PSA down, but...

[Harry Bloomfield]

My PSA level has been decreasing with each annual blood test, since my first showed 8.1 and they arranged a digital check. My most recent blood test results from Wednesday, showed me just slightly above the original limit of 5, but they have now moved the concern limit down 2.9. As a result they have put a marker on my test results for me to make an appointment with the doc.

 

[Deleted member 267285]

Perhaps they want/need to monitor you? Make sure the levels stay low?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Perhaps they want/need to monitor you? Make sure the levels stay low?

Not just me, the acceptable PSA level for everyone has been reduced this year. It was <5, it is now <2.9

 

[JohnD]

you say its been going down. Are you getting/have you had treatment or medication?

 

[Notch7]

When I took my Dad to have his checked, his PSA was over 300

as you can imagine by that stage the doctor was certain it had spread, probably to the bones.

surprisingly it was checked a year earlier and was below the limit, mind you he was 91 at the time

 

[Mottie]

I think mine is around 2.9 now. It was 5.9, I had a couple of biopsies and only one cancerous cell was found in 69 samples. It's been dropping ever since. Mrs Mottie was wondering whether that one was it.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

you say its been going down. Are you getting/have you had treatment or medication?

None at all and no symptoms..

 

[motorbiking]

Are you managing your testosterone? That can be the best way to reduce PSA levels and “starve” the cancer we all have brewing.

 

[conny]

Are you managing your testosterone? That can be the best way to reduce PSA levels and “starve” the cancer we all have brewing.

How do you manage your testosterone?

 

[motorbiking]

If you are in the risk groups its meds from the doctor. If you are just worried about it, then all sorts of foods can help. Obviously there are down sides. And of course staying lean and exercising regularly can help reduce PSA apparently.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

If you are in the risk groups its meds from the doctor. If you are just worried about it, then all sorts of foods can help. Obviously there are down sides. And of course staying lean and exercising regularly can help reduce PSA apparently.

I'm not particularly fat, I am just well built. One consultant was surprised I was carrying so little fat, yet was on the D2 spectrum at all. No sign of the D2 in my last check, so likely I am hovering on the boundary.

 

[ajohn]

The PSA warning levels change with age as it increases anyway. It's not seen as that reliable a test and people may find themselves with an enlarged prostrate, even large enough to cause problems. A different problem.

The current NHS view seems still to be.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/prostate-cancer/psa-testing/

A BBC news item mentioned problems with the MRI aspect in fairly recent times - too many people and not enough MRI time available. GP's are aware of the allowable levels. All in all it's a tricky area really. I know 3 people who died with it. One was my father.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

A BBC news item mentioned problems with the MRI aspect in fairly recent times - too many people and not enough MRI time available.

I got a Sunday late evening urgent appointment, when they first spotted my high PSA. The sudden urgency of the appointment was a big worry.

 

[motorbiking]

Need to get mine tested now I'm 50.

 

[gas112]

76 year old Mate was over 200 was told to expect the worst as in spread elsewhere two years on its less than 1 and he is a picture of health