This is a timely topic - I have an appointment in a couple of hours to go over my first post-op PSA test. My post-RARP pathology was less encouraging in several aspects (EPE, SVI, large cribriform) than my original biopsy, so the PSA test has perhaps loomed larger than it otherwise would have.

Here is what has helped me not be crushed by PSAnxiety: my Christian faith, including prayer and daily Bible reading, active church membership and fellowship, exercise (primarily running), parenting a middle schooler (!), focusing on and finishing a few side projects at work, encouragement and wisdom from this message board

Here are some things that haven't helped: fixating on this one aspect of my life (i.e., PSA, PCa), spending too much time on this message board trying to predict the future and figure out the optimal way to eat, sleep, take vitamins, etc. etc. etc., and a less-disciplined post-op diet.

I tend to be all-or-nothing so striking a balance between harmful internalizing (whistling in the dark) and constantly researching, talking, thinking, worrying about the dreaded 0.2 ng/mL is not as easy as the two lists above imply, but in general, life seems better when I spend less time thinking about myself. There are numerous ways to do this, some probably more healthy than others. Is it better to serve in my church food pantry than to watch several hours of funny pet videos on YouTube? I don't know - there seems to be a season for everything.