Re: Concerned about PSA increase--any thoughts?


"MZB" <moo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ZRYrg.1237$OQ1.244@xxxxxxxxxxx
I am 60 years old. I was surprised by a recent PSA uptick at my annual physical exam.

The data is below. I might add my doctor is not at all concerned. Any thoughts? (Note that this last one was in 7/06, about 1.5 years after the previous one)

7/06 2.67
2-05 2.2
3-04 2.15
2-03 2.0
11-01 2.1
10-00 2
10-99 1.7
10-98 1.6
10-97 1.5
10-96 1.3
6-95 1.2

According to the range given on my husband's lab test printout, normal range for his age is 0.0 to 4.0.

I however, am terrified. In 2004 (the last time he was tested), his reading was 4.0. A couple of weeks ago, he asked for another test, which came back at a staggering 66.5. Yes, you read correctly.

Our internist is obviously alarmed, as well he should be. (He diagnosed an enlarged prostate in
August 2005 but didn't bother to have a PSA test run.) My husband was sent immediately to a urologist, who diagnosed cancer even before the biopsy (which is to be performed on August 7).

Say a prayer for him - and for me.

Dora

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