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. …
What’s wrong about what this urologist was “quoted” to have said about Eddie Montgomery’s prostate cancer?
Read the following report see what you think about the quotes and conclusions of Mr. Montgomery's surgery. I read for my wife the article and she asked, " So, he will never need another PSA will he? The doctor said he was cured right?" Report of Eddie Montgomery's Surgery and Prognosis
One of Frank Zappa’s last interviews before succumbing to prostate cancer at age 52 two years after diagnosis.
If you have spent anytime on my little ole site here, you might think that I am obsessed with Frank Zappa. Well, I am not. The deal is that we have very little real life stuff to watch that makes you feel, I mean really and gutturally feel, the tragedy that is a man being …
When it comes to whether you should choose prostate cancer surveillance or not…Well, how big a boy are ya?
He adds that, in general, 15 to 25 percent of men whose initial biopsy shows a low-risk prostate tumor will actually have a high-grade cancer upon further review of the entire prostate once it is removed. So...how big a boy are you? It seems to me that some patients wear the decision to pursue …
Prostate cancer humor and the dreaded rectal exam- an exam that the male does not want and one that the doctor can easily be persuaded not to do.
From the "Decision"- The perfect storm. "So the perfect storm: common misconceptions that give men a false sense of security, an exam they do not want to have done, and the resultant flawed rationalization to skip a prostate evaluation. All of these factors contribute to missed opportunities for early detection."
I don’t want a “Gaines” shot.
'Prostatic Evasive Anterior Tumours': The Role Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 31 Jan 2010 UroToday.com - In this recent article, we review our experience and delineate the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in identifying patients presenting with a raised prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level and clinical findings suggestive of anterior predominant tumors, which appear to be …
Active surveillance-You have to have the biopsy first.
My "mentality" did not favor surveillance. A person's mentality will be very important in the treatment he chooses.
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