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Just returned from doc after latest psa. It appears to be almost tripling every 2 months. It was .05 in October 2010, rising to .15 in January, .44 in March and now 1.29. I must admit I am scared. I know there are options that may save my life but may have a devastating effect on other areas of life. I also have a wife to consider and how any future treatment may affect her quality of life.
Has anyone else had a similar rapid rising of psa?
If so, what worked and what didn't?
I am seeing a new urologist next Monday, hoping he can help, but after recent experiences with uros I have some doubts.
Les,
With such a rapidly rising PSA post surgery you should be seeing a prostate cancer oncologist and not a urologist. You should be at a big cancer center that will have a team to look at your case and you should get more treatment probably starting with Casodex and hormone teatment and radiation ASAP. I would not be worrying about side effects; I've gone through it and it wasn't that bad compared to what I expected.
Frank is right. You should be seeing an oncologist at this stage.
Many of our fears are based on ignorance - and the human condition is to always imagine the worst. I am sure you will be able to think of times in your life when you had some really significant concern which turned out better than you had feared.
Why don't you go along to the Treatment Experiences Index, click on the LR Surgery link and page down looking for any PSA numbers in the seventh column. Most of the men with a number will have had salvage therapy or will have considered that. Read their experiences, mail them with any questions: deal with your concerns with knowledge. You can do the same thing with the Surgery men.