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Posted 27 Jul 2025 at 20:19

I’m a new member so hello to all you guys.

in 2023 I visited a urologist with urinary issues and after ultrasound was diagnosed with retention and slightly enlarged prostate after Dre exam. My psa was 1.39 Soon after my symptoms improved.

Recently the symptoms came back and after blood test Psa was 6.6 .had another ultrasound which confirmed chronic urinary retention. Had an MRI last week which has a Pirads score of 3 , prostate volume 32ml and psad 0.2 .

MRI showed no tumors or metastatic indications but obviously something to look at.

I have spent the whole weekend researching and stressing but also wondering if the retention could be affecting my results.

will be booking a biopsy this week.

very stressful weekend.

any thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

Peter

 

User
Posted 27 Jul 2025 at 23:31

Hi Peter.

I'm sorry that your having problems but welcome to the forum, mate.

As you say your prostate is only a little enlarged. Your PSA is slightly elevated, this however, can be caused by other non cancerous conditions including acute urinary retention. Your MRI is inconclusive.

A biopsy will give a much clearer indication of your condition.

Try not to worry and just deal with one procedure at a time.

Please keep us updated.

Good luck, mate. 👍

 

 

Edited by member 27 Jul 2025 at 23:34  | Reason: Typo

User
Posted 28 Jul 2025 at 08:47

Thanks for reply,

Got Doctors appointment today to see when I can get the biopsy done and trying not to stress to much at the moment and trying not to fear the worst

User
Posted 28 Jul 2025 at 09:19

Peter,

I was in a similar situation recently,  my MRI scan came back with two lesions and a score of 4.

I was scared of the biopsy results, fearing the worst based on the numbers and my limited research.

When the result came in, that there was no cancer detected, I was unsure how to feel. Happy obviously but also confused as to why I had been forced to expend such energy worrying about numbers and feelings due to a lack of information and explanation from the NHS.  Even the discharge letter to my GP made me feel like a fraud as it said "if he is concerned about his prostate health in future he can ask for a new referral but not for 12 months" 

I wasn't concerned about my prostate health at all until the psa test that was done as an afterthought to a skew of tests came back raised and they hit the panic button. 

It felt like the consultant was saying I'd wasted their time by not being properly ill. 

I hope you get a similar result, but not the same feelings I got due to very poor  communication of the results.

As Adi says, take things one step at a time and try not to Google everything as your brain only seizes on worst case outcomes.

Mick 

User
Posted 28 Jul 2025 at 15:05

Hi Mick,

Great that it was all ok for you and definitely hoping for the same outcome, it is initially really stressful as you fear the worst and google is very conflicting information, I’m off on holiday end of next week so will get biopsy done after that and will try to put it to back of my mind until then.

cheers 

peter

 
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