The link below is to an interesting news article-plus-short-video about a local cancer charity for kids that has operated here in Gainesville for about twenty years now, but now feels its time to...
A small item, but one that most, quite possibly all, of us know about. You've just checked in with the receptionist in your uro's office for your appointment. She hands you a clipboard with some...
(Sorry if this thread is a little long, it just got so fascinating to me as I wrote it, that I lost track of how extended it was getting. But just skim through the interview Q&A's with the Copilot...
I started out by asking Copilot Q: have any hospitals or medical facilities been burned or closed in the los angeles fires Its answer: A: yes, the recent wildfires in Los Angeles have caused...
Last October Elon Musk attended the Prostate Cancer Foundation's 24th Annual Gala in the Hamptons, a black-tie celebrity fundraiser event, at which Michael Milken, active in the PCF, interviewed him:...
Jim - Thanks. 81...
Lynnwood said: "You do realize that Healing Well has been sold, and none of those people are involved anymore, right?" NO, I was not aware of that. I do remember the post from last year about the...
A new year often brings new challenges and new friends. But it can also be an opportunity to remind ourselves of the remaining presence of old friends we have had from earlier year(s), both human and...
At the recent family Christmas party at my cousin's house in Ocala, about 40 miles south of Gainesville, Florida, here where I am, there was something I noticed in the dining room. Inside a fancy...
Sometimes something is so obvious that it can slip right under our mental radar, and it helps to be reminded of it from time to time, that it's a December thing that can be done, and can possibly...
Merry Christmas, everyone! For another year, here's another short, but hopefully festive, videocard, wishing everyone a pleasant and enjoyable holiday season. And I'll bet most of you are sharp...
If right now 'tis the season to be jolly, it's also the season to be careful. Scenes like this one from the movie actually do happen in real life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUMf67JgT30 But...
Below link is to a short PSA about PSA, basically, encouraging wives, and significant others too I guess, to make a point of urging their men at Christmas time to go see a doctor for a checkup, maybe...
May the memories of your time together continue to be a source of joy for you. God bless!...
Four engineers (chemical, electrical, mechanical, and computer) are in a car going down a highway. Suddenly the car starts making strange noises, sputters, the engine dies, and the car rolls to a...
Down through history, the ringing of bells, especially large ones, has been a powerful way to recognize the significance of some major event, such as the birth of a sovereign, a victory on a...
"Does chocolate chip mint ice cream count?" Ask and you shall receive (the answer) : https://dessertswithbenefits.com/healthy-mint-chocolate-chip-ice-cream/ ...
Every now and then research finds that some enjoyable eating habit is actually good for our health, as well as pleasant on the tongue. A case in point apparently is consumption of dark chocolate....
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Cowboys Tex and Buck both keep their horses in the same corral. To help tell them apart, Tex shaves his horse’s mane short and Buck shaves his horse’s tail short. Unfortunately, after a while the...
Although being a couple of years old already, the positive thought in this seasonal message, sent out by a local urology practice here, still resonates in this holiday time:...
Before we leave the month of November in just a few days, it would seem appropriate to spend a little time, via a thread, on some facts about this month's event known as Movember. I say "event"...
A man and his pet giraffe walk into a bar. The man says to the bartender, "Two beers, please, one for me and one for my pal here." Though surprised, the bartender pours out two beers. While paying,...
When we hear the phrase "Make-A-Wish" along with "cancer," or "serious illness," we probably immediately think of children. But it seems there are also "Make-A-Wish" programs out there that operate...
When Noah landed the ark on Mt. Ararat, he shooed the animals out, saying, “Go! Go forth, be fruitful and multiply!” All of the animals left except two snakes. Noah said to them, “Go on! Go forth, be...
UF here in Gainesville recently started doing this with the Mobile Cancer Screening Connector, the name given to the cancer screening bus now out on the road to serve that portion of the population...
I had a long talk with my suitcases last night. I had to explain to them that “times are tough right now, so we can’t afford to go on vacation this year.” They were shocked and got pretty upset and...
While OT, maybe we can accept a thread on this topic because of the insight it might provide into the medical ethics behind this topic. Especially right now when politics and attendant campaign...
Having fun and doing good at the same time. Now THAT'S the spirit!...
The world's richest man is dying, and what bothers him the most about it is that no one in the afterlife will ever know just how rich he was. He starts to brood over this, so much so that his...
As usual, the advice provided by this forum's members is both relevant and sound. "Take the win ... " is advice which I shall indeed follow. And Pratoman's comment " ... my guess is you enjoy these...
Djin Tonic - I think my weight's been pretty consistent (195-200 lbs.) over the past year or so, but thanks for pointing out some additional reasons why PSA can even go meandering all about without...
Mumbo speaks wise words. But I think I was more puzzled than made uneasy by this event. Because when it come to PCa and all of its accompanying phenomena, it so often seems that it's just one oddity...
This latest annual appointment with him, last week, was actually pretty routine, but with one unexpected, and as noted, rather surprising development Namely, this year's PSA test result, which has...
Some goldie-oldie tunes with titles suggestive of Halloween themes. To enjoy on a pre-Halloween Friday! "Monster Mash" (Bobby Pickett, 1962) :...
When they say "doctors have seen and heard it all," that applies in a number of ways. And sometimes not in good ways. Sometimes there are patients who make requests of their doctors that are not only...
I'll also be 79 next year and I'm also opting for continued testing, indefinitely I imagine. Even though having had IMRT twelve years ago, and no ominous PSA rise in all that time since, I still want...
God made Adam and saw that Adam needed a companion. So God told Adam that he was going to make a creature called "woman," and that she was going to be the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen And she...
This thread's title is the title of the article linked below, which is a survey from the AMA on physicians' hobbies, the things they mostly like to do when off-duty from their medical practices. We...
Yes, another water monster comes through, and wreaks havoc and destruction on Florida, as so many times before. So what do we Floridians do? We rebuild. Then another one comes through and wreaks...
I'll be having my annual check-up with my uro later this month, and as part of it we'll see what my PSA is this time. (So far so good over the past several years!) But to do so, I'll first need to go...
Steve n Dallas: Yeah, what a pain, huh? It's almost as if the hurricanes get together in June each year and frequently decide that Florida will be their shooting gallery for that particular storm...
Jack64 - Thank you very much for the kind words! Much appreciated! Finishing up the post-storm clean-up today. Things getting back to the normal routine. I still have a few post-ready threads in the...
mattam said- "I wonder if the 81guy maybe has a '68 Malibu." Yeah, it would be great if I did! https://classiccars.com/listings/view/1153821/1968-chevrolet-malibu-for-sale-in-brainerd-minnesota-56401...
That's what Hurricane Helene did to me last Thursday through this past Monday. The right quadrant of the thing blew through Gainesville here last Thursday night, knocking down a 20-foot dogwood tree...
Scout32 - Something not brought up so far, but easy to look into and do, if you think you might be interested. Google-searching prostate cancer support groups caregivers brings up a number of...
Well done, Halbert! Another brother showing us that long-term survival (and even prospering!) after the beast has intruded into our lives is very doable!...
While the Gleason score for evaluating how aggressive an individual's PCa cells are behaving was developed around 1966, in 2014 the Grade Group system was put forth under the auspices of the...
One day a traveling salesman is driving down a back country road at about 30 mph when he notices that there is a three-legged chicken running alongside his car. He steps on the gas and gets his speed...
Not only that, but according to the article below he was first diagnosed with it at age 45, indicating that it must have been particularly aggressive. And yet he has managed to live with it for 22...