Prostate biopsy
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Unfortunately a finger up the nipsy & an MRI scan conflict with the results from my PSA tests, as a result I will be having a prostate biopsy on Monday to help eliminate the risk of the big C. Having explained to the consultant I have a real fear of GA/sedation he said no problem it can be done under a local anaesthetic. Whilst I don't expect it to tickle has anybody had the same procedure under a local before and wouldn't mind sharing their experience it would be appreciated.
Thanks all for the reassurance.
The suspicion is that its not cancer given my age (41) but my old man had it in his early 50's so I get myself checked yearly when they do my bloods for my diabetes. Whilst the PSA test is notoriously unreliable, my numbers have gone from 1.8 the last 2 years to 3.6 this year with the private clinic I asked for a referral to, doing their own test which came out at 7.6 despite the MRI and examination being 'normal'.
The suspicion is that its not cancer given my age (41) but my old man had it in his early 50's so I get myself checked yearly when they do my bloods for my diabetes. Whilst the PSA test is notoriously unreliable, my numbers have gone from 1.8 the last 2 years to 3.6 this year with the private clinic I asked for a referral to, doing their own test which came out at 7.6 despite the MRI and examination being 'normal'.
Thanks all for the best wishes.
Had the procedure about 1pm today, I was in the car driving home again for 2:30pm.
No pain at all from the sampling part of the op, the most uncomfortable bit was the initial inserting the ultrasound tool up my nipsy! - he could have warned me
A week or so to wait for the results so fingers crossed. My MRI was normal and the physical exam was normal too. I initially thought my first PSA of 3.6 was high, as somebody has already pointed out, you should abstain from nookie for 72hrs before the test - nobody told me that until after the test & the mrs had treated me the day before!. I expected the test the private hospital did to be 'normal' it had almost doubled again in 2 weeks.
Had the procedure about 1pm today, I was in the car driving home again for 2:30pm.
No pain at all from the sampling part of the op, the most uncomfortable bit was the initial inserting the ultrasound tool up my nipsy! - he could have warned me
A week or so to wait for the results so fingers crossed. My MRI was normal and the physical exam was normal too. I initially thought my first PSA of 3.6 was high, as somebody has already pointed out, you should abstain from nookie for 72hrs before the test - nobody told me that until after the test & the mrs had treated me the day before!. I expected the test the private hospital did to be 'normal' it had almost doubled again in 2 weeks.
Edited by shep1001 on Monday 10th October 16:56
PistonHeads....... "because lubrication matters"Hi All. To draw this to a conclusion, I went for my results today & all came back normal, no cancerous cells detected in any of the 12 cores they took. Consultant is confident that should be the end of it but I will go back mid Jan for another PSA test & MRI just to make sure.
Thanks for all your input and good luck to those who have had or are undergoing further treatment
Thanks for all your input and good luck to those who have had or are undergoing further treatment
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