PSA Results in

PSA came back same as 3 months ago, at .033. I guess I'll take it. would have been happier with a .02 print, but I'll take it, at least it didn't go up.
So now my history after surgery is...
<.02 Feb 2015 till Oct 2016.
.02 Jan 2017, feb 2017.
May 2017 - .033 (different lab, )
Aug 2017 - .033.

I don't really understand. I know common wisdom is that there is. Margin of error at these nano levels. And yet having a .033 two times in a row tells me this stuff is pretty precise (and I read that about 3rd generation uPSA)

Surgeons NP, tells me, good result .033, still undetectable. BUT I SAY ITS MEASURABLE.

So what exactly causes PSA to go from NOT measurable, to measurable. It's not benign tissue, if it was, I would have been measurable much sooner, methinks. This is the $64,000 question, the answer to which would probably give me some peace of mind. I need some logic.

Anyway, whatever, I can exhale for a few more months. I'm guessing surgeon will tell me when I see him that I can go 6 months till my next visit/test (seeing him Friday). But I'm not sure I would do that even if he said I should.

Thanks for letting me whine and vent. I realize I'm very lucky so far, compared to some of you. It's not lost on me, so thanks for the support.

Post Edited (Pratoman) : 8/28/2017 4:19:43 PM (GMT-6)

Hi Ken. You are right. Take a breathe and live life. Happy anniversary, by the way. Your docs are on this and will take good care of you.

It's stable. That's something.

Well, kind of stable, not like a horse stable, but the not moving too much stable. Although I did ride a horse once, that wasn't very stable. Well, it was stable when we got back to the stable, but not when we were riding around - I was unstable.

I feel a bit dizzy, better sit down for awhile,
Andrew

TA, thnks. So my question is, if that were the case, why would it take 2 years to start producing PSA?

I'll relax for now and assume that's what it is, until the next test.

You know - different lab.... could well be that on their assay it's been .033 longer than we know.

Strikes me as very good news that it's stable.

- Wilderness

Pratoman said...
why would it take 2 years to start producing PSA?

Because tumors release PSA in proportion to their size, and they have to have grown enough to create their own leaky blood vessels in order to release any PSA into the serum. If there's one thing all cancers do, it's grow. Some quickly, some indolently, but they all do it.

Tall Allen said...

Pratoman said...
why would it take 2 years to start producing PSA?

Because tumors release PSA in proportion to their size, and they have to have grown enough to create their own leaky blood vessels in order to release any PSA into the serum. If there's one thing all cancers do, it's grow. Some quickly, some indolently, but they all do it.

Got it. I misread your post thought you said it might be some benign tissue, then saw you said G6.

Congratulations! Time to sit back and relax for another 11 weeks.

Great news Prato....it didn't go up. You're stable. Not to worry!!!

Thanks guys.

@gary, now if only I could get MENTALLY stable, lol.

@FIdrifter, good luck tomorrow

Was planning to drive up,to Maine for a few days, but turns out I can't do it next week. Maybe the following week.

Gary:

I strongly disagree.
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Mel