Psa

docjohn

docjohn

Illustrious Member
Super Mod
Joined
30 January 2001
Messages
23,058
Location
Pa
hey guys esp over 50...besides getting your first colonoscapy ,think about a quantitative psa (prostate specific antigen) level.The usefulness of getting a baseline is to watch for increases over time especially doubling ,every year.May help catch it (cancer) early when treatment options are more varied.If you can convince your gp to order it,refrain from hanky panky spanky for 2 days before the test....this has been a public service anouncement.:biggrin:
 
Last edited:
docjohn said:
hey guys esp over 50...besides getting your first colonoscapy ,think about a quantitative psa (prostate specific antigen) level.The usefulness of getting a baseline is to watch for increases over time especially doubling ,every year.May help catch it (cancer) early when treatment options are more varied.If you can convince your gp to order it,refrain from hanky panky spanky for 2 days before the test....this has been a public service anouncement.:biggrin:
Click to expand...
thx for the, um, heads-up, doc ;)
 
gotta respect our little heads......
 
I think there are easier ways to trick people into letting them let you put your finger in their butt. :smile:
 
tell me what has worked for you in the past....................
 
sweet.........I guess you love the old ladies.....
 
once you go 50....its nifty and thrifty.....
 
I'll tell you this. I had early stage of bladder cancer almost 3 years ago {august}. It came from nowhere. I had it removed in Sept and decided to get my colonoscopy in Dec. since my deductable was pd in full. It probably is the easiest procedure you can get. I was clean as a pin, doc said see you in 10 years:wink:. I now get my bladder scoped every 6 months:frown: and have been clean as a pin. I'm on testosterone injections and get blood work every 3 months. I ask for a PSA everytime since insurance is paying. PSA is perfect. No, I don't get the finger every 3 months, just the bloodwork.
Anyway, get that Colon checked and that blood work. I thought I'd add my .02 since this stuff never meant squat to me, but now I take everything seriously and hope you do too.:wink:
 
Last edited:
Is there a correlation between being sexually active and elevation of psa? if you are sexually active, you make your prostate work overtime and it becomes hypertrophic .
 
"Butt" seriously doc, when would you recommend a guy get a prostate exam? Not a full on colonoscopy but just the digit in the chute type? Which BTW, what's he or she checking for any way?
 
Last edited:
Joker said:
Is there a correlation between being sexually active and elevation of psa? if you are sexually active, you make your prostate work overtime and it becomes hypertrophic .
Click to expand...

yes to psa going up after working out your glands..thats why I said what i said.Hypertrophy or benign enlargement is the most common reason for higher psa level,thats why its good to moniter the trend of psa level over time.bph is not related to how many time you get it on,but happens slowly over time.

- - - Updated - - -

Vega$ NSX said:
"Butt" seriously doc, when would you recommend a guy get a prostate exam? Not a full on colonoscopy but just the digit in the chute type? Which BTW, what's he or she checking for any way?
Click to expand...

lol..the finger if it can reach can detect some cancers,but by that point you've missed the train.Best thing if your psa is 4-10 is to have a talk with your doc about more specific blood tests,and the gold standard of transrectal ultrasound or mri.
 
My understanding is that there's a fair amount of controversy regarding routine PSA tests and whether to even bother. They're consistently recommended for those at high risk (family history, etc), but for everyone else, some studies say yes, others no, it's not worth doing. This shows up in the news periodically, along with news regarding new tests to supplement the PSA readings, etc.

I'm NOT telling anyone to avoid getting a PSA test, especially if you have any of those risk factors. But the medical establishment does not yet have a consensus on who should get one, how often, what to do with an elevated reading, etc.

davidf said:
decided to get my colonoscopy in Dec. since my deductable was pd in full. It probably is the easiest procedure you can get. I was clean as a pin, doc said see you in 10 years:wink:.
Click to expand...
A few years ago I heard a lecture from one of the leading authorities in colorectal cancer. He said that, aside from smoking-related cancers, colorectal cancer is the most lethal avoidable type of cancer; getting a colonoscopy every ten years starting at 50 gives you a good chance of finding it and beating it, and without the colonoscopy, you probably won't know until it's too late.
 
Last edited:
there is absolutely controversy about psa..but don't let that paralize you into doing nothing.
 
docjohn's advice is golden, and nsxtasy is right too.
They say that most men who die of old age have prostate cancer -- they just didn't know it. Some forms are so slow-growing they aren't worth worrying about -- others, need attention.
See your primary care doc regularly and follow his/her advice.
 
Last edited:

Similar threads

NSXrebel
Ayrton Senna , 14 years ago
Replies
6
Views
14K
soloracer951
S
Back
Top