Got good news from my Urologist.... 4t score was only 4. Will just monitor PSA at this time. Thank you. Bob...
Thanks Allen and Newton for your replies. The amount of great information that is available on this forum amazes me. Bob...
Had follow up with uro in NY today. Waiting for results of 4K score. I don't know much about this test, but the thought of testing for aggressive pc is frightening right now...
Thanks for your thoughts, Allen...what unnerved me were the two consecutive increases. I follow up with my Urologist on Tuesday.. Again, much appreciated. Bob...
I havn't been here in a while - I tend to come around when worried....so here goes. This all started for me in 2011 with a PSA of 4.98. A week later i went to a urologist at NYU and PSA at that time...
Thanks Andrew...
Thank you all for your thoughts. I went for my follow up with my Urologist at NYU. His thoughts were even though elevated, things appear stable over the last four years. DRE normal, and 6 month...
Thank you for very useful information. Thinking that "plan a". Will be to just have it retested in 6 months. Very possible the urologist will want another pca3 however not sure what we could gain by...
Thanks for the information. Yes, I'm familiar with the three docs you named. My biopsy was negative. Will consider what to do Bob...
University Urology. Kaminetsky...
Last week I had my follow up appointment with Urologist in NY - was not concerned with the bouncing PSA to 4.7, ran PCA3 test again and got the results today - Im right on the line of 25. any...
John....thank you so much for your insight.....much appreciated Bob...
Thanks Mel.. will see what the doc thinks this week also...
Good Morning - its been some time since I've posted here but tend to do so when frightened. A quick history - Total PSA readings: 8/05: 1.6, 8/07 2.2, 8/08 2.4, 6/11 4.98, referred to Urologist at...
Thank you - this is excellent information. I only wish that mainstream media would give this equal press time...
The media has been covering the current conference of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists in Chicago. There is positive news coming out of this conference relative to malignant melanoma,...
Some good yet still puzzling results - PCA3plus (bostwick) came back "negative" at 12.4. ???????...
An outstanding site...
Follow up time, so I'm back with some very conflicting test results: First, my background: PSA 08/05: 1.6, 8/07 2.2 8/08 2.4 06/11: 4.98, 06/11 5.4 07/11: 4.7. During the 2011 tests my free psa was...
A disgrace...
Can anyone offer suggestions as to who some of the best brachytherapy physicians are in the New York City area? Any ideas are appreciated....
Thanks everyone - I discussed with the Urologist today - he is giving be a course of Levaquin and a presription to repeat the PSA in 6 weeks or so. The July biopsy is being put off pending the...
Confusion over what to do - PSA of 4.98 06/2011, 2.4 08/2008, 2.2 08/07. Visit to urologist yielded low free (12%). Than had a PCa3 test with very favorable results (8.7 - much lower than the 35...