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Posted 01 Apr 2015 at 16:01

Hello, just reading your story...what a journey. Just thought I would say my other half was encouraged to do AS with a psa of 3.7 in June, by Dec it was 4.9 we both couldn't handle the worry of just being monitored, the consultant still encouraged to just monitor, (with a bigger biopsy a few months later) we had decided on brachy when needed and the consultant said he was happy to wait until the psa was up to 15 but for me the risk was too great, I thought it could spread in that time so he had the treatment in January. Hope you get it sorted soon.

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Posted 02 Apr 2015 at 11:37

Thank you for your reply, it is indeed a journey! Have just booked a doctors apt for next week to repeat the PSA test and check it wasn't an anomaly then will go back to the urologist. It seems to me they encourage monitoring but like you I worry about it spreading whilst we sit watching! I hope your husband makes a full recovery soon, has he had his psa tested since January?

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Posted 02 Apr 2015 at 14:49

Hello, yes he had a psa 6 weeks after brachy, it was 4.9 pre brachy and he thought it was 2.9 but he got confused a few days later and said 3.9 but it had gone down. It can go up after brachy due to the trauma to the prostate, but had gone down a bit. Takes at least a year after brachy to settle.

Good luck with your psa test.

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