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User
Posted 16 May 2019 at 20:46

👍🏻 Thanks for replying Lyn x

User
Posted 17 May 2019 at 11:28
just a quick query - we got the hard copy of his results and at the bottom it says "Pathology Harmonisation reference intervals adopted as of 20/6/18.

Does anyone know what that means?

thanks as ever

User
Posted 17 May 2019 at 13:47
No.

Why don’t they speak English?

Cheers, John.

User
Posted 17 May 2019 at 14:08
LOL John!

Yup we wondered if this could have made a difference with the rise from 0.1 to 0.2 after radiotherapy which has spooked us somewhat!

all the best!

jen

User
Posted 17 May 2019 at 14:31

A quick google suggests that this is harmonisation of the "normal" low and high levels for all the components of blood, urine, and other tests, and thus flagging of out-of-range results should be comparing against the same "normal" ranges everywhere.

I don't think this will change the calculation of the PSA, but it might mean everyone uses the same PSA ranges to flag up high levels that need investigating in the case of tests taken prior to any treatment.

It's probably irrelevant for PSA measurements taken after treatment starts, but just a bit of boiler plate text that appears on all test results.

User
Posted 17 May 2019 at 14:33
Thanks Andy that's really helpful!

Cheers

Jen

User
Posted 22 May 2019 at 15:23

Hi Everyone;

Just a quick update.

Saw the Oncologist today who was perfectly happy with 0.2 (even though there had been a small increase from <0.1)and was indeed unusually smiley.... !We are back again in September and we will watch the trend but she thinks 0.2 may be his level as he had been that level in January 2018. She touched on the potential bounce (we are 6 months after Radiotherapy and on no HT) at about 18 months. Other than that it was the quickest appointment we had yet.(we forgot to ask her any of our list of questions!) Flushes are subsiding but again she thinks they may (or may not) get fewer and fewer round about the 18 month mark.

So we will get on with living life until September and the next psa anxiety week!

Thanks for reading

Jen

User
Posted 22 May 2019 at 21:28
Great news :-)
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 23 May 2019 at 14:26

Good news overall. You are right to get and and enjoy life.

Best wishes,

Ido4

 
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