Well, that did not go as well as planned

Just got the results from my PSA test yesterday. The new score is 5.9. That is up from 4.7 in April. I already had a biopsy scheduled for September 23. The MRI I had done did not show anything useful so they canceled the MRI lead biopsy and will do blind one again on that date.

Trying to keep the thinky things down now for the rest of the work day.

Not time to panic, but it did get my attention. I was hoping for another down or at least not a big spike.

BBQ,
Things with PCa frequently don't go as planned, but sometimes they go well enough. Take it one step at a time.

I have heard people talking about no bike riding before the test. Would working out on the elliptical be similar? I went to the gym at about 12:30 and the test was at 3:30 or so.

I did a quick google search and found two studies that showed treadmill could raise it as much as 1 whole point and cycling was much higher rise than that. I just spoke with my PCP and she looked up and said the same thing. I will refrain from the gym for 3 days before my physical in August and pray that was it.

BBQ - It looks to me like you have a pretty good chance of PSA being 4.7 next time with these uneven values. I agree about stopping physical and sex related activities a few days before next PSA tests to see if that is a factor.

As an update, I had my retest done on 8/27. It came back at 4.89. I didn't go to the gym for 4 days before. I was 4.7 in October last year, so I have calmed down a lot after the 5.9 last month. At .2 in a year it will be 15 years before I would hit a 8 and that was kind of my cut off number for AS. Let's hope i can continue at this pace or even slower from now on.

Great report! No worries for 15 years. That ain't bad. 😉

What's up Jack?