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How long after EBRT does the PSA bounce around?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 16, 2023 | Replies (20)

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VancoverIslandHiker, Boy sounds like you live in a great area and beautiful. Live in Florida so if you don't (I do though) like the ocean not much else here.

Forgive my lack of knowledge but the undetectable PSA level is something like .02 (again I am not sure but there is a bottom number) what that number means is undetectable not that PSA was found.

If you had your prostrate removed it should be at that undetectable level as told to me by my PCP and urologist. If the PSA starts going up it is not something generated by your prostate which again could be normal and not be caused by cancer. If you numbers go up an indicator that the prostrate cancer had spread to another area and is generating PSA again.

I read one post that said something about other causes of having some PSA but I am not familiar with that information. I heard the same thing from my Urologist that I was not going to die from prostrate cancer but it was based on the type I had, within my prostrate only, and my tests scores. His father died of prostrate cancer.
Merry Christmas to also James and hope you new year is a good one.

I am going to forget 2023 as was diagnosed back in January/February and almost the entire year has been dealing with the anxiety over prostrate diagnosis, testing, treatments, and now my first two follow testing after treatments.

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JC , thanks for the note Bud ! I sure appreciate any input . I had my Prostate removed almost 4 years ago now (3.8 years) . So it went down immediately to 0.03 , then started to rise slowly . Then last year I got 22 sessions Of EBRT , with no drugs . Again , they MUST have hit something as my PSA immediately went down to 0.04 and even lower . Then after coming back from my house in the Philippines for 6 months it rocketed up to 0.14 again and last one was at 0.11 . SO they hit something with the Radiation. The trip to the Philippines worked out ok. I raised about 30K ( which is a lot there) through a fundraiser for free PSA tests . Who knows a may save a guy out of it , I leaned on some of my fish Pinoy buddies . I lived there as a ex-pat kid , as dad worked there as an engineer . we still have a family home there . They Never talk of PSA there . I had posters written up too and placed in numerous cities through my motorcycle buddies . Lets hope we save a guy . Man !!! I want to live . With my father having prostate cancer I have been living this PC stuff for over 25 years now. I still remember dad going for "cobalt" therapy . I remember asking the Dr's at the time " was this good for his body ? " . God Bless him .. Thanks JC James