The Hits Just Keep On Coming…

A few weeks ago, at my wife’s insistence, I had a physical performed. My blood results came back with a somewhat elevated PSA. It wasn’t super high, but it was out of range. I was referred to a urologist who performed another PSA test and the score went down — slightly and a physical exam where one side of my prostate was larger than the other. This led to an MRI. The MRI showed a lesion and given a PI-RADS score of 3-4 out of five. (Some characteristics of a 3 and some of a 4).

Now, there are a few positives:

1. ⁠⁠The PI-RADS score of 3 is not good, but not as bad as a 4
2. ⁠⁠The PSA score was “just out of range” 4.12, then 4.01
3. ⁠⁠The lesion is contained and shows no spread and is located in an area in which cancer usually does not manifest (the transition zone)
4. ⁠⁠I do not have a family history of prostate cancer. I took a biomarker urine test that doesn’t diagnose or predict cancer, but shows that I may have genetic markers for prostate cancer.

Anyway, I have a biopsy scheduled next month and a follow-up for the results 3 weeks after.

Just had a EXODX urine test come back as 31.45

I’m worrying myself sick with Dr. Google and I haven’t even had the biopsy!

53 year old male — very active (endurance runner, yoga, weightlifting)