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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Prostate Related Issues
PSA numbers increasing on testosterone- Should I stop TRT?
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<blockquote data-quote="DragonBits" data-source="post: 223626" data-attributes="member: 18023"><p>My PSA was 2.1 when I was 43 back in 1996. I started TRT in late 2009 at 57, my PSA was 2.2, and stayed in a range for 2.2-2.8 for five years on TRT, Then I stopped TRT for ~1.5 years, started back up in 2018 at 65 with a PSA of 2.4, but added in HCG this time. In 5 months, my PSA shot up to 3.9. I was concerned, though since it was a test I bought myself, no doctor was involved.</p><p></p><p>I thought perhaps the HCG had something to do with it, but hard to tell.</p><p></p><p>Since then it has gone up and down, not sure of the reasons. I tried Life Extension Ultra Prostate, stopped HCG, never stopped TRT. The lowest it went since that time was 3.2.</p><p></p><p>I first went in 2018 to an urologist to see if he would prescribe TRT, but no luck there.</p><p></p><p>He was useful for the DRE, selectMDX test and MRI. He wanted to do a biopsy, I refused as IMO there was not any evidence to suggest cancer. And most important, a negative biopsy isn't definitive, you can still have cancer, they can easily miss the cancer. Often they will want to do multiple biopsies. No on in my family has ever had any kind of cancer (one uncle had leukemia). Every blood urine test came back as unlikely to be cancer.</p><p></p><p>I would ask your doctor about the selectMDX test, it's ~$500 but in my case insurance covered it. You can google it, it's an excellent test. And if you do another biopsy, get a MRI first to see where if it indicates any cancer, and I would only get an ultrasound or MRI-guided biopsy as a guide to tell the doctor where to do the biopsy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DragonBits, post: 223626, member: 18023"] My PSA was 2.1 when I was 43 back in 1996. I started TRT in late 2009 at 57, my PSA was 2.2, and stayed in a range for 2.2-2.8 for five years on TRT, Then I stopped TRT for ~1.5 years, started back up in 2018 at 65 with a PSA of 2.4, but added in HCG this time. In 5 months, my PSA shot up to 3.9. I was concerned, though since it was a test I bought myself, no doctor was involved. I thought perhaps the HCG had something to do with it, but hard to tell. Since then it has gone up and down, not sure of the reasons. I tried Life Extension Ultra Prostate, stopped HCG, never stopped TRT. The lowest it went since that time was 3.2. I first went in 2018 to an urologist to see if he would prescribe TRT, but no luck there. He was useful for the DRE, selectMDX test and MRI. He wanted to do a biopsy, I refused as IMO there was not any evidence to suggest cancer. And most important, a negative biopsy isn't definitive, you can still have cancer, they can easily miss the cancer. Often they will want to do multiple biopsies. No on in my family has ever had any kind of cancer (one uncle had leukemia). Every blood urine test came back as unlikely to be cancer. I would ask your doctor about the selectMDX test, it's ~$500 but in my case insurance covered it. You can google it, it's an excellent test. And if you do another biopsy, get a MRI first to see where if it indicates any cancer, and I would only get an ultrasound or MRI-guided biopsy as a guide to tell the doctor where to do the biopsy. [/QUOTE]
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