What is the average age of the gentlemen on here?

I literally had my RALP on my 70th birthday.

I am 76. Was diagnosed at 75. I would not let age be a guide. Some have prostrate cancer at young ages and some never get it even at advanced ages.

Decade ago there was a push to start ignoring PSA at advanced ages only to find that there was more diagnoses of prostrate cancer. The PSA is still the gold for watching for prostrate cancer. Several health providers put it in simple words. Problems within prostrate or cancer is the only way PSA is put into blood stream. So rising PSA number is either a problem with prostrate or cancer. Both need checking and treating.

When it starts rising have it checked. If caught early it can be treated with great outcomes. Most, but not all, prostrate cancer will not kill you. I have been told by many urologist that I would die from something else not prostrate cancer. But I am 76. There are some differences in types of prostrate cancer which can be higher risk. The biggest threat is not having it treated or monitored. Check and treat it early to prevent from low risk inside prostrate to outside of prostrate and high risk.

If you are ever asked whether to do PSA test say YES! A good primary care (like mine) will monitor this for you. Mine was still normal but rising. MRI and biopsy revealed prostrate cancer but early stages and highly treatable.

My father, 2 uncles and 4 cousins were diagnosed with prostate cancer. I was getting PSA checked every year for 13 years before I was diagnosed when it jumped from 1.9 to 4.9. After 4 years in remission, my PSA went from undetectable to 1.1. Not high enough for visceral or bone Mets in my opinion. So I told my wife it was in my lymph nodes. A PSMA PET SCAN done a week ago proved me right. Still High risk. But I can get it treated. That’s the journey. Ups and Downs. My friends, read about the disease, stay informed. Every day is a new day. If the thought of giving up crosses your mind, hug your wife and think about your children. And grandchildren. They need you around. Trust me I have been there more than once. Be positive. It helps that I trust my urologist. Sometimes he is more upbeat than me. Trust your doctors if they earn your trust. You cannot fight this cancer alone. We all need doctors that believe they can keep you going.

58 and was diagnosed via biopsy 2 days ago. MRI's at Mayo and local showed nothing. DRE's showed nothing. 6 of 12 samples involved anywhere from 10% to 70% on 1. PSA was 9.2-- 4 years ago it was 7.6 and then dropped to 5 3 weeks later. Meeting with my Urologist next week but I also want to get a second opinion from Mayo.

My husband was diagnosed today after a biopsy last week. He is 52. He had rapidly rising psa numbers, a clean mri but a 4k test that came back at 80. He has a PET scan scheduled in 2 weeks. Based on weird symptoms he’s been having throughout his body for months now, he is convinced it’s not contained. Hopefully he is wrong. We are in the process of transferring his care to the Mayo.

83, diagnosed at 71! Still standing & kicking the ball down the road! Most importantly, no pain from the cancer so far (Gleason: 5+4 from the get-go). God is good!!

bfg1... Have your Urologist or Primary Care Doc prescribe you 5 to 20mg tablets of Cialis (Tadalafil) to take on an every day regiment. My Doc gave me a 'GoodRx' Savings card which lowered the cost of the drug 90%. The drug works (similar to Flomax) by relaxing smooth muscles in the prostate and bladder neck to let urine flow more freely, and it's side effect works like the little blue pill for your ED. I've been taking it for over 3 years. I'm 78 and my current GF is 34.

I'm 78 yrs young and live in western Montana. I went to a Urologist in 1987 when I started having problems with ED. He did a PSA test, 'n it was at a 6. He started me on 5mg Cardura tablets taken daily as I was diagnosed with BPH. For the next 20+ years my PSA numbers went up and down. In 2008 I retired and moved from SoCal to Montana and started to see a VA Urologist, he performed a biopsy, but no cancer was found, even tho my PSA number had by then leveled up to between 12 'n 15 as I aged. That Doc added a 5mg Finasteride tablet to my daily regiment and it lowered my PSA score, but the combined side effects of the 2 drugs was a significant loss of my libido, so my Lady & I just learned to live with it.

In 2019 my Lady passed away from a sudden cardiac arrest, and a year later I started to date again, so I asked my VA Doc about the libido problems, and he suggested I start using a 5 to 20mg tablet of Cialis taken daily to relieve the BPH symptoms, and I ended up using 20mg. Within a few months I could pee like a race horse again and my libido sky-rocketed, but my PSA levels went up to 20. Last month my urine stream started to diminish, 'n 3 weeks ago it shut-down, so I went to the hospital, and they catheterized me... I'm still wearing the bag. Saw a Urologist a week later, and he ordered a blood test and my PSA was now at 32. Upon a rectal exam, nothing was noted, so he suggested either a rectal biopsy or a prostate MRI w/contrast. I did the MRI at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula, MT last week, and tho the test was negative for any signs of cancer in or around my prostate, its size was a large 143 grams, squeezing against the urethra. My Urologist suggested a Cystoscopy be performed, and it's scheduled for next week.
After much research, on all procedures to correct my large prostate, I've decided to have HoLEP Laser surgery performed. My present Urologist doesn't do that type, and there's only one surgeon in MT that's highly skilled 'n qualified to do that procedure, and that's Dr Garrick Simmons of 5 Valleys Urology in Missoula. If any readers here are Veterans, yes the VA covers that surgery cost fully, just be sure you get your Urologist to make the recommendation to get the approval/referral letter from the Community Care division at the VA.

I forgot to say, if you are a US Armed Forces Veteran, the VA covers the Hospital, Doctors charges, and Meds depending on your co-pay deductible schedule, i.e. IF the Hospital and the Doctor are on the VA's National Provider ID list, and if they accept the VA as an Insurance provider, which most, but not all Doctors/Hospitals do.

Go guy go. I am 82 and about ready to do 25 miles on my bike and it doesn't have a motor. I read and listened to the doctors and am off to ride.