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A new door opens

keenorr wrote 3 days ago: Today I opened a new door when I spoke before a group of nursing students about living with an ostom … more →

Tags: Coping, help others, Resources, hospital, incision, ostomy nurse, recovery, Surgery

"Worst Night Ever" + Possible Torn Retina = Visit to ER for My Unhappy Wife9 comments

John Shore wrote 3 days ago: This is what my wife's inner child has felt like lately (This is a continuation of my recent pos … more →

Tags: autobiography, doctors, Dr. Reuben Yoo, Emergency Care, emergency room, hospital, Medicine, Operation, ophthalmologist

When Trumpeting Angels Sound Just Like Passing Gas13 comments

John Shore wrote 1 week ago: After a frighteningly long operation and three days in the hospital my wife Cat and I have returned … more →

Tags: carbon dioxide, doctors, hospital, laproscopic surgery, medical worries, Medicine, Operation, sick wife, sleeping in hospital

Why Can't I Have Any Drugs?12 comments

John Shore wrote 1 week ago: How hard would it be to leave a bowl of these in the room? (Update: 3:30 p.m. PST, 11/25/09. Cat won … more →

Tags: autobiography, doctors, hospital, hospital waiting room, medical worries, Medicine, Operation, sick wife, sleeping in hospital

Risk Assessment: Are Medical Treatments Overseas Worth it?

meghanakamdar wrote 5 months ago: When it comes to medical treatments, one doesn’t typically think of traveling halfway across t … more →

Tags: Tourism, Medical Tourism, medical tourism, surgeries abroad, medical treatments abroad, medical vacation, medical treatments, hospitals overseas, Risks

MY PROSTATE STORY: Why I catch the bus

Jim Tucker wrote 5 months ago: PART 22 of My PC Adventure: full story HERE> I now catch the bus. So! A lot of people do, every d … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, erectile function, After Effects, Good news recovery stories, doctors advice, Dietary intervention, Prostate blogs, Prostate cancer recovery, Prostate

PROSTATE REHAB: Five concepts underpin treatment for erectile dysfunction

Jim Tucker wrote 5 months ago: JUNE 12: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: Appreciating the value of penile rehabilitation requires unde … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, radical prostatectomy, erectile function, Prostate research, After Effects, treatment debate, Prostate cancer recovery, Prostate, prostatectomy

PROSTATE TREATMENT: Longer time to testosterone recovery lower risk of death

Jim Tucker wrote 5 months ago: JUNE 12: URO TODAY: A study has been done on whether the risk of death is associated with the time t … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, radical prostatectomy, Treatment News, Prostate research, Radiotherapy, testosterone treatment, hormone therapy, Prostate cancer recovery, Prostate

PROSTATE RECOVERY: NY Times journo writes of his come-back from surgery

Jim Tucker wrote 6 months ago: JUNE 1: NEW YORK TIMES:  “My goal last fall was to recover from surgery for prostate cancer an … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, radical prostatectomy, After Effects, Good news recovery stories, Radiotherapy, Prostate media coverage, survival, hormone therapy, Prostate cancer recovery

PROSTATE SURGERY: New method to predict how long incontinence will last

Jim Tucker wrote 6 months ago: MAY 25: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFO-LINK:  A group of German researchers has developed a method to pred … more →

Tags: After Effects, catheters, Incontinence, Prostate Cancer, prostate prognosis, Prostate research, radical prostatectomy, Cancer Research, duration of urinary incontinence

Survived

whiterose52 wrote 6 months ago: So, I survived the procedure…no problems. Not happy with the hospitalization after, however. T … more →

Tags: surgery, Surgery, Health Care, narcotics

PROSTATE CARE: New guidelines out on prostate cancer, nutrition and exercise

Jim Tucker wrote 6 months ago: MAY 14: MARKET WATCH:  The latest science-based guidelines on nutrition and exercise as they relate … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Natural Remedies, Avoidance, Prostate risks, Dietary intervention, Prostate advice, Prostate, prostablog, Nutrition

PROSTATE RECOVERY: Diet and exercise plans slow decline after cancer treatment

Jim Tucker wrote 6 months ago: MAY 14: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION:  A diet and exercise regime reduced the rate of … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Prostate research, After Effects, Dietary intervention, Prostate advice, survival, Prostate cancer recovery, Prostate, Cancer Research

OUR PROSTATE STORY: A wife's side of the tale

artylin2 wrote 7 months ago: PART 18 of My (Our) PC Adventure:  see the full story HERE> By LIN TUCKER A few of weeks before C … more →

Tags: biopsy, brachytherapy, Capital & Coast District Health Board, catheters, Checkups, Diagnosis, doctors advice, Gleason grade, Good news recovery stories

MY PROSTATE STORY: As Freud said - it all comes down to sex

Jim Tucker wrote 7 months ago: PART 16 of My PC Adventure (read full story HERE>) Freud said that in the end everything comes do … more →

Tags: After Effects, erectile function, Prostate Cancer, cialis, Erectile Dysfunction, erections after prostatectomy, impotence clinic, inflatable penile prosthesis, Levitra

PROSTATE STRESS: Stress management before surgery aids recovery

Jim Tucker wrote 7 months ago: CANCER CONSULTANTS.COM: Men who received two sessions of stress management before undergoing radical … more →

Tags: radical prostatectomy, Treatment News, Prostate research, After Effects, treatment debate, Prostate, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Treatment, prostate cancer treatments

MY PROSTATE STORY: Two out of three ain't bad

Jim Tucker wrote 7 months ago: PART 15 of My PC Adventure (read full story HERE> ) “It’s good news…” the … more →

Tags: After Effects, Capital & Coast District Health Board, Incontinence, Prostate Cancer, PSA tests, radical prostatectomy, urination, bladder, Gleasons test

Peeing like an 18-year-old...yes!

Jim Tucker wrote 7 months ago: PART 13 of My PC Adventure (read the full story HERE) The 18-year-old occupies a mystical place in t … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, radical prostatectomy, urination, catheters, Incontinence, Capital & Coast District Health Board, After Effects, Prostate, piddle stream

My Catheter - mon amour

Jim Tucker wrote 7 months ago: PART 12 of My PC Adventure (read full story HERE) Love him or not, Mr Catheter becomes a dominant pa … more →

Tags: After Effects, catheters, Prostate Cancer, radical prostatectomy, urination, bladder, catheter, district health nurse, painkillers


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