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The PSA test does not show that there is cancer present, although cancer may be a contributor to an elevated PSA. The test shows that there is something worng with prostate or bladder (or maybe somewhere else!) which is causing PSA to leak into the bloodstream. the damage done in your multiple previous biopsy procedures could well have rsulted in such a leak or, as you say, recurrent infections.
It seems from what you say that it is far more likely that it is NOT advancing PCa that is causing the flctuating PSA results. But why don't you speak to one of the pathologists at your lab who deals with PSA? In my experience those people are often very approachable.
Thanks for the quick reply. Your suggestion that I speak to one of the pathologists at the lab is not feasible since the local labs are just collection places. They send everything to some central location where the samples are analyzed. Right after I posted my entry I heard from the local hospital which called me in for an immediate MRI with a rectal coil. OUCH! I'll update my story on the YANA site as soon as I get through the next few weeks.
If it were not for you and the YANA site I would not have had the strength to follow active surveillance and avoid three years of side effects. I am grateful to you and wish you many more years of the good life.
Sincerely,
Gregory
hello, i went into hospital xmas week 2012, they pumped me full of an iv antibiotic as i had a multi resistant organism in my urine, then they did a biopsy of my prostate, other than the blood clot they gave me in the iv arm i did well, other than i was off work for 6 weeks..which drove me insane
the big fear was me going septic without the iv therapy
