Just sharing my experience....my PSA never got very high. It was 4.6, but would fluctuate between 2.96 up to 4.6 at its highest. My primary care doc referred me to a urologist. He said, "Well, we can keep on monitoring your PSA...or we could do a MRI." I was instantly, let's do a MRI so that I no longer have to bothered by this stupid PSA issue. Turns out I had prostate cancer and my staging was 3+4=7.

I asked my surgeon why my PSA wasn't that high. He said that PSA tests are not very reliable for assessing your cancer. Like others have said, it's just a warning light. Listen to the warning light!

If it was me and its not a urinary infection, ask if a MRI is an option. It's doesn't take long and it's totally painless. You just lie on a pad and they scan you while you wear headphones while listening to music.

The benefit? You might catch prostate cancer early before there is spread. I had surgery four weeks ago and my results were fantastic...no spread and as close to cured as you can get.

Another thing, the location of my tumor was never detectable by the standard rectal exam. So, that test might allow docs to detect for some folks, but it didn't show anything for me.

The only reason I think that this happened is that I caught it pretty early. Knowledge is power. See what the docs say, but I would be asking for a MRI.

Good luck!