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20 days ago
Friends, I recently had a TURP procedure performed by Dr. Alex Weinstein at Urology Specialists of Santa Barbara Urology Specialists of Santa Barbara: 504 W. Pueblo Street Suite 102 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Phone: 805.687.7719 Fax: 805.682.2971 My symptoms were frequent urination, low flow and volume, intermittent flow etc. At my first appointment it was determined that my prostate was blocking urine flow to the point that my bladder would not empty and urine was backing up into my kidneys. My bladder had become hyper extended and was losing performance. I was immediately put on a full time catheter to drain off my bladder and begin decompression process. Some 5 days later surgery was performed. After surgery I still had to self catheter for about 10 days till my bladder began to function more normally. My kidneys appear to have fully recovered and I no longer need to self catheter. Other than retrograde ejaculation (semen goes into the bladder, rather than out the penis, due to ...
47 days ago
Sunday, September 20, 2009 Sunday, September 20, 2009 To: Whom it may concern From Steve Close RE: Superlative health care in Santa Barbara. Due to a problem with frequent night urination, I made a request on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 to see a Urologist at the Urology Center in Santa Barbara, CA. I was subsequently scheduled to see Dr. Weinstein at 1100 AM on Weds 9-16. Dr. Weinstein made a preliminary diagnosis that urine flow was partially blocked by an enlarged prostate. Appointments were made for that afternoon for a blood panel to determine kidney function at Pacific Diagnostic Labs and for an ultrasound exam of kidneys and bladder at Cottage Center For Advanced Imaging. The results of these tests were completed and sent to Dr. Weinstein by 400PM that same afternoon. Based on these tests and a more complete exam by Dr. Weinstein, surgery was scheduled to be performed the following Monday at Cottage Hospital. An appointment was scheduled for 9-18 pre op information ...
296 days ago
Excerpt from Village Stories For Village Children by Valborg D. (Bobby) Close circa 1948 About Steve On this day Stevie’s mother gave Stevie 2 sugar lumps for him, and 2 sugar lumps for Happy, and 2 sugar lumps for Hughie. But Stevie couldn’t find Hughie and Happy. He ate all the sugar lumps himself. Later he found Hughie and Happy. He asked his mother for more sugar lumps. His mother said, “No, you ate theirs, and now it is time for lunch. We are going to eat lunch with Don and his mother.” Stevie was very cross. He wanted the sugar lumps. He didn’t want to eat lunch away from home. His mother told him, “You may eat lunch at home and take your nap. But I will have lunch with Don’s mother.” Stevie would not eat lunch. So his mother put him in his bunk bed and went to Don’s home. When she came home, Stevie was on his sister’s big bed asleep. His face had tear streaks all ...
296 days ago
2008 Steve’s Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah Letter Holiday Greetings All, Accomplishment is subjective, temporal and overrated. I have kept a “to do” list since my early 20’s. I found it was the best way to avoid continuously thinking all the things I wanted to accomplish over the next day or two. For decades this list was at least a half page long (steno pad) with a half dozen-dozen or more pressing tasks to do “that day”. I would fill a page every day or two and when the jobs were done and crossed off I’d start a new page. I’d go through a steno book about every month or two as testament to a busy lifestyle. When I sold the ranch, the list became much shorter. Yet there were things to do and the notebook was still useful. The past few months however, my ambitions hit an all time low. I write down the same mundane things every day: dog (walk) ride (bike), fish (feed), clean bike and little more. Of course it’s absurd to write down the same thing day after day, ...
472 days ago
Dennis (3 short Adventures) Adventure #1: Becoming A Man When I was 17, my Mom spoke admiringly about Dennis, the son of a friend of hers. Naturally, without ever having met him, I had an instant dislike for him. My parents split in 1960 and Mom and I moved to The Stardust at 3838 Gibraltar Avenue. This was a cheesy downstairs apartment in a new development Southwest of Coliseum and La Brea in L.A. The L.A. post war building boom produced many such slipshod tracts in it’s expanding suburbs. A rectangular box with 30 units, underground parking, a few plants, a swimming pool, thin walls and ceilings. One could hear his neighbor fart. I once poked a hole in the ceiling with a broom handle trying to get the neighbors upstairs to quiet down. It was a huge step down from the Village Green, built with careful planning and prideful workmanship, just prior to WW11. Dennis lived with his Mom and Sister, Susan in an apartment next to ours, and we eventually met. Despite my initial ...
