First PSA 7 weeks post op

That's a good number at 7 weeks! it should drop even more between now and the 3 month mark! 🙂 My surgeon told that he was really happy with my number and that at 6 month mine should be closer to the 0.00 mark. I would open a pint of Ice cream and celebrate! 🙂

Thanks Jay ☺️🌺
We had only bad news so far after every single additional test or exam since February so I am afraid to get happy about anything and am now questioning and double-guessing even things that might be favorable : /. At the moment I am down with some awful virus, hardly can keep my eyes open and my head is exploding *ughhh My birthday is coming in 2 days and I really hope I get well and also get confirmation that those are good numbers so that we can celebrate 2 things on Friday 🍀

Sounds real good to me. What’s really important? Is what you see next time. It could continue to drop, but you don’t want to see it rise.

You did the PSA test yourself?
What did you do - jab him with a needle while he was asleep?

Nice that you can just walk into a lab & ask for a test.
Wish we had that down here. I'd be testing every week.....

It's not so much that particular test result, as a *trend*.
You want the next one ideally to be lower than the previous one.
But 0.014 is pretty good.
I've only had one so far & that was 0.05

Take Jay's advice & get into that ice cream.
Hubby's doing well.

That's great news!

Under .2 is good news. The ongoing testing compared to the first is the important one. I've been .07 three times in a row now, and am quite happy at that.

Hi Surfer, I think that’s an excellent number! My number after surgury was 1.1, then 1.5 and then 2.65. Since I started ADT it’s .23. Hoping for lower on Friday. Not sure when radiation treatments will be reflected in my psa numbers.
Anyway, I think you and your husband should be happy 🙂

Thanks everybody for sharing your numbers, experiences and thoughts 🤗💗 ! I guess than that we can be cautiously happy and hope for the best for now 🧿🍀🍀 , meaning that the next 2 tests are even more important - oh boy, never a dull moment, I guess 😜.

Peter - yes, we can order our own tests in independent labs, but it was not always the case. That happened maybe in the past 15 years or so. It is a HUGE help ! We do not have to beg our PCPs for basic tests any more - they were driving me nuts 😠. Now I can check myself whatever I want to see or know.

Jeff - thanks for encouragement 🙂

Survivor - thanks for explaining that the trend is more important than a number 🙂

John - I will keep my fingers crossed that your PSA comes even lower this Friday 🍀🍀🍀! Keep us posted !

@surftohealth88 get well soon !! that sounds like a damn good number to me.. Jeff is the guru here...

That’s a very good number. I am very happy for you. Congratulations!

I did not know that Quest had a PSA test with a precision of three decimal points. Maybe it depends on the location. But, could you share the code for the test so that I can inquire if they offer it here?