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PSA Test: Pain in the Area of Blood Draw (weeks after)

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 17 11:13am | Replies (27)

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After radiation, the PSA goes down slowly for some people. What you’re looking for is a continuous drop in PSA over time. It may bounce up and down a little bit, but it should continue to drop until it hits the minimum For you. Since everybody’s different, the minimum it gets down to is different for those that have had radiation. It can literally take 2 to 3 years before it hit bottom, Not common, but it happens.

If you had surgery PSA would become undetectable, Unless there was cancer Metastasis somewhere else in the body. The vast majority of people That have had surgery become undetectable, At least for a while.

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My PSA went down from 10.5 to 0.36 3-1/2 months after starting on Orgovyx, 2-1/2 months after completing my SBRT. I'm hopeful that it doesn't bounce up on my next PSA test this October in case it does, Jeff's comment has me mentally prepared -- i.e., it can bounce up and down before hitting nadir.