Hi Mumbo, I did inform my URO about the drug (Cipro) that my family doctor prescribed for me and he agreed with this treatment at the moment. Once again, thank you all Halbert, Mihael-T and Mumbo for...
Hi all, I met my URO 2 days ago and we discussed about my PSA drop. He said that the test result was quite good and he put a pause on the biopsy test at the moment. He scheduled an appointment with...
Thank you Mumbo and Halbert for your nice advices. The reason I ask for transperineal biopsy because I heard about the infections and many other problems associated with transrectal biopsy. I will...
Hi all, it has been a while since I posted this thread. I just got a second PSA test in less than two months. It is now 4.1 and the Free PSA is 0.55 so the Free/Total PSA is 0.13 which is not the...
Thank you Michael for your reply. I would like to post this link so all of you can read to find out if this is true. "Prostate Cancer Survivor Stories"...
Thank you Michael for your best wishes. I just want to know when your PSA was recorded at 9.6, how long have you been diagnosed with BPH? Any serious symptoms or just most common ones such as waking...
Thank you ASAdvocate, Djin (sorry for misspelling your name in my first response) and Sr Sailor for your great great advices, I really appreciate very much. Since I got a high PSA test, I felt very...
Thank you Djin for your quick response and great advice. You said that your prostate was removed after you diagnosed with PCa and you are fine now. I am glad to hear that. So you don't have any more...
Hi Djiri, I only had my PSA test for 3 times. First it was 4.1 in 2018, then 3.6 a few months later, then now 8.5 in August 2020. So you had many biopsies in many years, I heard that doing biopsies...
Thank you all for participating in this forum and shared all the experiences related to the disease which I found very educative and helpful. Hi all, my name's Bill, 65 years old, got BPH 3 years ago...
Thank you all Allen and Paxton for your prompt and helpful info. Actually I did get up two times after two~two and a half hours of sleep at night to pee and I can sleep only aprrox 5, 6 hours. Then I...
All, One more question, now I have Flomax, should I also take Cipro at the same time to treat bacterial infection since my FP prescribed it to me. Thanks, Binh...
Thank you all for very your helpful info. After two days of taking Flomax, today I see a little bit of blurred vision as mentioned in the side effects as common. Did anyone also experience that?...
First taking Flomax yesterday evening, I felt dizzy and fatigue this morning. Anyone experienced the same, please share. Will these sides effect go away or how long will it last? Cheers...
Hello, can we drink red wine if we have BPH. Please share if you experienced that....
Hello, I just got the Flomax (Sandoz-Tamsulosin CR 0.4mg tab for my prescription to treat BPH and the DRE from a family doctor. It was very comfortable, no pain at all. The told me that the DRE was...
Thank you Larry for your quick reply. I will check the list of urologist in my area....
Thank you Skypilot for your very helpful info and thank you all of you who responded to my concern and showed your support. Greatly appreciated all comments. Cheers...
Hello Paxton, sorry for confusing you with Andrew. Since I had my PSA at 4.1 two weeks ago, I noticed that I had some symptoms similar to BPH such as: -Slowness or dribbling of your urinary stream...
Hi Andrew, you said that you had BPH for 20 years and you managed to live with it very well. You said you woke up one/two times at night to per and so how many hours of sleep you have every night?...
Thanks again Andrew. I hope that everything will be fine when I have my next PSA test perhaps in a month or so after I finish with my Cipro 500mg taking daily. As per your suggestionn Andrew, I...
Thank you again for your very helpful info Andrew. Since this is the first time I had my PSA test and the level is out of normal range, 4.1 instead of 4, I am so emotionally nervous. I hope that I...
Thank you for your reply Andrew. I wonder how a man treated with BPH or even PC can maintain a normal life? Anyone with such experience please share. Thanks...
How long should I have to wait before getting a PHI test?...
Tbank you all for the helpful info....
Hi all, My name's Bill, 63 years old, 165cm, 56kgs with no family history of PC. I got my first PSA test reading last week and the result was 4.1. My family doctor prescribed Cipro 500mg taking daily...