men are not prisoners of fate...they are prisoners of their own minds.....FDR- that's a 1966 Ford Mustang-289-original body style John...nothing you drive has an airbag...a lot of people depend on you...buy a new car! The Five Reasons:You don't have radiation in your body the rest of your life.You don't have radiation in your body the rest of …
prostate cancer: no voiding symptoms don’t mean no cancer
The above illustration is from "The Decision" now the number one book on Kindle for the subject of prostate cancer on amazon.com "But I don't have any voiding symptoms doc." "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." Podbean podcast prostate diaries.......minute on the subject and this silly and trite objection An interesting question on Podbean
prostate diaries question: do urologists recommend active surveillance for prostate cancer? well….hell yea!
One of my heroes of all time is Will Rogers. If you have not read a book about him....do it. He is the best. He was a Rush Limbaugh of sorts in the early 1900's. My son, Sam is an Eagle Scout, and he and I hiked for two weeks in New Mexico at Philmont. …
Can you get cancer if you have sex with a man who has prostate cancer?
So...A dream I had as a child was a pool with a lap lane. I love to swim and when I was younger , I was actually quite the swimmer. I rarely lost a race in any stroke. There was a boy in Columbus, Georgia who regularly beat me...but no one else. I ruled …
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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 …
2010 in review-Thanks to all for a great first year opining about prostate cancer.
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 42,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj Mahal, it would …
It was never really about if the PSA saved lives…it was all about cost.
Doug Gray's book regarding "For" or "Against" Screening (Uh Oh....that means a PSA!) Resources from HONselect PSA Test Does Cut Prostate Cancer Deaths, Study Finds Swedish report adds to controversy over the usefulness of the blood screen By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Adding to the ongoing debate on the …
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a joke a patient told me…a new feature of prostate diaries- when it comes to prostate cancer…sometimes you just have to laugh
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!
Pappa’s got a brand new bag…… and James Brown had prostate cancer too! The hardest working man in show “bisnis.”
A couple of things: First of all, reports of the famous and their " battle with prostate cancer" is a bit deceiving. Here it states that James Brown was treated for prostate cancer in Atlanta and is in remission. What does that mean? I looked all over for details. If I had to guess, he …
there is no free ride-pick your poison
There is no free ride, pick your poison
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