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These urologists are scheduled-out months in advance for surgeries. Remember...they run an in-office practice seeing patients: for routine exams/assessments; biopsies; pre-op prep consultations; and post-op follow-ups. Most do surgery two days per week. So, their schedules get backed-up and booked-out months in advance. My time line was: November 2024: first contact and exam with PSA; December 2024: 12-core biopsy; Second week of January 2025: in-person review of biopsy report and discussion of options (Gleason Score was 3 + 4 = 7); Mid-April 2025: DaVinci Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. I am now 8-months post-op, having had two PSA levels drawn/tested at 3-months, and 6-months post-op: both essentially "zero" at < 0.1 ng/ml.
You should be fine with the perceived wait. As others have offered, prostate cancer is very slow growing, fortunately. So, a 3-4 month wait between biopsy and surgery is usually inconsequential.

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@rlpostrp I figure you you didn't have ADT. Is that right?
I had SBRT about the same time you had RARP. My 3-month & 6-month post-SBRT PSAs were 0.36 & 0.22, higher than yours because I still have prostate that may take two years or more before I can have undetectable PSA. I'm happy for your practically undetectable PSA this early.