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Anyone get PSA Test Angst days before that post-treatment PSA test?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 23 7:05pm | Replies (64)
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RLAP in 2018, PSA test every 3 months since. Undetectable until 2 years ago then started rising. Doubled in one year from .1 to .2 then doubled in 6 months to .4. Then PET scans, biopsies and mapping reoccurrence areas.
Now 6 weeks into ADT and 5 days a weeks on Radiation Treatment with number 7 yesterday and 30 to go.
All is well. Suffering with some issues but at 79 years old it could be much worse as I see everyday at treatment.
Honestly and sincerely I have never worried one second about my PC. Acknowledged I have it and will just deal with it the best I can on a day to day basis. Why worry about something I can do nothing about. Yes, I am concerned and do what I can to minimize the side effects and corporate with the doctors to treat my cancer in the most timely and appropriate way. But I just take it one day at a time and enjoy life along the way. After all it’s life and “life it not the way it is supposed to be, it is the way it is and it’s how you cope that makes the difference”.

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Jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | Dec 27, 2025

@robrite
It was 3 1/2 years after my surgery before my PSA hit .2 and they set me up for salvage radiation. I had eight weeks of it and had no side effects at the time. Six years later, I started having incontinence issues which have gotten worse in the six years since the problem started, But 12 years later, that’s the only problem I’ve had.

Good to hear you’re having 37 sessions. That means they’re using less radiation which causes fewer side effects. I’m 78 now and I’ve been on ADT for eight years, and undetectable for the last 25 months since I started using Nubeqa.

You were really early in the treatment cycle and should definitely live a long time without having to worry about prostate cancer taking you out.

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