PSA in Stratosphere - I'm a Little Unnerved!

Hi All,
I'm 50 years old. In December 2005 my PSA was 5.26 then, after some
antiobiotics, went down to 4.6. Doctor still felt that I needed a
biopsy which came back negative for malignancy. However, I was
diagnosed with chronic prostatitis and BPH (prostate measuring 35cm).
He put me on Uroxatral, an alpha blocker, which has certainly decreased
my symptoms and allows me to urinate fairly normally.
About 3 weeks ago, I noticed that I was having some problems urinating
so I returned to the doc. Urinalysis showed that my chornic prostatits
flared up again so he put me on Noroxin for 7 days and, about 4 days
after I was finished with the Noroxin, he took my PSA which came back
at 12.3.
10 days later, after no further therapy, he took my PSA again which was
reported to me this morning to be at 11.6.
Doc is now putting me on 750mg Levaquin for 10 days with a follow up
PSA test to be taken on the day after I finish taking the meds.
He says that if the PSA does not reduce significantly, he'll have to do
another biopsy.
Am I freaking out unjustifiably? Has anyone had a similar experience?
Thanks!

Lowell

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