| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 15:06 - Jun 6 with 1782 views | SaleAway |
PSA is a notoriously bad marker for prostate cancer. There are many reasons why PSA count could be up....
obviously, if you use this test as a trigger to go to the GP, then it won't do any harm, but I would encourage anyone who is worried to talk to their GP first...
also information here...
https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/prostate-tests/psa |  |
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| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 15:07 - Jun 6 with 1773 views | BlueBadger |
I'm pretty sure that you can pick up Iron Maiden's fourth album for cheaper than that if you look. |  |
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| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 15:09 - Jun 6 with 1753 views | hype313 |
| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 15:06 - Jun 6 by SaleAway |
PSA is a notoriously bad marker for prostate cancer. There are many reasons why PSA count could be up....
obviously, if you use this test as a trigger to go to the GP, then it won't do any harm, but I would encourage anyone who is worried to talk to their GP first...
also information here...
https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/prostate-tests/psa |
Still good to get it checked, I know lots of blokes don't like going to Docs. |  |
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| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 16:16 - Jun 6 with 1560 views | chicoazul |
| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 15:06 - Jun 6 by SaleAway |
PSA is a notoriously bad marker for prostate cancer. There are many reasons why PSA count could be up....
obviously, if you use this test as a trigger to go to the GP, then it won't do any harm, but I would encourage anyone who is worried to talk to their GP first...
also information here...
https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/prostate-tests/psa |
Good idea, I’ll be sure to call my surgery at 08am exactly on Monday to try to get a phone appointment for the following Thursday at 4pm after being interrogated by the receptionist for an hour. |  |
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| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 18:20 - Jun 6 with 1381 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 16:16 - Jun 6 by chicoazul |
Good idea, I’ll be sure to call my surgery at 08am exactly on Monday to try to get a phone appointment for the following Thursday at 4pm after being interrogated by the receptionist for an hour. |
They don’t give out free fingers up the bum to anyone you know. You have to earn a treat like that  |  |
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| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 15:43 - Jul 19 with 759 views | bluelagos |
Cheers Mr Hype.
Ordered one of these and just done the test
Really easy and no need to have a doctor fiddling around, takes just 10 mins and 5 of them is reading the instructions! |  |
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| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 15:50 - Jul 19 with 696 views | J2BLUE |
| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 18:20 - Jun 6 by Swansea_Blue |
They don’t give out free fingers up the bum to anyone you know. You have to earn a treat like that |
Free fingers or three fingers?
Or three free fingers? |  |
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| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 16:21 - Jul 19 with 577 views | OldFart71 |
Back in 2019 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. It was only diagnosed by accident as I went in with something I presumed was unrelated. The doctor asked if I had been checked lately and I said I think it was a couple of years ago, it turned out it was five years previous. The old glove went on and a feel around. She said I am sending you for a scan, which turned out to show areas on the prostate. Followed by a biopsy which is a bit unpleasant.
The result being I had prostate cancer. It was decided to go onto a watch and wait regime which entails doing a PSA every 6 months.
By late 2022 by PSA had more than doubled so it was advised that I have treatment.
To start with I went on hormone treatment and in April 2023 I had a course of Radiotherapy for six weeks, daily except weekends and was declared clear afterwards.
The thing about PSA is that I met people with a PSA running into hundreds whereas mine started just under 2 and rose to around 5 which was when treatment was advised.
The treatment itself wasn't too bad although I still have reservations that although sorting out the cancer it causes other annoying things like being a bit incontinent. Not to the extent that I wear pads or nappies etc, but a little leak occasionally.
I think the worst part was the second biopsy where they go through the peritoneum. A bit painful even though they use an anaesthetic. | | | |
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| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 17:01 - Jul 19 with 468 views | IndependentlyBlue |
| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 16:21 - Jul 19 by OldFart71 |
Back in 2019 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. It was only diagnosed by accident as I went in with something I presumed was unrelated. The doctor asked if I had been checked lately and I said I think it was a couple of years ago, it turned out it was five years previous. The old glove went on and a feel around. She said I am sending you for a scan, which turned out to show areas on the prostate. Followed by a biopsy which is a bit unpleasant.
The result being I had prostate cancer. It was decided to go onto a watch and wait regime which entails doing a PSA every 6 months.
By late 2022 by PSA had more than doubled so it was advised that I have treatment.
To start with I went on hormone treatment and in April 2023 I had a course of Radiotherapy for six weeks, daily except weekends and was declared clear afterwards.
The thing about PSA is that I met people with a PSA running into hundreds whereas mine started just under 2 and rose to around 5 which was when treatment was advised.
The treatment itself wasn't too bad although I still have reservations that although sorting out the cancer it causes other annoying things like being a bit incontinent. Not to the extent that I wear pads or nappies etc, but a little leak occasionally.
I think the worst part was the second biopsy where they go through the peritoneum. A bit painful even though they use an anaesthetic. |
Can only reinforce what OldFart says. Very similar experience to his except that l was passing blood, because of a kidney stone, and it was investigations into that that led to them finding prostate cancer. Lots of undignified stuff later I’m almost at the all clear stage
If you have any doubts or can afford to pay for a test I’d suggest strongly you get it done. Think it’s the most common cancer and one of the lowest for people coming forward to be checked. Treatments are evolving and improving all the time
Worth checking out John Holmes Says the C Word on iPlayer. Not exclusively about prostate cancer but lots of good advice and some cracking stories from celebs who’ve dealt with cancer
Best to you OldFart |  |
| Better to stay silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt |
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| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 21:09 - Jul 19 with 234 views | Blue_Balls |
| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 17:01 - Jul 19 by IndependentlyBlue |
Can only reinforce what OldFart says. Very similar experience to his except that l was passing blood, because of a kidney stone, and it was investigations into that that led to them finding prostate cancer. Lots of undignified stuff later I’m almost at the all clear stage
If you have any doubts or can afford to pay for a test I’d suggest strongly you get it done. Think it’s the most common cancer and one of the lowest for people coming forward to be checked. Treatments are evolving and improving all the time
Worth checking out John Holmes Says the C Word on iPlayer. Not exclusively about prostate cancer but lots of good advice and some cracking stories from celebs who’ve dealt with cancer
Best to you OldFart |
My company was sending out free tests to anyone over 40. Thought nothing of it and took one, sent it back and forgot about it.
Week or so later I get a call advising to go the my GP for a 'proper' PSA test which I did and turns out I had PC. Completely asymptomatic and without the test I'd still be none the wiser.
Fortunately given my relatively young age (47) and the low grade of cancer I'm just on 'active surveillance' with quarterly tests so when (if?) it does start to progress I should be in a good position to nip it in the bud sharpish.
So yeah, worth doing as better to find out sooner rather than later. |  | | |
| Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind on 02:18 - Jul 20 with 95 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Anyone's money? I can think of 50% of the population who it would be wasted on! | | | |
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