I had a PSA of 5.7 and my PCP said to repeat it in 6 months. I did and it was down in the 2's. I felt such a sense of relief but also I started to question why such a large change in such a short time, 6 months. I then recalled that I had a herniated disc that was very, very painful and I was prescribed 6 days of Prednisone to help with the inflammation. My 6 month blood draw was a week after I finished the steroid. I mentioned this to the urologist I followed up with and he said he did not think that was the cause so almost a year after the 5.7 PSA I had another lab done and it was 7.7! He asked if I wanted a biopsy. I said yes, but only after a prostate MRI that then showed a PIRADS 4. I waited a few days and he never called with the results, so I started looking for a urologist who only did oncology and I had my biopsy which was positive and then 18 months of ADT therapy and 39 proton beam treatments. My last PSA last week was a 0.01, that's 17 months after completion of the proton radiation and 8 months after the last 6 month Eligard injection. The Eligard is still in force because my testosterone was 16 and I feel that is the reason my PSA was only 0.01 and after it finally wears off I expect my PSA to increase some, but remain below the threshold for having had radiation treatment.