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With everything going on out there I'm sure many of us are having to make adjustments depending where we are. For me, I switched my psa testing from LabCorp to the VA in attempt to make it easier. Also since Dr King left UCLA I'm not sure who I should be having monitor my results. Finally got in to get tested and psa came down very slightly but given the change in test service who knows. It is still hovering up in a range I'm not comfortable with but I suppose down is down. I'd really like to get to that "safer zone" of .5 or less. Coming up on three years post treatment. Overall health I feel pretty good... when I don't think too hard about this.

05/17 5.1

09/17 (SBRT UCLA)

12/17 2.5 (LabCorp)

03/18 1.6 (LabCorp)

06/18 2.8 (LabCorp)

10/18 3.4 (LabCorp)

12/18 0.9 (LabCorp)

09/19 1.9 (LabCorp)

02/20 1.9 (LabCorp)

05/20 1.7 (VA)

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Did you see Kishan? Did I give you King's private email? He wants to hear from his patients.

It took me 4 years to reach nadir. You obviously have some prostatitis going on - frustrating!

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Frostypro in reply to Tall_Allen

I don't know Kishan. I'm out in Midwest. I'm retiring in next few months so travel won't be as much an issue. I would appreciate Dr Kings contact info if he's open to that. Thank you, I suspect prostatitis as well because irritation/pain in that area seems to come and go. I try to get my test done when it feels like nothing is going on down there. Every new symptom has me on Google like right now my pelvic lymph nodes seem swollen/sore. But it seems like there are many causes for that and of course one is cancer.

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