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Posted 06 May 2016 at 20:54
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PSA tests, I was scheduled for 6 weeks then 3,6,9,12,18 and 24 months. I have had the odd extra one or two. After one year I should have been passed to GP but was kept under Urology because of the stricture problem. MIL had breast cancer and later patients had the frequency of their tests stretched out by another month.

Think it is just a way of saving money.

Thanks Chris

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Posted 07 May 2016 at 01:04

Ah, I forgot you had gone out of area. I think sometimes it does make a difference, there was an old friend of mine on here who was refused ED treatment because he had gone out of town - the advice he got was that the CCG that had treated him would have to provide support for the side effects. Of course, he couldn't get ED treatment in the other area because he didn't live there.

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

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Posted 07 May 2016 at 01:14

Re testing

The most common pattern would be 6 weeks post-op and then three monthly for the first year or two, then 6 monthly for about 5 years, and then annual testing. Obvs this would be different if the PSA started to rise at some point.

Who has said 4 monthly is enough - your surgeon or the GP?

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

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Posted 07 May 2016 at 11:25

The surgeon I have gone back to after having surgery in another area, the surgeon who carried out the procedure said every three months for the first year, this surgeon says four months is sufficient ? Mentally I would prefer three months just so I know what's happening ? The surgeon I am now under is the same who says he cannot prescribe anything and it is the GP's responsibility for medication and vacuum pump, he only advises ? I think what he means is as I didn't operate you can spend on someone else's budget

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Posted 07 May 2016 at 17:53

Frustrating for you but I think that is the downside of going out of area. Perhaps if you just tell the GP you need 3 monthly PSA tests, s/he will go along with it?

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

 
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