When you think about it there are only about two things you can do to treat prostate cancer. You can take the prostate and the cancer within out You can treat the prostate with some form of energy If you take it out you can do it by hand (open) or use laparoscopic instruments with …
Circumcision and Prostate Cancer….What will they think of next?
One of my favorite topics in a little Sunday School class I have taught for 20 or so years is circumcision. Why? Well, Paul had quite the time convincing the gentiles to go along with being a follower of Jesus if it meant fulfilling the Jewish covenant of circumcision. Remember the Jews had the circumcision on …
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An environmentalist, prostate cancer and the proton machine- What do they all have in common?
I got a big kick out of this article about the Proton therapy machine and its application to prostate cancer. First of all it is informative and several doctors of various persuasion are interviewed: We learn that it is a very expensive machine to purchase. It takes a very large building to house it. …
prostate cancer decision making a lot like trying to save a tooth….use all the arrows in the quiver my friend!
So how is one of my back top left side tooth like prostate cancer decision-making? I crack , a small crack, a tooth eating ice about three years ago. I ignore the crack and slowly with each successive almond or cube of ice the crack gets bigger. The tooth now began to hurt with anything hard forcing me …
If continence is that one most important factor don’t choose removing your prostate for prostate cancer.
My Dog Calendar for 2012 Don't buy it...just click the preview button. I bet you'll see a dog or two you recognize. Since my book has been written I see a lot of patients who show up for a second opinion. I get to hear first hand the impressions made by the original urologist. Sometimes it's …
prostate cancer message boards vs. the doctor. who ya gonna listen to?
A question (slightly amended for privacy) from a message board. I am so happy to report that my husband's bone scan, x-ray and cat scan all came back negative and the doctor feels the cancer is contained to him prostate. I understand it could actually be a bit outside which won't show up on any …
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“Battling” prostate cancer is more a mental thing than a physical thing. What did Yogi say? “50% mental?”
If it's true for baseball can it be true for cancer? I have a friend who feels he is divorced today because his wife could not handle the ramifications of the treatment of prostate cancer particularly the recovery to potency or lack thereof. He felt she felt he was "damaged goods." When I learned I …
2011 in review PROSTATE CANCER prostate diaries
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here's the sad thing...I do a post for fun about bleeding scrotums and whadaya know? It's the number one viewed post. Go figure. Happy new year! Here's an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about …
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why doesn’t prostate diaries mention (specifically) proton therapy or HIFU for the treatment of prostate cancer?
Ross commented on How I as a urologist made my "Decision." As I work my way through the treatment decision, I find myself gravitating to either Proton Radiation Treatment or HIFU - high frequency focused ultrasound but I am surprised that you make no mention of either of these options. My post on HIFU The …
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