Numbers dropped?

[FellowSurvivors]

What does it mean when your PSA blood work goes from a 9.2. to a 5.6 in a few months and your scheduled for Cyber knife on March 4th. Have had no other procedures ever except biopsies.

[Tall_Allen]

It means you have some prostatitis which will relapse and remit

[FellowSurvivors in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thank you Tall_Allen. I looked up prostatitis and have no symptoms. I would think PSA would go up, not down. I'll call my urologist today and question my latest PSA numbers.

[Tall_Allen in reply to FellowSurvivors]

Prostatitis is usually asymptomatic and doesn't respond to antibiotics. The see-saw pattern (up- and-down) is usually the only indicator. It did go up - how do you suppose your PSA got to 9.2? As it remits, it comes back down. It is very common, especially after biopsies.