Good news for sure for you guys who’ve been diagnosed and have come out with a better prognosis.
Since around 2000 when I was first diagnosed with the dreaded enlarged prostate, my PSA numbers have inched up with each annual visit. Started at about 3 which caught the Dr.’s attention. Took the blue pill for years with no significant changes. Seems I’ve had so many 12 point biopsies (7or8) there won’t be any tissue left the next time they suggest it. Now at 70 years of age, that PSA number is around 21. I’ve had over the years three urologists handle my case, one being the super duper doctor from the “specialty clinic down south” who which found the same as the previous two…no cancer but “chronic prostatitis”. But why the elevated PSA levels I ask? Seems a question hard to answer other than the Dr.’s response, “With some men, the elevated levels are normal” along with the remaining medical opinion. It’s been at least twenty-five years or so and although the organ might look like a rotten onion, there’s never been an indication that things have gotten worse other than peeing twice a night with a weaker stream. No Dr. has ever mentioned the term “Gleason”, so I’ve no response to that.
But yes guys…beginning at 40 years of age (used to be 50) start getting yourself checked as it’s been proven statistically that this cancer has been more prevalent with men under the 50 year ms of age marker.
