What were your first symptoms?
Prostate cancer sometimes has symptoms that alert people to go see a physician. Other times symptoms may not initially appear. What were the first symptoms you experienced?
The only sign I had was that one-day while in a public urinal at the office, I was at the urinal right next to my boss and noticed that though he is 20 years older than me, it took me longer than him to empty my bladder.
Didn't think much of it after that. When months later I went for my annual check-up, my GP said that since I was 51, it was time for her to start doing the digital rectal exam on me. She must have felt something abnormal as she added the PSA test to the blood work sheet she usually gives me. So my first PSA was 78 and I was already stage 4 gleason 8 at diagnosis.
After I've had radiation to the prostate, I began to urinate at a more normal pace. Never had other symptoms from the cancer before or since.
Just had a prostate cancer metastasis to the right-shoulder radiated. That too I've never felt and only knew it was there because of a bone scan.I don’t know you but I’m so happy to hear you’re in remission. I wish you many more years.
As for me, my biopsy came back 13/13 benign prostate tissue. So I’m in the clear (but still having regular updates) for the time being.the only symptom I had was that my PSA doubled in one year.
Other than that, nothing.
First signs, infected prostate then sudden increase in PSA.
So many times guys have no signs or choose to ignore them. While it is never good to discover you have PCa there is a benefit if you catch it early on when it can be treated. Dennis(ProstateCancer.net TEAM) I had no symptoms but a rising psa 2.8 them 3.7 a year later to 4.5 nine months later. The urologist said I’ll see you next year which I thought was negligence on his part. I immediately had a second urologist due a biopsy where my cancer was detected in 4 of 6 cores . Surgery ( radical prostatectomy) was done by a top urologist and mt psa has been undetectable since . That was almost 30 years ago.
No symptoms at all. Doctor just decided to do a random PSA test and it came back at 8.5. He had me go a week with no sex or biking and repeated the test and it was 7.5, still high, so he referred me to a urologist who did an MRI and then a biopsy.
Radiation and six months of ADT that ended last October. A year later, my PSA is undetectable but the ADT *STILL* hasn't worn off which was something I wasn't warned about What were you given for the ADT? This is my treatment plan as well. I had two shots, Firmagon and camcevi.
For me, it was yes and no. I had an enlarged prostate for years. I'm talking about a couple of decades. Never knew about a PSA test. I would get fairly regular blood work but never heard of a PSA or at least was never aware. And then I got a blood test 3 years ago and I'm told my PSA is in the 20s and that it's supposed to be a whole lot less.. Now all of a sudden I have prostate cancer. Of course, it had been growing right along but I always had the yearly digital exam and never knew anything about the blood test. So I would say it was sudden without being sudden..
your doctor never mentioned a psa?? Change your Doctor!!!
