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Your low PSA which now is not doubling, may mean you don’t need treatment
Before doing a biopsy, you could get a PSE test. It is 94% accurate. It can tell you whether or not you have cancer in your bloodstream and need a biopsy. The test is a lot easier on you than a biopsy, and may tell you that you don’t need one.
Did they ever mention BPH when you talked with them about your diagnosis? Your symptom list sounds like BPH and the fix is always antibiotics.
BPH can cause your PSA to rise. Yours dropped so it sounds like it may not be anything, with a PSA that low.
A major difference in your PSA number may not be a real problem, Usually, you want to go to the same lab to avoid these issues. Did you ride a bike around the time you went to LabCorp?
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I am going to ask about PSE. Funny that doctor never mentions it. I don’t want to have needless biopsy. For first PSA test I was a few weeks off of marathon training and did hard run that morning. Second test I didn’t run for 3 days. I thought BPH was enlargement which I don’t have. My urine was clear when they did second PSA. Seeing urologist this week and getting second opinion on MRI through insurance. I am completely asymptomatic. The only thing is that when my PSA doubled to 2 I was getting up more at night. That has subsided. Thanks
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I have 1cm lesion as seen on the MRI. I also have and diagnosed with BPH, and prostatitis. That’s been an ongoing battle for 10 years. If I could my prostate removed tomorrow I probably would. It has given me a lot of problems. I have to carry Cipro when I travel in case of a flare up