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19/11/17

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Originally posted by pintohoo ↑

thanks -- I am fine ---------- it was a false very high spike because I had sex the morning I went for bloods

(those pathology girls are just so cute )

na -- on subsequent tests - it was back to normal.

the absolute stupidity of it - is - no one tells you not to have sex prior to giving blood - how silly is that?

No GP has ever told me that trick - and the first urologist didn't mention it - but the second opinion did - and, he said that not many GP's know it - and even fewer tell people.

duh?

PSA's IMO - are a must - and, I would not wait until you have enough wrinkles on your forehead that you can screw your hat on -

plenty of blokes in their 50's have problems ---------- problems that if caught early are fixable - and, if let go on their merry little way can end up with very very bad outcomes.

IMO - go early and get knowlegeable

have a great day all

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Get a few PSA tests along with your other blood tests to establish a statistical base. In your fifties or earlier if you can.

The most important thing with PSA numbers is CHANGE from that base (and be prepared for false positives as Pinto has iterated ).

I have a golfing friend of 70 who had consistently low PSA readings but had high grade prostate cancer show up in a scan ordered after slight elevations to levels common in the general male population.. It had spread throughout his body including bones. He is responding well to chemo.

I know another in his 80's who has had readings well over 1000 for about 15 yrs and he still plays golf.

The point is, minimal PSA's are not the be-all and end-all diagnostic screen.

JX
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