Hi - thank you very much to each of you for taking the time to reply. As it seems as though the amount of blood its diminishing with time, and there are no other symptoms of a problem, then I am now...
Hi, I had a transperineal biopsy of the prostate (24 cores taken) about 17 days ago. With the first second or two of passing urine I notice it is still a darker brown colour which looks like older...
Hi. I (61 years) did my first posting in December and mentioned my annual psa had risen from a consistent 2 - 2.5 over the past 6 years to 13 in December and 18 in January after 4 weeks of...
Hi, This week I had a perineal prostate biopsy and now waiting for the pathology report. This is a curiosity question - I had 14 needles and 24 core samples taken. Some needles were for 1, 2 or 3...
Hi K2. I'm in a similar situation to you with an increase in PSA to 13 over the 12 months to Dec 2010. Prior to that it was around 2 for 5 years. Put on antibiotics (originally noroxin (a...
Thanks Kev - that is encouraging feedback. I've heard a fair bit about Dr Stricker and so looking forward to meeting him next week....
Hi thanks for taking the time to provide feedback. It certainly is a rapid rise and it will be great if it is an infection! What makes me think it may not be is that antibiotics for the last four...
Hi. After having a PSA of around 2.0 -2.5 for a number of years (I'm 61), last November it had risen to 13 and I just found out it it has now increased to 19. As I have been on antibiotics to rule...
Hi - thanks heaps for your feedback. My apologies for my initial posting being ambiguous. Saying the 'only symptoms I had were....', I mean't symptoms of a urinary infection / prostitis, not prostate...
Hi, I'm new to this excellent and obviously very helpful forum. I have a family history of prostate cancer (brother) and so for last 6 years have been getting an annual PSA. Up up until this year...