Hi Casper- No- although it may sound like I am in a country with social medical I am not. I live in a very small town in the mountains of North Carolina. I go to a small clinic that the majority of...
Pratoman- From what I have read I am not sure how --even after your first negative biopsy-- you can "disappear from this place". If the urologist cannot find why your PSA's are high or continue to...
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Bill- Your history seems to be similar to many signature blocks I have read. Troubling PSA number yet negative first/second/third biopsies and then one day results that require serious attention....
logo- Thanks- judging from your number of posts you have seen it all many times and your advice is one I need to strongly factor when I make a plan of action. I need to read up on doubling times to...
Great timing Mike-- today I decided to ask my GP to give me a reference with Dr Hull or Dr Elis at the Urology Center of Spartanburg. The highly recommended urologist who used to practice in...
Jim- I am starting to slow down but then when I think of all I do not know I speed up again. In the past when I wanted to see a "specialist" they always said I had to have a referral from my GP...
Thanks all- My doctor and I talked. He wants to talk to a urologist he knows to see if he agrees that the next step is not a biopsy but a three month wait for another PSA/free PSA test set. I just do...
Dewayne- A multi appointment visit to Duke did not occur to me- thanks. My thinking was I will need to make a number of visits over a long period of time before I form a well reasoned action plan...
Thanks everyone. I know mentally (rather then emotionally) that 5.5 is not a positive sign of a problem especially with my free PSA is as high as it is. The quick rise to 5.5 from 1.7 in three years...
Thanks for the welcome Peter. I know it is a bit premature to have serious worries and I will get my head back on straight as I move forward ---when I can separate the small stuff from the important....
Hello!---- Like so many other new members I want to introduce myself. I have been reading many of the posts for the last two weeks to get a feel what my path will be like as I take this trip down the...