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<blockquote data-quote="sodbuster2" data-source="post: 6554139" data-attributes="member: 50182"><p>Just thought I would share my experience and resurrect this important subject.</p><p>My mother and a friend kept hassling me to get tested so at 52 and with no symptoms I do so and 18 months ago with a PSA of 2.36 all is deemed well by GP although slightly higher than average for age.</p><p></p><p>After 12 months I go again, still with no symptoms, and the score is 4.09 which is too high for age so 6 weeks later I get retested/examined at 3.67. GP tells me still high for age but suggests retest in 6 weeks shows 3.76 so he refers me to consultant urologist. He examines me and reports no abnormality but offers MRI scan as a better indicator which I then have done. Result shows no abnormality but urologist offers choice to continue 'active surveillance' which is examination/blood PSA test every few months or biopsy so I choose biopsy as the most accurate/definitive.</p><p>Result is 1 in 20 of the core samples has cancer cell/s which are low aggressivity giving a and Gleason score of 6. </p><p>I then choose to have my prostate robotically removed and am now sat typing this hoping for a rapid recovery as its starting to dry up outside...only joking honest...</p><p></p><p>So, if you have not been tested within 12 months and are over 50 then GET TESTED! I am so glad I did at this moment in time.</p><p></p><p>p.s I will be eternally grateful to all involved from the Rosemere Cancer Foundation who funded the £1.25 million Da Vinci robot and the staff at Preston Royal who manage the whole process enabling me to walk out (albeit slowly) 27 hrs post op.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sodbuster2, post: 6554139, member: 50182"] Just thought I would share my experience and resurrect this important subject. My mother and a friend kept hassling me to get tested so at 52 and with no symptoms I do so and 18 months ago with a PSA of 2.36 all is deemed well by GP although slightly higher than average for age. After 12 months I go again, still with no symptoms, and the score is 4.09 which is too high for age so 6 weeks later I get retested/examined at 3.67. GP tells me still high for age but suggests retest in 6 weeks shows 3.76 so he refers me to consultant urologist. He examines me and reports no abnormality but offers MRI scan as a better indicator which I then have done. Result shows no abnormality but urologist offers choice to continue 'active surveillance' which is examination/blood PSA test every few months or biopsy so I choose biopsy as the most accurate/definitive. Result is 1 in 20 of the core samples has cancer cell/s which are low aggressivity giving a and Gleason score of 6. I then choose to have my prostate robotically removed and am now sat typing this hoping for a rapid recovery as its starting to dry up outside...only joking honest... So, if you have not been tested within 12 months and are over 50 then GET TESTED! I am so glad I did at this moment in time. p.s I will be eternally grateful to all involved from the Rosemere Cancer Foundation who funded the £1.25 million Da Vinci robot and the staff at Preston Royal who manage the whole process enabling me to walk out (albeit slowly) 27 hrs post op. [/QUOTE]
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