Hi All
I have just met a chap who's PSA was recorded as over 200, has anyone ever
head of such a score?
This person is approx 57 years old and had radiotherapy treatment but the
cancer has got into his arms now (bones).
He is waiting to hear another PSA result tomorrow, but I was amazed that
anyone could have that high a score!!
Pete

Pete,
I wonder if his doctor or the patient is the one that is responsible for
not having the PSA levels checked several years ago while something could
have been
done to prevent this present sad situation.
Jason

On June 8, Pete inquired:

While unusual, it is far from unheard-of. Such scores are relatively
rare in these days of widespread (but not wide enough!) PCa screening.

Robert Young, founder of the phoenix5.org website, was diagnosed in
November 1999 with a PSA of more than 1000 (yes, one thousand) and
widespread mets. He died in, I think, 2003, just about when I was
drafted into this war. Folks look upon him as a hero. I wish I had known
him.

Regards,

Steve J

"Never -- never -- never give up!  Never go gently.  There will be plenty of
gentle after we die, so until then -- fight -- control the rhythms and tempo
of the dance, even when you have to let the PCa dancing bear lead for awhile
-- even when you have to wear the lead suit as you dance -- never let the
bear set the rhythm and tempo of your dance with life -- when the bear
finally takes control, it will be a very hollow feeling for him, because I
will be gone -- dancing in a better place."
--E. B. (Burns) Mixon, PCa survivor, June 14, 2005 on The Prostate
Problems Mailing List
Thank you, Burns. Live long and prosper.

From: sspeb@lboro.ac.uk (Pete)

Hi All
I have just met a chap who's PSA was recorded as over 200, has anyone
ever head of such a score?
This person is approx 57 years old and had radiotherapy treatment but
the cancer has got into his arms now (bones).
He is waiting to hear another PSA result tomorrow, but I was amazed that
anyone could have that high a score!!
Pete

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hi pete - 200 is high but nowhere near the highest psa readings.   where
to start???  hummmmm......   ok,  i'll start rambling and hope this all
makes sense.

we just lost a member of the club who was dx'ed with pca at age 40 with
a psa of 846.  he lived two years after being dx'ed.

of course, robert young had a psa of 1000 + and founded phoenix 5.

then we had a new member post that he was 53 and dx'ed with a psa of
2500.   he posted a couple more times after that, but then no more
postings.

berkey, the warrior, had a psa of 4900 i think.

we had a member over in india whose father had a psa of 8000.

and i've heard of one person having a psa of 11,000.

i seen the psa reading jump by hundreds by the hour - in the final day
of life.

of the flip side, i've seen people die FROM prostate cancer, whose psa
never got over 50.   my dad was one of them.

so, that kinda of gives you some idea of what's happening.

the bottom line - there is no one canned answer.  

hope this helps,

~ curtis

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional    
"Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is
invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so."
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