Thank you for bringing me into this site. I am recently diagnosed as "locally advanced" and am reasonably well versed in the medicals &c. I am 86 and the diagnosis only occurred via a GP who said better not to dip my urine (as I asked) but do bloods for a query I raised with her and returned +++++ PSA. Very fast entry to NHS Urology/CTI, not had and do not want blind biopsy. Am now on Zoladex. Now, the problem I have .... and I am not complaining or whinging .... is based on logistics. I am age related barred out (over 80) from mpMRI by the hospital management, not by a medical decision. My query is this ... can I contest or do I pay for private ? Of course, I do not want to upset the Urologist, but I need to do sone forward planning, based on fact. Thank you for advice.
I never heard of an age limit on an MRI.
I wonder if this relates to the Gadolinium contrast dye which is used for some of the mpMRI parametrics?
It is possible to have an mpMRI without the Gadolinium contrast dye, albeit not as good - those with poor kidney function can't have Gadolinium.
Hello Lyn, Bollinge, Andy. Thank you for your posts, advice and opinions which are really helpful. They will all go to help me with forward planning.
Regards,
John.
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