PSA moving way too fast .

[Bowmaster]

My prostate was removed 2002 at which time my PSA went to -0 . Five years later it came back and since than it kept on going up very slow till 2020 when I had COVID-19 which almost killed me . As soo as I started feeling better my PSA went from 12 to 25 in a very short time . I do check it every six months and from 25 in six months it went to 45 and than to 79 and a week ago it went to 109 . Right way they sent me on a PET scan . The problem is they told me that I have to wait two weeks to get the results . Every year I had scan done on the pelvis and the bones and nothing showed up . Now I pray that the PET scan will also show that I have no cancer anywhere in my body . I am asking you if any of you have had the same problem with the PSA ? Funny thing happened in the hospital while waiting for them to take me in another man walked in the room with the same problem as me . We got talking and he also told me that the same thing happened to him as me . He said that he too had COVID-19 a year ago and since than his PSA started going up very fast and that is why they sent him for PET scan like me . How about that isn't that something both of us with the same problem . Has this happened to any of you guys ? Thanks for any info and God bless .

[Tall_Allen]

The high PSA means that the cancer has spread beyond the prostate. To keep your cancer in check, you will need hormone therapy immediately.

[Bowmaster in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thanks bud . I will wait till next week to get the results from the PET scan and take it from there . My doctor said we will do nothing till then . Thanks again and God bless .

[Hidden in reply to Bowmaster]

I must ask, why was nothing done as soon as you detected PSA? You do not have a prostate, means you should not have any PSA.

[Bowmaster in reply to Hidden]

I didn't have for five years and than it showed up and started going up slowly . They kept on sending me for scanners every year but could not find anything . The doctors kept on telling m not to worry . They said it could be my kedny or something else . They even went in and still couldn't find anything . I asked them shouldn't you be giving me some meds or something to take ? Than they said we can't give you any meds till we know where and what is the problem . That is why i called the doctor who operated me in Toronto to see what he would recommend . He told me to have PET scan done right way and it will show if there is any cancer in my body .

[Hidden in reply to Bowmaster]

Your Toronto doctor is correct.

[Docker53 in reply to Bowmaster]

May I ask you your doctor was that operated on you in Toronto?We are in the Kawartha area and my husband was operated on in London Ontario by Dr Chin.

[Bowmaster in reply to Docker53]

I was operated 2002 in Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto by Dr Klotz and His team .

[Texasjack1957 in reply to Hidden]

Prostate does not produce testosterone, the testes produce the hormone. The prostate may be affected with the cancer, but removing the prostate does not stop the hormone production.

[Hidden in reply to Texasjack1957]

WHAT???? Reread my post then reread what you responded.

We are talking PSA. NOT Testosterone.

[Bowmaster in reply to Texasjack1957]

I agree with you . They didn't remove my testes when they removed my prostate and now i feel some lumps in one of them . I hope the PET scan will show if that is the problem so I can have them removed at lust . I am almost 69 years old and I am having sex almost every day and never get enough of it !!! That can not be normal .

[Professorgary]

I was diagnosed July 2000 and declined all treatment. Psa slowly rising until I got Covid Nov. 2020. April 2021 Psa was over 300. Thought maybe vaccines caused it. Nope, by Nov 2021 it was 900 and May 2022 it was 5664. Started 30 day regimen of Casodex and halfway through started monthly Lupron. Psa dropped to 278 in a month and came down to 6 after 10 months. MO just put me on low dose abiraterone and still coming down. Hope this helps, God Bless.

[Bowmaster in reply to Professorgary]

Hey man i am happy for you ! I hope that i can do it too !!!

[Justfor_]

You didn't specify, was it PSMA PET scan?

[Bowmaster in reply to Justfor_]

Thy said PET scan and I don't know what they did to me . Here in Bulgaria things are different and nobody gives a fuck about you . It is all ABOUT MONEY !!!

[Justfor_ in reply to Bowmaster]

I thought so, for this reason I asked. FYI if not PSMA it will not give you a reliable picture.

[j-o-h-n]

Me<----- Looking around......and found Bulgaria on the map and you're right no one gives a fuck about you in Bulgaria, it's all about the money. Holy Shit look at all these other countries that are no different.

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

B

The Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Burkina Faso

Burundi

C

Cabo Verde

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Congo, Republic of the

Costa Rica

Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

D

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

E

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia

F

Fiji

Finland

France

G

Gabon

The Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

H

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

I

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

J

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

K

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea, North

Korea, South

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

L

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

M

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia, Federated States of

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar (Burma)

N

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Norway

O

Oman

P

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Q

Qatar

R

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sudan, South

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

T

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

U

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

V

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Y

Yemen

Z

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 10/15/2023 7:24 PM DST

[louschu]

Hope you are getting a psma. Knowledge may mean spot treatment. I'm 18 years out and currently on pluvicto.

[Bowmaster in reply to louschu]

I don't know if it was psma pet scan or just pet scan . I didn't get the results yet . Thanks and I will ask the doctor .