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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / March 2004seeking some input
here's the facts, brother, age 65, father and other brother (me) had pca. urged the 65 yr brother to get psa test ran. he said that it is 6 i never heard of something in their 60's with that low of psa. you know he should have BPH knocking at his door as well. but that is what he's telling me. my question is this, is a .6 a real value at that stage of the game, or is he not telling me the truth? ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional I am 70 years old and my last PSA was 0.3 -- For a 65 year old I would say that 6 is high. High enough to have a DRE done by the uro and possibly a biopsy. On the other hand, the 6 may have been caused by prostitis. When I was 65, now 74, my psa values was in the high 2s. The only time I had a psa of 6 was when I had prostitis at age 69. After that was cleared up I dropped back to low to mid 4s until my PVP last year. Now I run in the low 3s. Jack > here's the facts, brother, age 65, father and other brother (me) had > pca. urged the 65 yr brother to get psa test ran. he said that it is [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional sorry jack - i left out the period on the one number. he's got a .6 psa ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Hey then at 0.6 he is in great shape. In fact there is a good chance that he doesn't have BPH. Common symptoms are frequent urinations, slow flow rate, having to get up more than once during the night to urinate. If he doesn't have more than one of those, probably doesn't have BPH. I've heard there are some males, like your brother, who luck out and don't have BPH until their late 70s or into their 80s. Jack > sorry jack - i left out the period on the one number. he's got a .6 psa > > ~ curtis > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional hi jack - what gets me about my brother is...... he does all the wrong things. my dad had pca, i had BPH, prostatitis and pca, and here's sits my brother in a high risk group for pca, with a .6 psa. that itself doesn't get me. but he weighs 400 lbs. he's lost the sight in one eye, starting to have episodes of shingles, his knees have given out and he can't walk 200ft without breaking into a sweat dripping off his nose. he drinks at least 5 liters of wine a day, telling me that it's good for the heart along with his green tea. he says the doctors don't know what's wrong with him because when he stands up his blood pressure drops and if he stresses himself and tires out, he doesn't bounce back and it will take a day at least for him to get his energy back. he's 65 years old. so with his age, his general physical condition, he's sounds like a poster child for heart attack or stroke, yet, he's the one who has the .6 psa. at least he drew one good card from the deck of life......... oh, yeah, one more thing, and he's serious when he told me. he says he's going to live to be a 100. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Well, look, hopefully we all have some health things that actually work well!!! I have BPH problems, but also I am 57 and I still don't wear glasses (I could probably use some, but ...) Mel > hi jack - what gets me about my brother is...... he does all the wrong > things. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Hi Curtis, Doubt if your brother will see 70 with that weight. Losing the sight in one eye tells me he has diabetes, or will have shortly. With all that alcohol it's a wonder he doesn't have sclerosis of the liver. Just think of trying to get up with a 200 to 250 pound pack on your back. That tells you how much energy he has to exert just to get up. Now walk up and down a football field, I know I sure would be tired. Jack > hi jack - what gets me about my brother is...... he does all the wrong > things. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional hi jack - i agree with you 100% but so far his body has been like a timex. he's put it through hell in my books. but here's things that don't add up. he says he doesn't have diabetes. he also said that he doesn't have wet degeneration, which is exactly what he described when it happened. researching that part, says that wet degeneration of the eye only accounts for 10% of the elderly eye diseases, but 90% of the problems, yet he doesn't think anything is wrong. to me, it's his body sending a warning sign. so, when he tells me that his psa is .6, i'm thinking whoa!!! what's going on and hence the question to the group, because i never made it that far myself, before my prostate bit the dust. so, any input is greatly appreciated. thanks, ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Curtis: I'm not sure what inout you want. So, he is lucky regarding his prostate. I wouldn't want to change places with him! Mel > hi jack - i agree with you 100% but so far his body has been like a > timex. he's put it through hell in my books. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Curtis: I'm not sure what input you want. So, he is lucky regarding his prostate. I wouldn't want to change places with him! Mel ----------------- comment - hi mel - the input i was wanting was the folks out there who were in the same boat and had a real low psa in that age group or knew of someone who was. is a .6 a reasonable number at that age? that is why i gave the other history on him, because i didn't know if he was telling me the truth. i couldn't rely on my own psa when it was 6.35 @ age 56. now, it is less than .04 and hopefully will stay there. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Curtis: Well, it either is or it isn't. I mean, I assume he is telling you the truth. That is an unbelievable #, most excellent. Mine is 2.1. I am 57. I've been told mine if quite good and pretty normal. Mel > Curtis: > I'm not sure what input you want. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional |
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