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Has anyone on here dealt with this? Mine has been elevated off and on for years now. I do have an enlarged prostate and its been that way for about 10 years now too. I figure its probably just from that. I had my GP stick his finger up you know where and feel it and he just said it was enlarged. No shit! Im taking Flomax med for it now and it increased my flow to an acceptable rate. Ive been just fine really.
My endocrinologist is freaking out now and says he wont treat me anymore unless I got to an urologist. So tomorrow im going to have to call his office and have him refer me to someone. I really cant stand my endo, but dont want to mess with changing to another and risk getting another one that is a pain in my ass. I think this doctor is worried I have freaking prostate cancer.
I didnt think it was a big deal if the count is just slightly elevated and is that way for a long time. It hasnt increased over the years at all. Im not sure why he is just now all worried about it. He must have had another patient or read about a case where someone had cancer. The level last week was 4.16 and then in March it was higher at 4.63. It has been down in the mid 3s. It seems to vary quite a bit. Ive read that having sex/or masturbating and exercise before the test can elevated it. I had just done legs the day prior to this last test.
Has anyone else on here had a similar experience where your level is just slightly above the normal of 4.0? Did you make a trip to the urologist? Wondering how your case turned out. Im sure he will do a rectal exam and then im thinking he will probably want to do a biopsy. Id like to avoid the biopsy if I can, im worried about problems that could come about because of that. Has anyone here had the biopsy? Any issues there?
If it aint enough that Im in full heart failure, now I have to deal with this bullshit.
My endocrinologist is freaking out now and says he wont treat me anymore unless I got to an urologist. So tomorrow im going to have to call his office and have him refer me to someone. I really cant stand my endo, but dont want to mess with changing to another and risk getting another one that is a pain in my ass. I think this doctor is worried I have freaking prostate cancer.
I didnt think it was a big deal if the count is just slightly elevated and is that way for a long time. It hasnt increased over the years at all. Im not sure why he is just now all worried about it. He must have had another patient or read about a case where someone had cancer. The level last week was 4.16 and then in March it was higher at 4.63. It has been down in the mid 3s. It seems to vary quite a bit. Ive read that having sex/or masturbating and exercise before the test can elevated it. I had just done legs the day prior to this last test.
Has anyone else on here had a similar experience where your level is just slightly above the normal of 4.0? Did you make a trip to the urologist? Wondering how your case turned out. Im sure he will do a rectal exam and then im thinking he will probably want to do a biopsy. Id like to avoid the biopsy if I can, im worried about problems that could come about because of that. Has anyone here had the biopsy? Any issues there?
If it aint enough that Im in full heart failure, now I have to deal with this bullshit.