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Discussion1st PSA test seven weeks after surgery
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Let me know how things go John . Interested . I think I am doing OK. My radiation oncologist has now discharged me from the Victoria Royal Jubilee Hospital. I guess that's a good thing? He told me just to report to my Urologist Dr. Brian Yang. So I get my PSA test every three months and see how it goes. My last PSA test was 0.061 roughly and the one before that was 0.047. One before that was 0.058. So I am kind of hovering in this area. My urologist thinks that I have healthy cells in my pelvic area that is producing a very small amount of PSA. He is not concerned about it at all. Very unusual circumstance I think. I thought the radiation would've got rid of it. I've had the radiation 2 1/2 years ago. Surgery about 5 1/2 years ago. PSA surgery time was 4.0.
You really should ask your doctor to let you have something besides Firmagon. Many people start to have a lot of pain from getting that shot every month, And the doctors love the income from having a monthly shot.
You would get the exact same results from a three month Lupron shot, And it’s in the hip and doesn’t really hurt, I got them for six years.
Even better ask your doctor for Orgovyx, A once a day pill. If you do this, when you stop, your testosterone comes back much quicker.