The PSA doubling time is thought to be useful particularly as absolute levels of PSA aren’t necessarily indicative of cancer.
MRI should be the next step if PSA suggests an investigation.
Phil
Thanks Phil.
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Take care and get well soon
Ian
There was a lot of flu and covid around down here last winter. Take care.
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Here the recommended values for PSA are 0-4. I reached 16 with doctors just suggesting controls, then I booked a visit privately. It was cancer of course. Assuming I am safe, what saved me was my instinct and my own taking the thing in my hands. Sorry for the many my, but it’s all about that.
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Between radical prostatectomy and RT, my PSA (0.45 after surgery) doubled monthly.
That’s why I am being very attentive and cautious even though my PSA is currently 0.08. My cancer cells have proven fast, aggressive and sort of free to move.
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Hope that they are finding the elusive ones.
I was really talking about early stages.
Thinking of you, @Dan, @Pete_the_painter and others fighting the big C.
Phil
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Thanks Max - that’s a great approach.
I have done similar with my health over the past 4 years.
As it happens I watched this informative video only this morning:
All the best
James
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I’m okay but bloody COVID. Irony is I had to cancel my booster jab because you have to be negative for 28 days!
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That’s not good lay low and get better. Cheers.
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HOPE you are now better, it’s a so and so
@Ian2001 @Pete_the_painter, guys.
Lot better thanks guys. To be honest if it hadn’t been for being recommended to do a test I’d have put it down to just being flu. But has left me with slight tinnitus which I’ll have to have checked if continues.
Thanks again,
Lindsay
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Are you sure about that Lindsay? I saw on the NHS Covid booking site that a recent Covid infection didn’t affect the getting a Covid booster jab.
Unfortunately there are many conflicting guidelines relating to this, some say no problem if no longer infectious, some 10 days, others 28 days or more. I’ve just recovered and booster booked for 10 days time, will give doc a call on Monday to clarify. It appears, from an online search, advice differs geographically.
From my GP surgery.
Well i spent the last 30 days with a boring fever coming and going…But doctors say i had the first wave of covid in september 2019 when i had a pneumonia with a kidneys and heart failure.
I should be immunized from the very first most aggresive version.
Not true i’m afraid.
I’d say not to underestimate the little thing and try to wear your face mask while in crowded places.
And get your flu vaccine shot!
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From the reminder email sent to me by the NHS booking system three weeks ago:
What to do if you’ve had COVID-19 or symptoms of COVID-19:
“If you have COVID-19, or think you might, wait until you feel better before getting vaccinated.
You should also wait if you have a high temperature or feel particularly unwell with any illness. If you have recently got better from COVID-19, there is no need to delay getting vaccinated.”
This advice is different from what was said in previous campaigns, so I guess lots of GP staff are not going to be properly up to date.
Maybe one of the reasons for the new advice is that there is new understanding as to why previous Covid vaccinations and infections don’t give lasting immunity. Nature magazine recently wrote about research in the US that shows that unlike many viral infections Covid (and Covid vaccinations) are not remembered by the Long-Lived Plasma Cells (LLPCs) in your immune system, unlike flu or tetanus for example, so renewing the vaccination often is really important.
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Thanks David.
I’ve been suffering from sore throat, cough, general tiredness for days. I’m suspicious about any symptoms since 18 months but this could be just flu or COVID. I have had four shots but C-19, two years ago.
I’ll have a tampon later today. Fifth shot is available.