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Hi Dutchman, Sometimes, high PSA levels in the blood are not due to cancer cells, but other causes. You may wish to ask the PSA specific part of your question to fellow prostate patients in one of these discussions:
- Detectable PSA 9 years post prostatectomy https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/detectable-psa-9-years-post-prostatectomy/
- Post prostatectomy: What do rising PSA levels mean? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/post-prostatectomy/
It must've been a blow to hear that cancer is rearing its ugly head again after 15 years. How are you doing upon hearing that news?
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Thank you for the two links. It was kind of you to answer my post. I was mainly trying to find out how the PSA reading can go from 7.6 to 2.83 in two months without any treatment. The private practice Urologist I found on the Internet tried to tell me the reason was because the Cancer has Metastasized which I find difficult to understand since I always thought the more Cancer the higher the PSA reading. Naturally it was horrific news to find out the Cancer was back but it has bounced up and down quite a bit over the 15 year period since the Prostectomy. At present I can't even talk about it and just want to hide somewhere and make the world go away!