Ultra sensitive PSA

Thanks for your reply.  Yes I understand the level for intervention again if needed, it is just out of interest how low my psa was.  If I cannot get this test locally, thats fine.

Hi Runner,  you could search this forum using a place name near you, e.g. Birmingham perhaps, and check the profile of those who come up to find if that person is having uSPA or a level of psa that you find acceptable.  Then find a private hospital that uses their lab.

As said above it could be a worry if found early.  Although I went detectable above 0.05 in Dec 21 when I was about to be discharged after 5yrs.  If I'd been discharged my next test would be Dec 22 and it still hadn't gone over 0.1 then.  So the next test would be Dec 23 and at current trajectory it could then be 0.18 plus or minus by then, which would be a shock.

If you found it was going up you could plan ahead for scans and hope it's a single place, although it depends on your ability to sit tight and not go mad with the tests.   I've got more adjusted to my rise and am glad I know.

Hi Runner. I am in the same NHS Trust as you and my post RP PSA results have all been to two decimal places. All but one of the PSA tests have been done at the GP surgery (the first one being at the hospital).

The Graham Fulford Charitable Trust (which is behind most of the charity PSA test events) does PSA tests to 2 decimal places. You can look on their website for a nearby charity event, or you can order a test to do by post if you think you're up to pricking a finger and collecting 15 drops of blood (they supply the prickers and blood tube).

The home test kits are £28. The charity testing events are usually subsidised by a local charity, but as you are not using the test for screening, it would be good to refund the charity the same amount.