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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Prostate Related Issues
Lowered PSA, 2.99 to 0.92, in Three Months
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<blockquote data-quote="tcmi" data-source="post: 200628" data-attributes="member: 31798"><p>My biopsy was more mentally challenging than physical. The pain was much less than I was expecting. After discovering a slightly abnormal DRE seven years ago, we’ve been monitoring regularly. Recently added a 4K prostate blood test which indicated intermediate risk of Gleason Score 7 or above on biopsy. Decided to do first biopsy last month based on the 4K screening. Biopsy indicated Gleason Score 7 cancer in 5 of 12 core samples. My PSA was only 2.2 - and I’m only 51 years old. I’m glad we didn’t act seven years ago and chose careful monitoring instead. But also glad we caught it now, as my doctor (with other testing) indicates very little chance of spread. I’m getting it removed. One last thing to note with regard to biopsy accuracy / coverage. It really depends a lot on the size of your prostate. The standard biopsy takes 12 samples. If your prostate is small, those 12 samples provide good coverage; the larger the prostate size, the less coverage obtained.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tcmi, post: 200628, member: 31798"] My biopsy was more mentally challenging than physical. The pain was much less than I was expecting. After discovering a slightly abnormal DRE seven years ago, we’ve been monitoring regularly. Recently added a 4K prostate blood test which indicated intermediate risk of Gleason Score 7 or above on biopsy. Decided to do first biopsy last month based on the 4K screening. Biopsy indicated Gleason Score 7 cancer in 5 of 12 core samples. My PSA was only 2.2 - and I’m only 51 years old. I’m glad we didn’t act seven years ago and chose careful monitoring instead. But also glad we caught it now, as my doctor (with other testing) indicates very little chance of spread. I’m getting it removed. One last thing to note with regard to biopsy accuracy / coverage. It really depends a lot on the size of your prostate. The standard biopsy takes 12 samples. If your prostate is small, those 12 samples provide good coverage; the larger the prostate size, the less coverage obtained. [/QUOTE]
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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Prostate Related Issues
Lowered PSA, 2.99 to 0.92, in Three Months
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