Guys have prostates. Over the years they gradually get bigger. It’s called “benign prostate hyperplasia” or BPH. The expansion of the prostate around the urethra can have adverse effect. 75% of men over 70 have BPH. And – nearly 50% of men over the age of 70 have prostate cancer yet only a small number of them will die from the disease. On January 10, 2016, I posted on my increasing Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) – a test that can help predict cancer. And – on June 4, 2017, I mentioned a new “4K” blood test that can help diagnose cancer. For me, so far so good.

Despite the presumably good news above, I am still one of the 75% that has BPH. There are a variety of treatments that can attend to BPH – some invasive and some not. In 2015, a new procedure was developed called “aquablation.” It is a robotic procedure that involves a camera, water jet and “vacuum cleaner” that goes into the prostate turns on the water jet to clean off excess tissue and – voila – BPH is diminished as are the symptoms. I had the procedure two weeks ago. There’s not much in the way of downside. For me – so far so good. There are a lot of articles on the subject (just Google the term). Here’s one – https://aquablation.com/aquablation-therapy/#procedure I mention this given that many guys read these posts and the ladies all have fathers, brothers, sons or friends who might similarly benefit.