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What to expect PSA number 4.7? 72 yr old
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Agreed .
Mine could not be felt on my regular DRE . Additionally my GP concluded my rising PSA was due to my BPH condition .. ALSO WRONG . Furthermore I have been on Dutasteride for 4 years -- when I discovered ( not via my GP ) that taking Dutasteride for a number of years you DOUBLE YOUR PSA , or , even multiply it by TWO & ONE HALF TIMES . I saw a Urologist . had a 3T MRI RADS 5
Yes I had cancer and was pissedd at my GP .
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"clandeboye", thanks for reminding me how lucky I was that my PC was 'found' quickly. I'd had BPH for a few years so I had dutasteride + tamsulosin and yearly urologist visits; never found with DRE. When PSA rose/doubled; real PC testing started with an MRI (saw it on right side), TR biopsy (14 cores negative), another trans- perineal biopsy found Gleason 3+4 on Nov 2022 and RALP early Jan 2021.
I was ignorant but very lucky.
God Speed to you. May you be on the up-swing.
The radiologist who read my first MRI in 2022 missed my lesion. I walked around for two years with this cancer inside me until another MRI in 2024 and a different radiologist saw it as PIRAD-5. Hard lesson learned. Don't trust these people. If your intuition tells you something is not right (and mine did).........and I let my urologist talk me out of it...........seek second opinions or third opinions if necessary. Fact is it costs you little as most insurance plans pay for such opinions. And seek the centers of excellence for those opinions. I will be exploring malpractice options this winter.
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I am sorry to hear that. Thanks to your advice I should I should not rely on the GP but in a specialist, a urologist.