Conflicting information = confusion!

I am frustrated for you that the urologist reacted this way - your GP would have been failing in his duty of care if he had not referred you. My husband was diagnosed with a pSA of 3.1 and we have new members on here this year diagnosed in their 30s and 40s so the urologist has made you feel bad unjustifiably.

If your PSA is still high when it is next tested in 3 months time my advice to you would be to ask for an MRI scan and biopsy (and cross your fingers that you see a more helpful doctor).

Hi Trigger

As the others have said, the GP was right in referring you and importantly the sooner you discover anything - if it is PCa, the more options available to you. The elevated PSA coudl be caused by a number of conditions, and not PCa. However with the other symptons you definitely warrant further investigation.

It's worth investigating who the urologists are at your local hospital and trying to get an appointment with another one. Regardless of how tough a week it has been, there is no excuse for that attitude.

Don't be afraid to voice your opinion with medical professionals. Good luck.

Chris

From what you have posted, whether it's pca or not you need the correct diagnosis obviously.

You don't appear to have had this. Only through experience am I learning more about symptoms etc. Firstly there is a simple blood urine test , did the gp do this last month ? Defining a problem uses the same logic in whatever line of work I always told our kids. Simple.

Ie is this blood from where ? How often. . When first appeared. Infection ? Recent injury ? Etc etc

I'm also surprised that a PSA test was turned around in less that 12 hours ? Although not that relevant, just a comment.

Yes revisit GP. Test strips will be sensitive to blood cells you are unable to see by the way.

Have you had any history of prostatitis or UTI's ?

Do you feel any discomfort or pain ?

All the best and hopefully you are properly assessed.

Gordon

Hi Andy

Good.  GP appears very switched on.  Provide him/her with complete update.  I'm not medical guy, just learnt a little both about urology in general over last couple of years (see my profile).

I never had blood in urine that I knew off and only in semen (post biopsy for about 3 weeks ).  My colleague was diagnosed incorrectly with bladder cancer when he actually had PCa.  Blood in urine.

So at 42, age irrelevant ;   something is not functioning as it should.    

I read your posts re. flow tests.   My GP told me over 10 years ago, very simple stuff I always remember.   Very broadly speaking you should be able to expel / void  10 ml per sec at my age (60) and as a teenager   double that (ie 20 ml / sec +).  Bladder size changes also.  (ie decreases).   Post op I tend to pass 300ml in 30 seconds or less (obviously you can force increase pressure).  The problems with infection is lack of complete voiding (in both men and women) and concentration of urine if you don't hydrate enough.

Although you can't accurately get the start and end 'flow' times yourself, just wee into a marked container and time yourself for a few occasions  (with full bladder etc) its gives rough flow average  time and obviously an accurate bladder potential capacity.   

  I had robotic RP and my flows have increased slightly (ie no prostate and shortened urethra)  - ie about 25 secs  at loo to void 250 / 350 ml).  I no longer can hold 400 or 500 ml  like the teenage days , when I could fill a pint glass ? lol .

By the way not something I practice on a regular basis.

Looking back I now realise I should have spoken a lot more with father in law who I was very close, hindsight is a wonderful thing as they say.  He used to takes absolutely ages going to loo and everyone said,  its an old mans disease. (he actually died at 72 of a heart attack, and only a few years back, so we have no  idea if he has issues with his waterworks, maybe BPH which he wouldn't  have understood, he was 'old school' and kept away from GP's ! )  

All the very best and hope your sorted ASAP

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