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Lower abdomen, side, and lower back pain

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Not a stupid question. There are none when it comes to PCa concerns. Prior to being diagnosed with PCa, I went to my PCP complaining of the same type of pain you are describing. She ran blood work at 7 AM. At 10 AM she called and said, " Thank God you came in for a blood test. You are in renal failure. Get to the emergency room now. They are expecting you."

I spent 3 lovely days in the hospital where they relieved the urine retention causing the renal failure (by foley insertion, of course). It took a few weeks to determine the urine retention was being cause by an enlarged prostate due to a grade 5 cancer. That was 6 months ago. I still self-catheterize to pee even after 4 months of ADT and a week of radiation. Not saying this is what's causing yours but, don't keep the pain a secret from your docs. It doesn't necessarily have to be caused by metastatic activity. Best wishes.

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@mjp0512 Thank you for your response. My PCP did blood work when I went in complaining about it and both my kidneys and liver tested good. He also did an ex-ray of my back and pelvic area and that came back showing mild Lumbar disk degeneration, and mild spondylosis and facet arthrosis which he says could be causing the pains.