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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / September 2005Second Post-Op PSA Test Results
Met with the urologist today to review the results of the 2nd post-op. PSA blood test taken last week. While, according to him, the actual count of 0.05 is not a major concern by itself, the fact that this count has increased by something like 2.5 times (it was 0.02 three months ago) is a flag that things may be going to hell in a handbasket. Boy, I can hardly wait for the next test results in December. Charlie. June 2004 - PSA = 7.5 September 17, 2004 - biopsy stage = normal T1c, Gleason score = 3 + 4= 7. January 28, 2005 - RRP. Pathology examination - Stage = pT3a, pNX margins positive, revised Gleason = 4 + 3= 7 May 30, 2005 - PSA = 0.02 August 29, 2005 - PSA = 0.05 Hello Charlie, Relax. Get the PSA in and see. PSA test can be tough... 00.05 and 00.02 Maybe means that your are fine, and the tests are not the highest quality. Right now you are under...... You should relax, enjoy your family and life.... > Met with the urologist today to review the results of the 2nd post-op. PSA > blood test taken last week. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > May 30, 2005 - PSA = 0.02 > August 29, 2005 - PSA = 0.05 > Hello Charlie, > Relax. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > May 30, 2005 - PSA = 0.02 > > August 29, 2005 - PSA = 0.05 I had similar PSA readings. 0.03 three months after RRP, 0.07 nine months after. My 1 year reading leveled off at 0.08, however. My uro says that some people will have readings that level off around 0.10 and do not increase due to slivers of non-cancerous prostate tissue that were left behind. The standard for return of PCa is 0.20. Time will tell. Charlie, You PSA has been your only good news. That T3a and 4+3 is scary stuff. And, of course, if I recall correctly, you had extracapsular penetration to the bladder. However, rising .03 means very little in a one-time reading. That's why he's not doing anything until you get another reading in December. Only then will he/you be able to tell weather there is a pattern. If possible, relax. You know nothing more now than you did on August 28.  SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05 PSA .07 .05 .06 .05 non Illegitimi carborundum > Met with the urologist today to review the results of the 2nd post-op. PSA > blood test taken last week. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > May 30, 2005 - PSA = 0.02 > August 29, 2005 - PSA = 0.05 > Charlie, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > If possible, relax. You know nothing more now than you did on August 28. Yeah, I know. I guess I'm going to have to really gear myself up for bad news since the only time I did that I got good news (my first post-op PSA test results). Every other time I've gone to a meeting or have a chit-chat with the urologist, I have not been prepared for the news. I did get a copy of the pathology report from the examination of my then recently deceased prostate. My first reading of it sure as hell didn't give me any feeling of comfort. Mind you with all the medical garble-farb I'm probably misreading it totally. I assume that someone out there knows what words to look for - either good or bad? Charlie. >> Met with the urologist today to review the results of the 2nd post-op. >> PSA [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> May 30, 2005 - PSA = 0.02 >> August 29, 2005 - PSA = 0.05 Charlie, I am 33 months post op. I had a contained pathology report/ My 3 month psa's following surgery: .035, .037, .067, .057 in the first year. It has held below .07 since then. Good luck, rich |
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