A pastor, a priest and a rabbi are in a boat fishing on a lake. After a bit, the pastor says, “I think I’ll go ashore, use the restroom, and buy some snacks. Do either of you gentlemen want...
For some people it would probably not be surprising. To others it might seem odd. That even a small percentage of medical students experience nausea and even outright fainting spells while observing...
A man walks up to a librarian and asks, "Do you have a book on Pavlov's dogs and Schrödinger's cat?" The librarian responds, "That rings a bell but I'm not sure if it's here or not." Two men walk...
Picture the following scenes. Scene 1. A med school student enters an exam room, greets the patient, and prepares to start an examination. But the patient, a young woman, has a panic attack, starts...
A little variation this week on the usual Friday humor jokes and stories. Rather than present for your amusement a joke or two, below is an article that I came across recently that discusses the...
It's likely that virtually all medical specialties, from M.D to Registered Dietician, require the passing of one or more qualifying exams, in order to achieve the right to practice in that area. Pass...
One more thing. While I'm at it, I would like to say something about the making of "OT" threads here, an aspect of it that I don't believe has been covered so far in the discussion. And it's...
Probably enough has already been said about this topic of OT threads here on the forum, and whether they need to be regulated more, or less, or whatever. Especially as to whether or not the presence...
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't. There were ten entries in a pun contest. But the judges decided none of them met the criteria for winning. No pun in ten...
I was able to locate a good bit about this test, and its current status as something potentially new and useful. That's because I found out that it's spelled "trublood" rather than "trueblood," which...
podcast (n.): a digital audio file made available on the internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device, typically available as a series, new installments of which can be received by...
Something I wasn't aware of until I came across it recently. I had heard of people having both an M.D. degree as well as a Ph.D, but had always assumed that they had accomplished this on their own. I...
mattam's mention of the Daytone 500 (going on right now, BTW) reminded me of something I had been meaning to do for a while, but never quite got around to it. Now I have. Namely, do a little research...
Technically this isn't a joke, it's real, but it certainly sounds like the background for a joke. You may have already read about it, as it has been reported on some news sites. It's the story about...
A business CEO was interviewing job applicants for the position of Chief Financial Officer of his company. He devised a test for choosing the most suitable candidate. He would simply ask each...
File this one under "PCa curiosities" I guess, as I'm assuming it's probably not the case that any of us will be personally much impacted by it one way or another. But maybe it's at least a little...
A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning. The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our...
We've all seen them of course. The cutesy little yellow and round cartoony faces, side by side on a scale, either pain-free and smiling happily (leftmost one), or grimacing in painful tears (right...
Congratulations, indeed, Wings! Your continued presence on this forum is a benefit for all!...
Well, I've learned something today. Like a number of you, I had given up on listening to modern (ca. 1990 on) popular music, as it had become stale and boring to me, lacking the imagination and...
I was having fun the other night watching and listening to Youtube videos of some of the great 1960s songs, when I came across and played "It's My Life " (The Animals, 1965). What I watched was...
Hah! Musical misinformation!...
Maybe we don't always realize it every day along the PCa journey, but perhaps there really are some plusses that accrue to us as we meet PCa and travel on with it. Maybe dealing with the beast really...
Re the origin of the term "Valley of Sickness" as a descriptor of this region, the article linked below is a rich source of information on how this phrase may have come to be. Note that I say may...
Then there's this, from the link below: "Q. I just turned 76 and I’m due for a colonoscopy. Am I old enough to skip this screening test? A. The answer is likely yes, unless your doctor thinks you...
Yep, this one's really dumb, but it did make me smile. What did the Texas cowboy say when he walked into the German automobile dealership? Audi....
Sometimes the ways people have attempted to deal with the beast can show up in unexpected places. An example follows Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) being, of course, the noted psychic. In addition to his...
Yes indeed, congratulations!...
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Todd - As a retiree myself for years and years now, I kind of sense in reading your post that on the whole you are finding the retirement days mostly to your liking. That's great! Best wishes for...
Not to mention another common false drop. Often when I am searching using "cancer" as a term, I get useless hits showing up about "cancer" the zodiac sign, or "cancer" and horoscopes. Especially...
Mary has cancer. She also has the courage and empathy to go online and talk about her situation on a cancer forum, in the hope that her story might help or inspire other cancer patients in their own...
This topic intrigued me to go looking for some hard data on occurrence and treatment of PCa in men specifically age 80 and older. The article linked below, probably typical of what I found, cites...
One day God came to Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said, "Noah, once again the earth has become wicked, and I will now see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and...
When, weatherwise, so much of the country took a right to the chin during the recent Christmas period, with such severe cold gripping so many of us, I suspect a lot of people, likely more than the...
Happy New Year, everyone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XReDA12dqXo ...
Sorry to distract from this thread's topic, but something interesting I learned while searching for a version of the song. "Unforgettable" was written by songwriter Irving Gordon in 1951. He had...
GoBucks - This is a classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1B2YR5FMxs but your version is pretty good too!...
Now that we are all at the end of another year, we inevitably begin to think about the passage of time in our lives, even if it's only the simple transition from one calendar year to another. Or,...
"And there is something really wrong with hearing -> I'm dreaming Of A White Christmas--by--Bing Crosby-- and liking it." Well, there's always the alternative version:...
Once again, at the end of another year, it is my pleasure to send best Christmas wishes to all, in hope that this holiday season will be very merry for you, and that the coming year will be a great...
Short Youtube video below showing the Employee Choir at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. It's made up of all kinds of staff members there we are told, from doctors to researchers to clerks,...
Ho! Ho! Ho! The link below is to a website for the "Worldwide Santa Claus Network," which bills itself as "The Best Professional Santa Claus School." It states: "With more than 4,800 members our...
Maybe another option? Googling medical transport services produces some hits for companies that specialize in moving recovering patients from city/state to another city/state. Here's an example of...
By now most of you have probably already heard about or read the announcement that a breakthrough has been achieved in nuclear fusion research, that a "net energy gain" occurred in an experiment, and...
mattam called it, with urology being cited as the most stressful medical specialty, according to the link below. The link is to an article on the AMA website, so it probably has credibility. From the...
"Nathan" is a back-and-forth conversation chat-and-video-bot on the CDC website. It talks with users about cancer in an easy, simple talking style, and answers PCa-related questions that the user...
VinceInMT - If I had a constitution that was strong enough to do " ... a 6.5 mile run and it was 7 degrees F with a bit of wind, bringing the real feel to sub zero," then I imagine said constitution...
It has always been puzzling that "It's A Wonderful Life" was received so coolly by audiences when it was first released in 1946. It did catch on later, as has been pointed out, when it started to get...
According to the study linked below: " ... scientists behind a new study may have found the biological reason we get more respiratory illnesses in winter. It turns out the cold air itself damages the...