Originally Posted by
Adam Helmer
murf205,
I am glad you got better PSA numbers now. When my PSA went to 5.5, I went to see a specialist who "dropped the ball!" For over a year, I saw him quarterly, my PSA numbers kept going up and he could only say, "we will continue monitoring this." NO!!!! I found a better doctor when I hit 9.5 and he said, "You should have been here a year ago!"
I had the 5 daily radiation treatments 4 years ago and my PSA as of last month was 0.01! Every 6 months I have a CBC (Complete Blood Count) including a PSA scan. "Monitoring" High PSA Numbers is NOT Prostate Cancer Treatment!
Be well.
Adam