Beap52 1,981 #1 Posted yesterday at 12:10 AM For years the doctor has been keeping eye on my PSA which at last test was 16.7. (Quite some time ago, doctor removed me from medicine (Finasteride) that I had been taking because the medicine artificially lowers PSA.) I just finished my 5th prostate biopsy. He took 18 snips focusing on three lesions that the MRI found. He just called and reported no cancer and wait 9 months before another prostate test. Good News! 21 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 16,845 #2 Posted yesterday at 01:09 PM 12 hours ago, Beap52 said: For years the doctor has been keeping eye on my PSA which at last test was 16.7. (Quite some time ago, doctor removed me from medicine (Finasteride) that I had been taking because the medicine artificially lowers PSA.) I just finished my 5th prostate biopsy. He took 18 snips focusing on three lesions that the MRI found. He just called and reported no cancer and wait 9 months before another prostate test. Good News! That is good news. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,800 #3 Posted 20 hours ago Awesome news! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parsonsponyz 288 #4 Posted 17 hours ago Fantastic new, always like to hear the positive. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 15,820 #5 Posted 17 hours ago Not a pleasant testing experience, but congrats for going ahead and hooray for the great result! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickwhitt 5,257 #6 Posted 7 hours ago Great news, glad things came back negative. We are having a lot more testing over here since celebrity folk came forward with prostate cancer diagnoses and pit the disease in the spotlight. Even king Charles is suspected of having PCa although he has not confirmed it in public. So a lot more men are going through testing, which is kind of a double edge sword.... a lot of worry and stress to find that nothing is wrong for the majority. But also life saving for those who catch it in time. Im 60 and my raised psa came back as no cancer found on the two areas they biopsied on my prostate. My brother is 63, his raised psa came back as a very aggressive, castrate resistant cancer that had already spread to his bones and is likely to kill him pretty soon. Two very different outcomes for close blood relatives. Me, I'd get tested as soon as I possibly could every time. But I have a friend who flatly refuses to go for any medical tests preferring to remain ignorant of any possible problems. I dont understand his point of view, but he is entitled to do as he pleases, it's his life after all. Stay well and look after yourselves. Mick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
