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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / June 2006PSA rise over 12 months
Hi I was just wonder whether I ought to be concerned over my recent PSA test that showed a rise from 2.1 to 2.7 over 12 month period. I am 49 years old and my brother had prostate cancer last years (at 57). My GP want to repeat the PSA test in 3 months to get another comparison. I basically feel okay, infact other blood tests for LFT and Cholesterol were better than a year ago. Best wishes Pete sspeb@lboro.ac.uk Hi Pete...Rises of 0.75 or more in a year are said to be significant. You are smart to follow up. A good uro would have put you on a regimen of antibiotics and remeasured your PSA in a couple of weeks. Have you had a DRE? That's an important step too. If your uro isn't doing these things you might want to find a uro who will...Best wishes and good health, ron > Hi > I was just wonder whether I ought to be concerned over my recent PSA test [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > sspeb@lboro.ac.uk > Hi > I was just wonder whether I ought to be concerned over my recent PSA test that showed a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > sspeb@lboro.ac.uk Pete, Be sure not to have sex for several days before your next PSA test, and be sure that no digital rectal exam is done right before the test. Either one of those events could artificially and temporarily raise your PSA - giving you a false high reading on the test. Your doctor is doing the right thing to follow this. Your PSA is higher than average and, with cancer in the family, the process could be beginning for you too. Get tested regularly. If cancer is developing, you'll have caught it early enough to have an excellent chance of a complete cure. You can ask more questions like this in alt.support.cancer.prostate. Good luck. Alan Hi Alan/Ron Thanks for your comments I will be going back to the GP (I am in the UK by the way) soon for another test. I will let you kinow how I get on. Regards Pete >> Hi >> I was just wonder whether I ought to be concerned over my recent PSA test [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Alan >Hi >I was just wonder whether I ought to be concerned over my recent PSA test [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >sspeb@lboro.ac.uk I'd follow up in 3 months as suggested but I wouldn't spend a minute worrying about it. My PSA bounces around like a super ball on a tile floor with fluctuations much more than yours. Two biopsies have been negative and after jumping to 4.6 the last one was back to 1.4. On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 10:28:14 +0100, "Pete" <sspeb@lboro.ac.uk> wrote: >Hi >I was just wonder whether I ought to be concerned over my recent PSA test [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >sspeb@lboro.ac.uk I'd follow up in 3 months as suggested but I wouldn't spend a minute worrying about it. My PSA bounces around like a super ball on a tile floor with fluctuations much more than yours. Two biopsies have been negative and after jumping to 4.6 the last one was back to 1.4. Great post--I agree that getting a PSA test every 3 months is a good thing to do. Also, request a PSA II test. I only recently found out about it and plan to request one during the next visit to my doctor's office. I am 55 years old. Request copies of all of those PSA reports in case you ever change doctors. Also, keep personal copies of all blood tests and urine tests. They may be helpful to you in the years to come. Jason HI All Thanks for advice. I keep a log of my blood tests for LFT, Cholesteral and PSA, since I started having them done last year. I will be going back to the GP in 3 months for a repeat PSA, and hope the count is stable, or dropped. I don't have any symptoms as yet are there any obvious signs???? Can't pee, dribble???? Best regards Pete > >Hi > >I was just wonder whether I ought to be concerned over my recent PSA test [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > helpful to you in the years to come. > Jason |
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