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Great discussion, gents. I use an urban commuter type bike, with a padded and wider seat, not a racing bike or seat.
Heading in for my second MRI this month while on the active monitoring program. Biopsy is next, Gleason scores over the past 5 years have been 6, hoping for the same on this next biopsy.
Some of the increases with anyone, cyclists included, are age related. My dr. just told me that PSA rises gradually over time for normal men, such that below age 55 is about 4.0, at age 65 normal is about 5.5, at 75 about 6.5, etc.
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@drcopp Gleason 6 is great for active monitoring, and congratulations on your history. I was diagnosed with Gleason 7 after PSA 6.4 at age 73, but two friends were diagnosed with PC after having PSAs of 4 or lower. All the best!
My PSA was 1 or less until a year ago at age 82 it was 11. Biopsy showed 4 out of 16 spots positive for cancer with the highest at a Gleason 4 +4. Most of the data I have seen shows much lower PSA increases with age than your data. My problem was that my lady doctor followed government data and stopped PSA testing because i was over 70. Big mistake as proven by prostate deaths increasing by 90% since the government mandate around 2014.
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@drcopp At age 64 I had a PSA of 4.4 that had been slowly rising. Biopsy of 14 cores. 6 (3+3) 1(3+4).
Incontinence has been a nightmare, sling helped but now I have graduated to heavy pads instead of 7 depends disposable underwear’s a day or external catheter attached 24/7.
Having ProAct implanted in a couple weeks as adjunct therapy.
I am trying to avoid AUS because of issues with riding bicycles.