Concerning BPH or Cancer
Hello, my husbands PSA has spiked since before his Greenlight Laser for BPH. From 5 to 35 and this is after surgery. He had a catheter in for one year before surgery and so the PSA of 18 at the time was thought to be due to catheter. Did biopsy as initial MRI showed pirad 5 and all 16 were negative. Prostate size over 150 cc. Thoughts, advice or stories we can learne from. They are doing another MRI....
Hi
I am glad to hear they are doing another MRI. I hope this can help you to figure out what is going on. I wanted to share a story from one of our member's with a rising PSA level after surgery: https://prostatecancer.net/living/psa-after-surgery. I hope this is helpful. Jill (Team Member) Greenlight was an excellent choice. This paves the way for him to have radiation (or surgery). They shun bad pee performers away from rad.
Here is a good website to compare odds of cure for the major treatment paths. You have to determine your stage, low risk, intermediate, or high risk (risk of recurrence). So if you are intermediate, pull up the intermediate chart and you can see the odds of 10-20 yr survival, etc. based on the treatment you pick.
https://www.prostatecancerfree.org/compare-prostate-cancer-treatments/
It is best viewed on computer or just print it on paper. Not so viewable on phone.
To make the graphs easier to read, i drew a dot on the endpoints of the elipses, and then drew a line through the dots. This turns the elipses into lines.
Also be aware the the graphs don’t show any salvage radiation benefit. This would boost the surgery odds up a bit.
And, this is a very dysfunctional industry from my view. Loads of bad info mixed in with the good info. Same with the docs. Some of them are more dangerous than the cancer.
