Cancer free for 366 days!
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Good to hear, gonna book a check on Tuesday, im 26. Does it involve being butt probed? If it is then im scared...
yes mate, it's a simple blood test. on the nhs it's about a weeks turn-around.
not initially. if they do find that you psa level is raised frm the results of the blood test they may decide to do a biopsy. this involves core samples being taken from the prostate by way of an anal probe. best man up if your going to have this.. i ended up having 2 and the second one was way more painful than the first.
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Fantastic now go make the most of what we all take for granted 
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Also thought I was about time I reminded you all (men not women) to go get a PSA check done. You are not too young to have the test done, I was diagnosed when I was only 38!, so go and get one done at your GP's, it is your right to have a test
But i'm 15!
But i'm 15!
I've heard of a 4 year old and an 18 month old who have both been diagnosed.
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Congrats! I had a PSA done a couple months back and it came back all clear
Congrats to the OP, always good to hear success stories (rather than the all too common whinging about how the NHS/medicine does no good for anyone)
The problem with PSA testing is that in an asymptomatic person (particularly with a clinically normal prostate on examination) it tells you very little.
A raised value could be cancer, or could be infection/inflammation/traumatic/etc. Which means sending lots of normal people for biopsies. And because the biopsy only takes a small amount it cannot 100% rule out cancer.
So as a result lots more people have prostates removed - many of which will be cancer free - and a lot of these patients will be left impotent or with other complications
Additionally, a normal result does not 100% rule out cancer, on top of the fact that a normal result today does not mean that you couldn't develop advanced prostate cancer within the next year.
I have no issue with people going to their doc's for advice and reassurance, and maybe clinical exam - but unless you are over 45 ish and/or have symptoms it isn't 'your right' to have PSA testing, and demanding to have it done will convey very little benefit in most young, asymptomatic men
The problem with PSA testing is that in an asymptomatic person (particularly with a clinically normal prostate on examination) it tells you very little.
A raised value could be cancer, or could be infection/inflammation/traumatic/etc. Which means sending lots of normal people for biopsies. And because the biopsy only takes a small amount it cannot 100% rule out cancer.
So as a result lots more people have prostates removed - many of which will be cancer free - and a lot of these patients will be left impotent or with other complications
Additionally, a normal result does not 100% rule out cancer, on top of the fact that a normal result today does not mean that you couldn't develop advanced prostate cancer within the next year.
I have no issue with people going to their doc's for advice and reassurance, and maybe clinical exam - but unless you are over 45 ish and/or have symptoms it isn't 'your right' to have PSA testing, and demanding to have it done will convey very little benefit in most young, asymptomatic men