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Blood in Semen after Prostate Biopsy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 14 10:18am | Replies (62)

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Thanks for the response John. I will probably wait a couple more weeks and just keep an eye on it. Like I said it seems to be less and less rust color each time. And yes, my doctor's office does have a patient portal where I can ask a question. I just feel like I am still getting over it. I have no other strange feelings or discomfort so hopefully it will all clear up soon.
I do have enlarged prostate which I take tamsulosin for. But I was on that before the procedure.
This all started when my PSA doubled this year. I had covid back in October 2022 and still keep wondering if that had something to do with the spike in PSA. I had the first PSA test in December 2022 and then again in January 2023 and it had not gone back down. Hence the reason for the biopsy. Doctor said they did not have enough information yet to know whether covid might affect the PSA numbers.

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I had COVID in December 2021. The night I got it I had chills and woke up to urinate 9 times during that night. A month later, I started having urine issues (weak stream, etc). Went to the Dr. on March and PSA was 7.5. I then went to Urologist and PSA came back down to 6.5. My wife and I decided for biopsy at that time. Thank God benign results. Continue with PSA test and is coming back up to 7. MRI at this time. No lesions found anywhere. New PSA test and now is 8. Going for another MRI next Friday.

All this to comment also on COVID. Although some research suggested there are no effects on prostate from COVID. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41391-022-00542-5