Connect
← Return to Anyone get PSA Test Angst days before that post-treatment PSA test?
Discussion
Anyone get PSA Test Angst days before that post-treatment PSA test?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 23 7:05pm | Replies (64)Comment receiving replies
I also heard of the 2-point spike as the signal to be concerned (from my radiologist and other prostate cancer patient information seminars). My doctor/urologist is very very detailed. Also, I really gave him and his staff a lot of flack for their institutional strategy of stopping routine PSA testing (my pre diagnosis PSA was because I complained to my primary of prostate cancer symptoms). As you may gather, my preference is more PSA testing vs less, and when imaging is needed (I did 3 types last time) I’d rather do it sooner than later
Replies to "I also heard of the 2-point spike as the signal to be concerned (from my radiologist..."
Connect
@yfarah57 I also prefer more PSA tests than less. The PSA PC screening test is not covered by my taxpayer-funded health insurance, so it wasn't until I was 68 before my primary care physician asked if I was willing to pay for the test. I paid for the test. The biopsy, whole body bone scan, CT and treatment was covered by insurance. If I had PSA every two or three years when I was younger, maybe my PC could have been treated before I was unfavorable intermediate. When I got off Orgovyx, I asked for monthly PSA test but I was told two quarterly tests only post-SBRT, then every six months. I am thinking of paying for my tests in-between the semi-annual ones.