Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
The ability to do as she pleases and "calm as a hurricane"...they got that right! Mother's Day circa 1994: You were born in the Depression years. You were named after your fathers' mother - Jennie Cooper. As a child, you could skate faster and ride a bike better than any boy in LaGrange, Georgia. You …
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Common searches about sex that end up on my site and some other various tidbits for you... Having sex the night before having a PSA drawn can elevate the value. Having sex before the Prostatic Acid Phosphatase will probably elevate the value. A rectal exam before having the PSA drawn will not elevate the value. …
Remember the uproar of the doctors missing the timing of the Lockerbie bomber and he was released to Libya to die in a predicted three months? No one at the time could figure out why such a missed diagnosis and what pressures Libya could possibly bring to bear on his captors to gain his release? Well...I …
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Recent comment/question on this blog I recently had a PSA of 17 and so saw a urologist and he ordered antibiotics for a month and another test. Tested the same and so he performed a biopsy with the 12 small cores you mentioned. Biopsy came back negative for cancer. I should mention there have been …
Author interview for the "The Decision. Your prostate biopsy shows cancer now what?"
The rectal refusal syndrom in the male. A cartoon. A primer on the prostate and prostate cancer and a cartoon demonstration of why prostate cancer is often diagnosed too late to cure. It's a " male " thing!
In a particularly harried situation, one sagging breast said to another: If we don't get some support soon...we are going to be nuts!
Prostate Diaries 