... daff and Kemahsabe gave some good advice, and I would like to emphasize that surgery is not the only or even necessarily the best option. ... (34 replies)
... My husband will be 68 in Aug. He had brachytherapy in 1999. He also had 25 external radiation treatments at that time. Last month his PSA went from it's normal 0.6 to 1.87. It has been stable for several years, but all of a sudden tripled. ... (7 replies)
... With a PSA of 24 now, and an earlier result of 9, you have one estimate of your doubling time. ... (15 replies)
... From my now savvy layman's viewpoint, but with no enrolled medical education, I suspect that you have a waxing and waning prostate infection rather than prostate cancer. I'll insert some comments in green. ... (1 replies)
... I'm a 45 year old male with no family history of prostate cancer. I've been havin regular annual physicals for the last ten years with an average psa level of 1. ... (1 replies)
... I've been reading here for a couple of months now and hoped to never post, but here begins my saga. ... (14 replies)
... Your psa was probably lower than 24 as your uro did a DRE and then the psa draw. A Dre will falsely raise a psa, arguably. My bet is infection, they dont move like that with PCA, but what do I know. ... (7 replies)
... I posted a few weeks back in a panic after getting my first ever PSA test and it came back at 53. I had my first appointment with the Urologist yesterday. He did a DRE and took blood for anouther PSA and it came back at a 24. ... (7 replies)
... ve got some possible very, very early signs that you might have to deal with the most common, and some say the most treatable, form of cancer found in men. ... (9 replies)
... I have some reassuring news to pass on, but please remember that I am not a doctor and have had no enrolled medical education. ... (1 replies)
... I have posted on here before. I have had PSA levels in the 4.4 to 5.1 range for just under a year. Six week ago one lab was 4.7 and the other 5. Did a biopsy and it was negative several months ago. Doctor put me on antibiotics for a month since there were some symptoms of a possible infection. ... (1 replies)
... Having had a second sampling with 20 cores is certainly a lot. You had mentioned a size of 51 g. which is a little large, but nothing extreme. Strange that the PSA readings have been so erratic. ... (8 replies)
... Hubby was declined for an insurance physical at age 49 with a PSA 4. ... (7 replies)
... no bike riding, no sex, no heavy exercise and the digital exam should be done AFTER the blood is drawn for PSA. ... (7 replies)
... A lot of prostatitis is not bacterial and won't respond well to antibiotics. Hopefully, you are not experiencing symptoms. ... (1 replies)
... I'm 46 and have a regular annual physical. Since age 40 my psa was a baseline 1.5 but two years ago it shot up to 4.9. ... (6 replies)
... What is really important is to improve the diagnostic accuracy of the PSA test and develop a baseline trend that gets rid of the confounding effects of prostatitis and BPH. ... (27 replies)
... I'm 52 and my first PSA test last July came back at 5.5. My Urologist wanted to do a biopsy ASAP but I declined. ... (5 replies)
... and follow up with PSA test after. ... (2 replies)
... Thank you for your quick reply and spelling out the risk to my approach. My GP actually didn't even know about PCA3 as I had read about it on one of the forums on this board. ... (30 replies)
