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As a professional carpenter and an amateur mechanic, George Thomas likes to understand how things work -- what's going on inside. No surprise he would apply that same approach when diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year. Thomas exasperated doctors with probing questions, as he and his wife June (a nurse), researched the disease and its many treatment options. "I had to thoroughly understand this disease so I knew what was the best treatment for me," says the 65-year-old retiree. "Both of the urologists I saw were recommending surgery, but it just wasn't squaring with me. Four hours on the operating table and months of recovery. There had to be a better way." George and June found that better way through a friend at church, …
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7:14 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Prostate is misspelled throughout the article. Please know it is not prostrate (with a second "r"); it is prostate (only one "r"). more ›