Essential read & listen (watch) resources for ALL PCa patients - The 2023 Walsh Guide & Peter Attia's podcast with Dr. Ed. Schaeffer -10/23

[cujoe]

Two recent resources that all PCa patients should take the time to get/use/access. The first is the 2023 updated edition of the patient guide, Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer. And the second is a Dr. Peter Attia podcast interview with Ed Schaeffer, MD & PhD from October of 2023.

Dr. Patrick Walsh's book, a true classic guide for patients, was initially written by him over two decades ago. As the the originator of the nerve-sparing prostatectomy procedure that has been in use for most radical prostatectomies for the last several decades, he has helped to save the lives and sexual/urinary functions for countless men with PCa. As I remember it described in an article from around the time of my RALP (2013), every surgeon doing prostatectomies in the US (at that time) had either trained under Dr. Walsh or under some other surgeon trained by him.

Dr. Ed Schaeffer was instrumental in the recent update to Walsh's book and is one of those people who trained under Dr. Walsh. He now heads up the Urology Department at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. According to Dr. Schaeffer, about 1/3 of this 2023 update is completely new information, so those using the older version, would surely benefit by reading this newer edition. Here is what the "third author" of the book had to say in her Introduction:

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"This is a book written by two of the world’s foremost and best experts on prostate cancer: Edward (“Ted”) Schaeffer, a great surgeon-scientist, trained at Johns Hopkins by Patrick Walsh and now head of the Department of Urology at Northwestern University; and Patrick Walsh, the great Johns Hopkins surgeon-scientist who invented the nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy and developed a field-changing prostate cancer research program at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Schaeffer has developed further modifications to this procedure to preserve urinary continence and potency and has created his own world-class prostate cancer research and treatment program at Northwestern. He is now the lead author of the book."

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The Peter Attia podcast (The Drive) with the same Dr. Schaeffer quickly affirms the comprehensive knowledge that he brought to the update of the Walsh book. The podcast, like many these days, is very long at 15 mins short of 4 hours. The topic coverage is also comprehensive and should serve as an educational and treatment help-service for anyone who will take the time to view it. I have now listened to it numerous times and always find something worth repeating or missed in previous listenings. (As we have some self-appointed pundits on PCa forums who disdain the use of YouTube or other videos for disseminating information on medical issues in general and PCa in specific, I challenge them to demonstrate any source of information that can come close to the width and depth displayed in this video by two exceptionally credentialed and seasoned practicing MDs, both at the top of their respective areas of interest/specialization.)

Here is a link to the 2023 edition of Dr. Walsh's book:

Dr. Patrick Walsh’s Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer, Copyright © 2001, 2007, 2012, 2023 by Patrick C. Walsh, Janet Farrar Worthington, and Edward Matthew Schaeffer

amazon.com/Patrick-Walshs-S...

And links to both PA's Drive podcast site and the complete interview @ YouTube:

273 ‒ Prostate health: common problems, cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and more

peterattiamd.com/tedschaeff...

Full video via YouTube:

youtube.com/watch?v=poTcAm_...(Not working as expected?)

Both resources will help you stay S&W,

Ciao - cujoe

PS Peter Attia has numerous videos on a range of health and fitness issues at his website and on his YouTube Channel. Highly recommended as a source of high quality information.

[Justfor_]

Am I right in understanding that Peter Attia first set out to study engineering before switching to medical school? I recall him saying something like that during his Bob Gatenby interview.

[cujoe in reply to Justfor_]

You are correct, Sir. This is from his 2023 book, Outlive, The Science and Art of Longevity:

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McKinsey originally hired me into their healthcare practice, but because of my quantitative background (I had studied applied math and mechanical engineering in college, planning to pursue a PhD in aerospace engineering), they moved me over to credit risk. This was in 2006, during the runup to the global financial crisis, but before almost anyone besides the folks featured in Michael Lewis’s The Big Short understood the magnitude of what was about to happen.

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I suspect you two are cut the same or very similar cloth.

Εάν θέλετε ένα αρχείο epub του βιβλίου, επικοινωνήστε μαζί μου μέσω συνομιλίας PM και θα σας το στείλω. Ciao - cujoe

[Justfor_ in reply to cujoe]

Thank you so much cujoe for the additional information on Attia's biography and your flattering words to me. Speaking of aerospace engineering, you will probably welcome knowing that there is a ridge on the moon named "Dorsum Thera"

"Dorsum Thera is a wrinkle ridge at 24.4°N 31.4°W in Mare Imbrium on the Moon. It is approximately 7 km long. NASA proposed the dorsum to be named in honour of Anthony Kontaratos' contribution to the space program (notably rescue of Apollo 13 mission). Nevertheless, Dr. Kontaratos asked for the dorsum to be named 'Thera', after his place of origin (Thera - also known as Santorini, Greece). It was named in 1976"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsu...

It relates to the Appolo 13 mission (Houston we have a problem):

"As the crew was heading to the Moon for yet another attempt to explore our natural satellite, an explosion destroyed the main spaceship, and the three astronauts were forced to take refuge aboard its tiny capsule. This was designed to accommodate only two men.

The astronauts could easily have died because of a problem with the capsule’s carbon dioxide capture system. The control center had to come up with a solution on the spot.

Kontaratos came to the rescue with the unorthodox but ultimately successful idea of placing a cube inside a cylinder, which saved the day—and the lives of the three spacemen" (emphasis added).

greekreporter.com/2024/05/2...

We have all viewed the "Appolo 13" movie picture where there is a scene of someone tearing off the hard covers of manuals the astronauts had with them in order to construct a cube, set in place with duct tape!

"In fact, the producers asked Kontaratos to play himself in the 1995 movie “Apollo 13” with Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton portraying the three astronauts—and he did".

Justfor's message:

Engineers around the globe, when needed, give their grey cells a spin. It's in the nature of their profession.

[cujoe in reply to Justfor_]

Well, Please keep those cell a'spinnin', Mon Ami - as any insights provided are greatly apperciated.