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PSA is .4 ng/ mL 3 years after prostectomy

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I’m about two years out from a radical prostatectomy with the robot. Immediately after the surgery, I got sepsis and was in the hospital for about six weeks, the sepsis was creating so much swelling in my belly that it burst my appendix. I had to go on oil anabiotic’s and wait for my organs to come down to normal size so they could tell which one was which. The first couple CAT scans they couldn’t tell the difference between most of my organs cause the swelling. They were all covering each other, etc. But I’m still alive and still kicking and I do have a PSA again. It’s at .2 and we’re trying to figure out exactly what to do. I have found this site to be fantastic.

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Sorry to hear of your ordeal, but the good news is that you don’t ever have to go thru that again.
The not so great is that you may need ADT and salvage radiation….MAY! Perhaps a PSE test might be in order to see if the rise in PSA is from normal prostate cells ( some are left behind in some nerve sparing surgeries) or malignant ones.
Once you get past that hurdle you would then do additional testing such as PSMA PET and even Decipher score from your post-op pathology samples. Best of Luck!