Blood Test to detect Prostate Cancer

[glenn walker]

Enlarged prostate is common for men when getting older. Continual PSA test is good in keeping track of possible prostate issues. If cancer is found, it's treatable.
Never had PSA test but could be painful? If replaced by less evasive blood test, I'm all for it.

Especially Hispanic men you better get tested tomorrow -Let us know the results .

 

[Fernando]

I had prostate cancer when I was 60. It was caught on an annual check up. The PSA test should be taken to know the degree of it going up and not the amount. They took a biopsy and my gleason score was 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. A low gleason score means it may simply require watching. But mine was high and my urologist said that watching shouldn’t work. And in fact after my prostate was removed they found I had pretty aggressive cancer. Gleason score was 8. So I felt fortunate.

Get that annual psa test. And if it is changing then get it looked at. Prostate cancer caught early is totally curable.

Your prostate was removed? Can you live without a prostate?

 

[glenn walker]

Your prostate was removed? Can you live without a prostate?

Yes but you wont have any more sex but your not anyway so get it taken out just to be sure

 

[Fernando]

Yes but you wont have any more sex but your not anyway so get it taken out just to be sure

Life without sex.

 

[Mark K]

Most men will die with prostate cancer. Not because of it.

I know more horror stories about prostate surgeries than I do successes. Be careful and know the risks.

Its usually not the cancer in the prostate that will kill you. Its when it spreads to the bones, bladder, etc. Those will kill you and the first place it goes if it leaves the prostate is usually the bones. Then you're in a lot of trouble.

A simple PSA blood test is sufficient for most men. Under 4 is good. If it hits 5-6 there's about a 50-60% chance you have cancer. Also, if you're 50 and ignore a PSA of 5 or so, chances are you'll not make it to 60 or 65. If you're 75 and have a 5, they'll probably just watch and wait.

I've been thru the surgery and a year later, radiation every day for 7 weeks. Listen to your doctor; ignore his advice at your own peril. PSA has been undetectable, basically 0, for a year now. Fingers crossed.

 

[Mark K]

Yes but you wont have any more sex but your not anyway so get it taken out just to be sure

Absolutely wrong information.

 

[glenn walker]

Absolutely wrong information.

Thats what my medical site says - I know my friends who did it were pretty much done in that department, but hell so what if it saved their life .

 

[Airstream]

Your prostate was removed? Can you live without a prostate?

Yes. It is not without problems. The 2 big problems are ED and incontinence. Both go away over time for most. But not all. That’s the risk. The upside is that you get to see your grandkids grow up. I had no problem with the latter, but did with the former. But there are a multitude of new procedures today. Science is changing on a daily basis. But DO NOT mess around with prostate cancer. As said above if it gets out of your prostate, then things can get ugly. I have had a 0 PSA test now for 8 years.

 

[Mark K]

0... The upside is that you get to see your grandkids grow up. .... I have had a 0 PSA test now for 8 years.

That's my hope, seeing grandkids graduate HS, maybe even get married.

0 for 8 years....Congrats!! My non-medical but somewhat experienced opinion is that you might be cured.

I'm at 0, again. First time after surgery 0 lasted about 12 months then climbed to 0.22 in the next 9 months, high enough to require radiation. 0 since then, 15 months ago.

To those on the sidelines, don't ignore things that don't seem right with your body. One buddy ignored a pain in his back that wouldn't go away. Finally saw a Doc. Turned out to be liver cancer, died 3 months later. Another buddy ignored a lump in his chest for way too long. Turned out to be breast cancer (yes, guys get it too) and by then it had spread, died 6 months later.

 

[Airstream]

That's my hope, seeing grandkids graduate HS, maybe even get married.

0 for 8 years....Congrats!! My non-medical but somewhat experienced opinion is that you might be cured.

I'm at 0, again. First time after surgery 0 lasted about 12 months then climbed to 0.22 in the next 9 months, high enough to require radiation. 0 since then, 15 months ago.

To those on the sidelines, don't ignore things that don't seem right with your body. One buddy ignored a pain in his back that wouldn't go away. Finally saw a Doc. Turned out to be liver cancer, died 3 months later. Another buddy ignored a lump in his chest for way too long. Turned out to be breast cancer (yes, guys get it too) and by then it had spread, died 6 months later.

Yep, had my first great grandchild just a few weeks ago. Sounds like you are on the right path. And as you said, don't ignore things. Get that yearly physical. Too often men have a tendency to not go to the doctor.

Second, lose weight. Get that BMI in the normal range. Stop eating bad carbs, processed foods, and no sugar. I wasn't overweight and I was pretty fit. But decided for health sake I should stop bad carbs and sugar (just eat a bit once in awhile).

Lost 15lbs, and BMI is well within normal range. My cholesterol went down 50 points (170), good cholesterol went up 6 pts in the good range, and tryglycerides were well below 100 (even after not fasting). Blood pressure is 110/65. It makes a huge difference. I'm at the same weight I was in my 30's and I don't starve myself at all. Just eat healthy foods. As they say, shop on the outside of the grocery store. I have a supportive wife on this as well, which helps immensely. Next door neighbor did essentially the same thing. Lost 40lbs.