ONLINEATHENS.COM Doctor writes book as a prostate cancer survivor080310living1joe.vanhoose@onlineathens.com For some 20 years, Dr. John McHugh had watched his patients struggle with what to do after he told them they had prostate cancer. Doctor writes book as a prostate cancer survivor By Joe VanHoose - joe.vanhoose@onlineathens.com Published Tuesday, August 03, 2010 For …
Bill Aucoin, Kiss, Billy Idol, Cutthroat Trout, and Post Modern Music, Fly fishing, and of course that ole chestnut…Prostate cancer.
Each fall for about 15 years some friends and I went hiking and fishing out west to some of the nicest trout waters and areas in the world. Above is one of my favorite pictures. On this particular occasion we were in Idaho on the Selway river in the Bitteroot Wilderness very near where Lewis and Clark traversed in …
ADT, LHRH agonists,Lockerbie bomber,ProstaScint,Hormone refractory prostate cancer,and…questions from Janice
July 22, 2010 Dear Dr. McHugh – Your primer is very interesting, but after reading it, I have a few general questions. First if all, if a patient has a rising PSA after his initial treatment, how far do you let the PSA rise before initiating more treatments, and are the additional treatments always the …
the vicissitudes of prostate cancer, androgen deprivation – “hormone” therapy and how it relates to the locerbie bomber
If you comprehend the previous post and this one you will more fully understand the stories that will come out about the Lockerbie bomber's " missed life expectancy" prediction and some of the nuances of Androgen Deprivation Therapy. (ADT) In the ideal scenario one has his prostate cancer treated with whichever modality he chooses and the …
When it comes to prostate cancer decision making…It’s all about you!
Pt's often ask their doctor, " What would you do if you were me? or as it pertains to prostate cancer, "What would you recommend if I were your father?" I am also frequently asked, " What would you do if it were you?" (Most patients that I see and particularly the newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients don't …
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“Who are you” trumps more prostate cancer information regardless of the format.
I think this is a very reasonable study. The newly diagnosed prostate cancer couple should all of the resources available to them to make " The Decision." All of the factors play a role in the ultimate choice. What the multi-media doesn't address is that before a patient and family can choose anything they must …
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Want to make a difference? Prostate cancer online sexuality survey for survivors and partners. Dr. Jo-an Baldwin Peters (PhD)
Dr. Jo-an Baldwin Peters (PhD) is conducting a survey on sexuality in regards to the prostate cancer survivor and the partner of a survivor. Judging by the search queries that my site gets, questions about sexuality after prostate cancer treatment, particularly prostatectomy, is an area of intense concern. There is very little written about it …
penis vests, anthurium, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer-overview of ED options-6 things you can do
Several things...this may ramble a bit. First of all the above is a key chain that the guy that sells the Erec-tech vacuum pump for erectile dysfunction gives me when he comes by. This little trinket was all it took for me the doctor to agree to see him when he comes by. He knows …
One man’s view of life one year after prostate cancer treatment-Jim Tucker and prostablog
New Zealand is a favorite post-urologic residency destination. They have a very good urologic medical community and I have two friends that did a fellowship there. That Mr. Tucker speaks of being sexually active after a prostatectomy bespeaks of the folks over there performing a prostatectomy the right way ( I also noted the length …
prostate cancer and the walnut and other fruits and vegetables the prostate is akin to
Urologists, and all physicians for that matter, are known to describe organs or other medical abnormalities in terms of something a patient can easily understand or identify with. I usually describe kidney stones in terms of various vegetables , i.e. a 5 mm ureteral stone is the size of an english pea. A 1 cm stone, …
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