Summer is a good time to be a urologist in Georgia. Here's how it goes. An older patient comes in and has a tan. I ask, " How is your garden this year?" The response, " The tomatoes are just coming in." I say," I'll do half the work. You grow them and I'll help …
What song is on the flip side of the Beatles “Let it be?” Prostate cancer blog wants to know the name.
Okay then....who played the sax for the song? The song by the Beatles on the flip side of "Let it be" circa 1970 has always been a favorite of mine , but most likely most of you have never heard it and if you did and even if you claim to be a Beatle affectionado …
Prostate Cancer: Do you need to have a second opinion…on the biopsy path report?
About the above picture...there is no way that Penelope could not be chosen for a calendar. Is she beautiful or what? Second opinion on a prostate biopsy to be sure that a positive finding is indeed prostate cancer? Been there done that? What I did was to ask for additional stains to prove it was …
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Hot tubs linked to prostate cancer…well everything else is!
In the picture above we all have on our hiking gear and this is probably a shot just before locking the car and beginning the hike, when we thought we were really going to go hiking. All the shirts so nice and clean, the boots, sunglasses, camera, rain gear, socks and sock liners that wick...yes …
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Obamacare and prostate cancer-The USPSTF…meet your new urologist.
When this all comes down what all the folks saying about doctors quitting is only partially true. It should be said that, "The doctors (me included) who can quit from a financial standpoint, will. How will ObamaCare affect prostate cancer screening? by Paul Hsieh, MD | When President Obama turned 50 last year, he made …
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Cheech and Chong and Prostate Cancer and Cannabis.
When I think of Cheech and Chong I think of a 1969 Camaro that my brother gave me in high school. Rushton bought the car almost new while he was working for Lockhead. Rushton was going to Kennesaw College as well and the money he was making per hour was more than anyone in my family was making. …
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The greatest generation, heaven, and nothing to do with prostate cancer.
I absolutely loved my sometimes imperfect mother. I don't care about this or that or stuff my father said as to why he divorced her and ran off with a "hussy" to Alaska as my grandmother described the situation. She smoked, quit college, joined the Coast Guard during WWII and then had five boys and …
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Using the good he gave me genetically and trying to ward off the bad memories of his actions…
From the "Decision" Part Two – “Who are you?” and why it matters “Dr. McHugh, what would you advise me to do if I were your father?” I am asked this question very often after telling a family that a biopsy shows prostate cancer. I almost anticipate it and have to be careful …
Prostate cancer, The U.S. Coast Guard and my mother the “Spar.”
Okay so a high-ranking official in the Coast Guard is found to have cancer and has plans to have surgery at Bethesda Hospital. I don't know this but they probably don't do the robotic method there...that's just a side note...it is of no consequence. It is still news, somehow and some way famous people who …
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Rusty McHugh, my birthday pending, Bose Radios, Cowboy movies, and the Florabama…prostate cancer…
A couple of things about my deceased brother Rushton. First of all of my four brothers he was always the kindest to me. Jeff my youngest brother doesn't count...as mother said he was "the baby." Rushton always chose me to be on his team in football...he could throw and I could catch and we were deadly, …
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