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Masturbation post prostatectomy and radiation. Will it affect PSA?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 25 11:48am | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
@chippydoo
I am confused by the original poster. If I read right he had a RP and has his prostate removed. The things that would irritate the prostate before a PSA test would then not be there as there is no prostate and no rise of PSA from prostate irritation.
I went to Mayo and UFHPTI and both recommended prior to PSA tests to not have vigorous sex, ride a bike, etc. as statistics were inferring could cause prostate irritation and you could get a rise of PSA due to the irritation.
I am confused since I did not have RP what the relationship of these activities have on PSA when you do not have a prostate to become irritated by those activities. I can asked my R/Os and I have a office visit with my PCP to go over my last PSA test. And reference that test I did not ride my bike (I do 20 mile rides) a week prior to my PSA test as was still being guided not to do that by my PCP and R/Os prior to PSA tests. But I have a prostate.
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If you still have testosterone producing testicles after prostate removed,androgen is still being produced by the testicles (thus androgen deprivation therapy) and sexual activity activates androgen release which feeds the residual cancer cells that didn't get removed and have metastasized to other parts of your body that were left behind after surgery. If you have a PSA above 0.0 cancer is somewhere, even after surgery and radiation.