Patient Stories
UCLA Urology Patient Stories
The UCLA Department of Urology provides treatment for urological conditions of all kinds and is committed to providing the highest quality of patient care. We take great pride in being able to share a few of our patients' stories with you.
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Adam's Story - Bladder Cancer
Bladder Cancer Surgery
Looking back Adam Schaffer now 50 years old and a proud bladder cancer survivor who was treated at UCLA, reflects on that fateful day five years ago when his then six-year old son kneed him in the groin on Thanksgiving Day.
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Barry's Story - Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgery
Minimally Invasive Robotic Prostate Surgery
Barry Broughton is a successful marketing executive who has traveled the world and faced a lifetime of challenges. But few challenges would be as difficult as the diagnosis he received last year of prostate cancer.
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Carey's Story - Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgery
Finding the Best Doctor for Robotic Surgery to Eliminate Prostate Cancer
While shooting on location in Australia, Carey Melcher sensed something was wrong. But the 55-year-old Los Angeles-based commercial producer is the first to admit that he responded the way many men in his situation do: by ignoring the problem and hoping it would go away.
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Daniela's Story - Urinary Incontinence
Bladder Reconstruction Helps Daniela Schirmer Regain Independence
Daniela Schirmer was home from college and having lunch in a restaurant with a friend when she slipped in the restroom and struck her head on the wall. The force of the impact broke the 22-year-old student’s neck. As a result of the accident, Daniela was left a quadriplegic, unable to use her legs and with limited use of her arms and hands.
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David's Story - Prostate Cancer
Active Surveillance and Life Beyond Prostate Cancer: David Orthner’s Story on Living with the Enemy
David Orthner learned he might have cancer by a fluke. When sending his blood sample to the lab after a routine physical, Orthner’s doctor checked the box for a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) measurement, something not typically done until a patient turns 50.
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Dwight's Story - Prostate Cancer
Dwight Baird's prostate cancer had returned after he initially received external beam radiation treatment 22 years ago. He wasn't a candidate for further radiation or surgery to remove the prostate so his options were limited.
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Eddie's Story - Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
A Close Call: Under Surveillance for Prostate Cancer - Dr. Leonard Marks Patient Story
Eddie Carrillo experienced no symptoms that might have alerted him to his elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level. But at a routine physical, Carrillo learned that his PSA was an alarming 4.5; normal is 1.0. Carrillo’s doctor told him it was likely he had prostate cancer, and that his prostate would have to be removed to prevent the cancer from spreading.
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Jonathan's Story - Testicular Cancer
Testicular Cancer Surgery and How to Check for Testicular Cancer
Testicular Cancer Awareness featuring Mark S. Litwin, M.D., M.PH., Chief of Urology at UCLA, and Testicular Cancer Survivor, Jonathan Sommers, speak to Fox 11 News about testicular cancer symptoms and how to check for testicular cancer.
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John's Story - Bladder Cancer
Neo-bladder Surgery
Just days before his 59th birthday, John Hottinger found specs of blood in his urine. Since he worked for an insurance agency, he asked a friend at work to book him in with an internist. After the tests, he received the phone call from the doctor who told him to come in and bring his wife.
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Lance's Story - Kidney Cancer
Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
KCLU News -- For more than a decade, KCLU’s Lance Orozco has been bringing us stories about the news, and the events in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. You might have noticed he hasn’t been on the air for the last few weeks. Today, he returns with a very personal story about a fight he’s been facing for the last few months…his struggle with kidney cancer.
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Mark's Story - Bladder Cancer
Neo-bladder Surgery
Mark Felling is an aerospace engineer and an avid backpacker. He is healthy, never smoked, works out regularly, but within a week that all changed in July 2008.
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Sally's Story - Bladder Cancer
Bladder Reconstruction: Radical Cystectomy
Two summers ago just before a trip back to her native country South Africa, Sally Dansey, 57, noticed blood in her urine and she suffered from painful urination.
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