A guy goes to a urologist because of difficulty with sexual function. The urologist greets him and then escorts him to a room. " My nurse will be in, in a moment." The attractive and provocatively dressed nurse enters the exam room, undresses the patient and then "does things to him." "Wow" the patient says. …
The Decision, a prostate cancer book by a urologist who’s a patient- A book review. Good or bad?
I love the part about, " McHugh got the name of his surgeon from a traveling salesman." Too funny! Well, the book is about making a decision about what to do...not who will do it. It turns out my drug rep was right on. The US Review of Books // The Decision: Your prostate biopsy shows cancer... …
If you are 40 or older, you need a baseline prostate exam and psa to check for prostate cancer.
Once you know that you are not "one in a thousand" that has the very aggressive form of prostate cancer at a young age, you can then can do the screening every two years or so. That's reasonable enough is it not Mr. Brawley? They recommend colonoscopies that way. Don't that ole prostate deserve some …
prostate cancer, frank zappa, yellow snow and cancer sniffing dogs
It snowed in Georgia Sunday night and our town of Gainesville is at a standstill. I've cancelled forty or so patients and 10 or so procedures and much to the chagrin of my poor wife, am stuck at home. We've been walking where the dogs go and I have been careful not to eat the …
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a Bart Simpson ” damned if you do and damned if you don’t” issue..what to do with a high psa and one negative prostate biopsy?
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 …
Very candid discussion about prostate cancer and the dreaded two “I” s. Incontinence and Impotence following the treatment of Prostate cancer.
Prostate removal surgery and sex: 'Very few men... are the same as before' Incontinence, impotence two possible side effects By Denise Ryan, Vancouver Sun September 30, 2010 Comments (7) Francine Hardaway and her husband, the late Dr. Gerry Kaplan. Photograph by: Courtesy, Family VANCOUVER - Francine Hardaway, an entrepreneur …
used car salesman adage and prostate cancer decision making…..don’t be clever by half
http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/used-cars-and-prostate-cancer-decision-making/ Sap everyone and everything at your disposal to make the right decision for you based on specifics of "your disease" specific to you. A word to the wise is sufficient.- As my mother used to say.
an old urology joke exposes the “male awareness” problem with prostate cancer
It's cold in Georgia right now! HealthMad article on male misconceptions contributing to delay in diagnosis of prostate cancer and "male awareness refusal syndrome."
31 st anniversary “best decision i ever made”
So today is my 31 th anniversary, and I remember my wedding like yesterday. I almost remember the vows that my wife insisted we memorize as opposedt to just repeating the preacher. She messed up - I didn't. Honeymooned in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla in an aunts house in December. 15 hour or so drive to …
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Bp oil spill, orange beach alabama, prostate cancer and the lockerbie bomber
The intrigue involved with the Lockerbie bomber has been addressed on this blog before. There are now reports that he is near death. What I don't understand is why it was important that Gaddafi wanted him back so badly. If he is indeed dying then the doctors that made the pronouncement that his death was …
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