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Did you abstain from ejaculation for 48-72 hours before your PSA tests?

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steveapplebaugh | @steveapplebaugh | Aug 20, 2025

Not on the first one -- at the physical back in May, but by the time I repeated the lab/PSA in July, indeed, I abstained for two months! Still abstaining. I am admittedly "freaked out" a bit. The truth is, I have "known" that I have some form of prostate cancer all along.