Yes , its like trying to figure out a math problem with a million variables - it's also hard because I really don't have much of a baseline , I didn't even know what a PSA was before February . At 67 my PSA was around 11 .... it may have been at 11 for a decade I'll never know . The speed of the progression is an important variable ( imho ) . This site has been very helpful as my medical provider just told me I needed a " blind biopsy " because of my elevated PSA score - the people on this site said the best thing to do would be to get a 3T MRI first - which my medical provider said would be inappropriate .... but after playing " hardball " with Kaiser my urologist finally said okay to the MRI . Was your situation similar to what I'm going through ? You said you are around my age what were your stats when you started with this situation ?