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I had all my T levels from every blood test going back to 2008 along with every PSA test and never got over a 2.9 but still had PC with 4-3 and 3-4 in a 7mm lesion. My Excell medical spread sheet has all the results from all my blood tests. My PSA was 2.3 to 2.9 for over 5 years and I almost considered just watching it except for the 4-3 that I had confirmed at an outside pathology lab. It was the only thing that put me in the unfavorable intermediate risk category as it was only confined to the area of the lesion in my 120-gram prostate and there were only 4 positive cores out of 30 and my low PSA number made me question if I was even a poor risk. Then there is my age of 74. If I live 15 more years that puts me at 89 and I sure don't want to be in a nursing home. Like I said I am going to go back on T after I see my granddaughter in September and see how my PSA responds. With my huge prostate and age that was why I was never worried with a 2.9 PSA until my endocrinologist did the full PSA test.

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Most of my blood work is pdf files but can go back to 2000 but
I never had my T levels tested until after my PC treatment.
Just looking at my PSA over the years you can clearly see my path to PC started about 10 years ago. My PC would have been discovered much sooner had they looked at the rate of rise rather than just the number.
I stop taking T for a month before blood work and it is slowly rising on it's own because diet and exercise and loosing 60 Lbs. I am much healthier today than 5 years ago.
I am also unfavorable intermediate risk and my doctor seems to have trouble explaining exactly what that means.
I have never seen an endocrinologist and my urologist prescribes the T. Not sure what you mean by full PSA is that like a 4K Score.
You certainly have all your medical data in good order as it would take me a while to look up all of it.
I am 67 and if I live another 10 years that is probably enough.