It never stops

 Happy to announce this week I'm still doing well. 1.0 on the PSA. Also want you all to know that you can share my story. I get to talk to people every now and then about my journey. There are options, it's not about being tough, it's about doing what's best for your quality of life. Mine is amazing.

Keep getting check ups and keeps spreading the word.

Has it been a fast 5 years

 Dr. Barnes came in this morning to my room and said, great news. Your numbers are still looking great. 

My PSA was .999

Some would say I'm prostate cancer free. It feels weird to say it, do not want to Jinx anything. I do not believe this journey is over, I'm sure at my 9 month appointment I will be nervous, I know I'll question every feeling I have in my body, whether it is sweats, tenderness, over peeing, under peeing. 

Stay on top of your PSA, its so easy. 

I'm smiling a little bit bigger today.

All I need to say is...

 0.97

Latest PSA

1.07, boom. Still crusing along.

Three years after Proton Therapy and I did get an MRI

my PSA jumped from 1.0 to 1.6 in 6 months so we decided to take an antibiotic, that lowered my PSA down to .9. We also did a pelvic MRI with contrast and the results were great. No cancer in the prostate, no cancer in the pelvic bone marrow, and no swell in the plevic lymph nodes. Gonna head back in 4 months for my next MRI.

It's been a year? And a PSA bump

So in the last year post treatment life has looked great. In April my psa was 1.0. This october at my regualar doctors physical it was 1.2, two weeks later at my semi annual appointment it was 1.6. That made every stop. Doctor asked if I was peeing more often, didn't think so, was it painful when I urinated and I said I did not think so, he thought it might be prostitis that is causing my psa to rise, I asked if Covid could cause it, he said he didn't think so (google covid and PSA, you will find that a case study of 91 guys showed that the PSA does spike during covid, and results of .6 increase lasted for 3 months, but I digress). So I went on a 1 week antibiotic and we retested 12 days later and bam it is back to .92. I am also scheduled for an MRI on sunday, but that may be cancelled. That's it, that is what has kept me stressed for two weeks. PS, the week leading up to my PSA's every 6 months is stressful as well. Other patients I talk to experience the same.

I like good news

I'll keep it simple. PSA today was 0.846, so in the range I've been in since treatment, except for the hanky panky spike spring of 2021. And going to go off of Flomax and see how I do. If I get off of Flomax I will be medicine free, which as I approach 50 seems pretty cool. Have a wonderful Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.