 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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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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If you look at prostate diaries you'll see a story called "Diaper Diaries..the screenplay." In the story there is reference to a party that I gave for the OR staff at our hospital about ten days after my prostatectomy. The fourth annual " Pig Jig" was held this past weekend, not at Lake Lanier but at …
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 …
I am working on a movie starring the prostate using as the background a song that my brother Rushton wrote years ago...here are some of the lyrics....think of it as the prostate waiting patiently just inside the male's body, harboring asymptomatic prostate cancer, to be examined and then to be taken care of. It's the …
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Several things...this may ramble a bit. First of all the above is a key chain that the guy that sells the Erec-tech vacuum pump for erectile dysfunction gives me when he comes by. This little trinket was all it took for me the doctor to agree to see him when he comes by. He knows …
From International Journal of Impotence Research Motivations for Seeking Treatment for ED: The Woman's Perspective M P McCabe; H Conaglen; J Conaglen; E O'Connor Posted: 03/29/2010; Int J Impot Res. 2010;22(2):152-158. © 2010 Nature Publishing Group Abstract and Introduction Abstract There is increasing evidence that partners have a major role in treatment-seeking behavior for men …
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 …
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