psa the guard at the gate

[yardsailor]

So I know i've been obsessing about psa testing lately , My brother at my encouragement had his psa checked ,it was 6 ,then he had biopsy of his prostate it came back positive gleason score 6 stage1 and thankfully his doctor can keep their eye on this cancer .I found out about all this yesterday.You should not have to ask for a PSA test it should be offered Routinely as we age starting at 45 or 50 this could save so many lives.

[lowT163]

good job on getting your brother to get checked. Just told my 47 year old nephew to get his checked and his doctor said I wasn’t a close enough relative to star checking before 50. Doctors aren’t always smart.

[Umpire8911 in reply to lowT163]

Get checked anyway. If there is a family history of #ProstateCancer especially aggressive cancer recommended age is 35!

[lowT163 in reply to Umpire8911]

family doctor refuses. Dumbass. Worst part is the nephew has blown it off.

[yardsailor in reply to lowT163]

.your nephew is probably fine but I worry for him and so do you my nephew is hesitating getting a psa test at 45. all this is just a baseline. AAAAArg

[lowT163 in reply to yardsailor]

point is they should be scared to death. Scared of the treatment.

[Umpire8911]

PSA is a sort of Check Engine light not driving us to a new transmission but possibly leading to MRI and Biopsy if needed. I've Bern an Active Surveillance Pioneer since Gleason 6 diagnosis Nov06

[yardsailor in reply to Umpire8911]

It is , we sometimes have to beg our doctors for this simple test ,Iwas told that the psa test might make me worry, after my alkaline phos. phatase was spiking. a psa test was done (1316. further research I found that this was the first psa test I ever had.) followed by a bone scan highly suggestive of a super scan .Yes now I am worried !!! PS Iam under treatment and doing well.

[lowT163 in reply to Umpire8911]

get the mri now. Psa means very little.

[lowT163]

did you get an mri