Psa???

[Doncy]

Hello:

I am writing this on behalf of my husband.

My husband's psa as of Aug. 2009 is 6.7

He has had BPH for a number of yrs. and is taking Flomax.

His PSA are as follows:

Apr 2004 5.5

July 2004 4.5

Dec 2004 4.7

May 2005 4.2

Dec 2005 3.7

Oct 2006 5.5

Sept 2007 4.3

Mar 2008 4.8 Free psa >25%

Nov 2008 Started on Andriol 80mg twice a day for 2 weeks and then 40mg once a day

Jan 2009 5.3

Stopped Andriol

Apr 2009 5.0 Started Andriol 40mg every other day

Aug 2009 6.7


Doctor said to stop Andriol and retest PSA in 6 weeks

That brings us to him having his psa test taken today.

We are very nervous about what the results will be.

Any comments will be greatly apprecated.

Thank You in advance

[Doncy]

I forgot to say. He is 68 yrs. old

[zaggahamma]

good luck and please keep us posted...we dont have a lot of threads on prostate/trt so all experiences can be learned from....has there been any other tests other than bloodwork? dre?

[Doncy]

No dre .... No other tests

[zaggahamma]

do you get the results today? or just do blood and wait?

[Doncy]

We will get the results next Thurs. or Fri. long wait

What do you think of his numbers?

[zaggahamma]

We will get the results next Thurs. or Fri. long wait

What do you think of his numbers?

i forgot what the reference ranges are for a healthy non cancerous prostate and/or if psa is even the best way to test for prostate health...i think he's gonna have to touch his toes unfortunately

[Ntpadude]

I forgot to say. He is 68 yrs. old

OK I think 4.0 is indicative of a prostate problem. If I had a PSA of 3.0 my doctor would take me off all steroids, fortunately my latest PSA came in at 0.3 and hopefully with me being 44 and on HRT now, it will never elevate due to the protective nature of testosterone. I think at age 40 I had a PSA of 0.9 so its declined in the last 4 years of testosterone therapy.

What I'd like to know is why in the heck is he getting Anadrol while he has elevated PSA's???? Anadrol is supposed to be steroid version of DHT (the stuff that enlarges prostates and causes some men's hair to fall out). Its also one of the 2 worst steroids for provoking roid rage. Why does he need drols? Seems like plain old testosterone would be much friendlier on his body and PSA.

If I am not mistake what PSA is is actually semenal fluid somehow finds its way in your blood. (in other words your cum a male should be shooting in sex is actually showing up in his blood). So I donno, I am only a patient and not a doctor but something seems wrong that hes doing drols with PSA's like that.

[zaggahamma]

OK I think 4.0 is indicative of a prostate problem. If I had a PSA of 3.0 my doctor would take me off all steroids, fortunately my latest PSA came in at 0.3 and hopefully with me being 44 and on HRT now, it will never elevate due to the protective nature of testosterone. I think at age 40 I had a PSA of 0.9 so its declined in the last 4 years of testosterone therapy.

What I'd like to know is why in the heck is he getting Anadrol while he has elevated PSA's???? Anadrol is supposed to be steroid version of DHT (the stuff that enlarges prostates and causes some men's hair to fall out). Its also one of the 2 worst steroids for provoking roid rage. Why does he need drols? Seems like plain old testosterone would be much friendlier on his body and PSA.

If I am not mistake what PSA is is actually semenal fluid somehow finds its way in your blood. (in other words your cum a male should be shooting in sex is actually showing up in his blood). So I donno, I am only a patient and not a doctor but something seems wrong that hes doing drols with PSA's like that.

andriol not anadrol

[Doncy]

Hello:

We were at the drs. this morning and his psa is down to 5.4.

The doctor thinks this is ok and says to retest in 6 months.

The other news is that he was in the hospital from Oct 12 - 18. He had a bad acid reflux attack and at first they thought he had a partial bowel obstruction, they did a lot of testing, one being a ct scan and they couldn't really tell if it was or not. But he had another x-ray before he left and everything is okay now.

So it will take a bit of recovery at home and hopefully he will be back to normal.

On the bright side it was helpful that he had the ct scan because our family dr. said that that makes him more confident thinking that his prostate is ok because something would have showed up on the scan.

I do believe everything happens for a reason. There is only one thing that I will never be able to think there was a reason for and that is our son being killed when he was 19.

Thanks for now

[Indymuscleguy]

My comments are not to scare you, rather, to advise only. I'm hopeful it's not anything to be concerned about, but he should be followed more frequently than 6 months.

Hello:

We were at the drs. this morning and his psa is down to 5.4.

The doctor thinks this is ok and says to retest in 6 months.

I completely disagree waiting that long!

The other news is that he was in the hospital from Oct 12 - 18. He had a bad acid reflux attack and at first they thought he had a partial bowel obstruction, they did a lot of testing, one being a ct scan and they couldn't really tell if it was or not. But he had another x-ray before he left and everything is okay now.


So it will take a bit of recovery at home and hopefully he will be back to normal.

On the bright side it was helpful that he had the ct scan because our family dr. said that that makes him more confident thinking that his prostate is ok because something would have showed up on the scan.

This is very un-true. Only a fine needle biopsy can prove it's disease or not. A CT scan will only show larger/bulkier or advanced disease only

I do believe everything happens for a reason. There is only one thing that I will never be able to think there was a reason for and that is our son being killed when he was 19.

Thanks for now

Factoring in his age, he has a higher incidence of developing a less aggressive form of prostate cancer. If all men lived to be 100, they would all have a form of prostate cancer.

I would repeat the PSA once a month for the next 6 months to prove a gradual decline in the values. I don't like to see them above 5.0