Today, I Received My Blood Lab Results

hi, everyone.
today, i received my non PSA apifiny results. the results had two categories:
0 - 59, is the lower risk for category.
60 - 100, is the higher risk category.

my score was 41. my uro wants to do a repeat PSA blood exam in one month. if my PSA is still elevated or above 5.5, he wants to continue with the recommended biopsy. on march 4th, my uro performed a DRE before drawing blood to check my PSA. the PSA result was a 6.2. i said of course, my PSA was elevated, he [my uro] performed a DRE before drawing blood.

since my apifiny results put me in the lower category for having PC, i don't understand why wouldn't my uro prescribe some type of antibiotics to see if my PSA would go down. now, all of this information is what the nurse told me, so i didn't have a chance to speak with my uro myself. the nurse was just reading to me notes that were written about my case. what do you think i should do?

hi, beth. no. my uro said everything felt good, soft and smooth.

Sammas, I believe that most psa spikes do not respond to antibiotics. I have had several spikes, and the psa levels eventually came back to normal without Cipro or other antibiotics. My uro-oncologist recently confirmed that he does not treat spikes with antibiotics. So, that may not be a magic bullet, just the passage of time, and your not doing anything to provoke the prostate the week of the test.