Difficult diagnosis

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Posted 20 Jan 2020 at 01:53

I think it is easy for us to read and interpret these things as we are using the language all the time. We shouldn't assume that someone that has never had dealings with prostate cancer will easily understand the difference between prostate cancer and prostatitis, particularly when they are in pain, scared or anxious.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 16 Mar 2020 at 20:17

Oddly enough I am at the same point you describe. Psa of 1 never above 2. Diagnosed with enlarged prostate in 2016.

had issues with back pain ,given a ct as with a Pacemaker an mri is more complicated.

diagbosed with spine degeneration at all levels. I am 65 told normal at my age. Happy with that, however recent suffered excruciating hip and leg pain one night which was so bad I assumed it was nerve related. These symptoms have subsided but back ache now in centre and too if back, so back on the Pca worry.

have had an mri of lumbar spine awaiting results but very worried and am have been seeking anyone else who may have been diagnosed with spine mets but normal psa.

sounds like yours turned out to be ok.

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Posted 16 Mar 2020 at 20:59

The backache is more likely to be due to the spine damage than to prostate cancer but it is right that your doctors are checking. It is possible to have to have mets with low PSA but extremely rare.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 16 Mar 2020 at 21:48

Thanks for your reply I hope you are right.

I had read that interpreting ct scans is not as easy to detect bone mets alongside degeneration. The mri will though so we shall see.

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