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Christopher Lukas

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posted 10/27/2006, comments (0)

Seed Implantation Revisited

I had lunch with Zack yesterday. In ten days, he’ll get his seed implantation (brachytherapy); he’s been having some anxiety about it, but nothing he can’t handle. The hormone shot he had in July gave him a diminution in sex drive, and I thought that would make a good reason to revisit the whole question of seed implantation. If you go... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/19/2006, comments (0)

Prostatectomy for an 80-something-year-old

Editor's Note: A new Mayo Clinic Cancer Center study indicates that prostatectomy does not need to be automatically excluded as an option for octogenarians. The father of a friend of mine turned 88. Shortly afterwards, he had a massive heart attack, and went into the hospital for a bypass. During the tests that went along with that procedure,... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Rick Wirtz

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posted 10/13/2006, comments (0)

Balancing Hope and Realism

This has been a sad week as people in my community have had to say goodbye to wonderful woman who lost her seven-year battle with breast cancer. She was an inspiration to many people because of her incredible spirit and enthusiasm for life. She was bright, inquisitive, and “did her homework” about breast cancer, always looking for new... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/12/2006, comments (0)

Update on Zack and Paul

Zack and Paul’s situations have changed, once again! Paul, who, as you may recall from two of my earlier posts, kept refusing to do anything like a biopsy, went back yet again to get a PSA test. This was his third or fourth. His urologist had said that a PSA of 4 was normal, and that Paul’s PSA had been at 5.3, which was “bad,” and now it... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/05/2006, comments (0)

Taking The Lead – Communicating with Others about Your Diagnosis and Treatment

Over the last several weeks I’ve been writing about some of the upsetting things that people say without even knowing that they have hurt you. In this week’s blog I’ll be turning the tables and addressing what happens when people don’t know what to say at all. In the women’s group that I’ve mentioned several times in the past, I heard... Read more Chevron

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