PSA of 432.71

Plenty of hope. Absolutely tons!

You won't know a diagnosis until all the tests are done, nor what treatment he will be offered, if required.

I have to ask, what took him to the doctor, and how long has the problem existed - but, whatever the answer, be aware that if he has prostate cancer, it's a relatively slow cancer, and whatever the stage, there are always options.

Also be aware that PSA is notoriously unreliable, and whatever the results, they are NOT in proportion to the PSA level.

It sounds like he's at the early stages of several weeks of investigations, so hang in there.

there's always hope yes the psa is high but people on here have had a psa in there thousands .

as heinous has said its not an accurate way of deciding how bad the cancer is or not !! .

my psa was only 54 but it has spread  to my bones and lymph gland so i'm incurable !! .

i'm nearly at my 3rd year now still working as a gardner .

be positive for him its helped me no end , exercise is gd too .

do ur own research there's lot of stuff out there that could help .

Yes there is hope for sure.. I’m in the same boat as you.. my lovely husband just recently diagnosed as stage 4. I wish I’d had this page in those first few days. I thought my life had ended. It hasn’t! It’s different but not over by a long chalk. The men in this group know what they are talking about so take heart. I read the posts to my hubby and it gets us talking about stuff we had no idea was out there. Well done for reaching out to Macmillan it will help you through the next few weeks while waiting on results. We have our first oncology appt next week but response to hormone therapy has been wonderful so far. Allow yourself the time to get over the shock and know that you are not on your own with this. X

Always hope …. It’s the waiting that’s the difficult part to learn to cope with 

Yes inagree there is hope but the downside is not much quality of life after hormone treatment and radiation which came back as a biochemical recurrence last month and my psa was on 2.1ng but it's shows it's back

Thanks for your reply.  He had a massage and the lady said small lump deep inside tissue. We were in Spain.  Came home to France. Saw Dr last Friday.  Bloods taken Monday, results Tuesday. MRI scans Sunday morning.  Now waiting to see eurologist next Friday

Thank you so much for your positive reply, after reading it I managed to eat a piece of bread and butter.  I am trying to stay positive for my hubby who is struggling with this news, but every couple of hours I just burst into tears.  I feel as if our lives have been ripped apart

Try to stay positive - although my Dad is now going through a very rough period 

my husband a number of years ago started having water works trouble - his psi on blood test was 15 - went to see urologist who after an examination was concerned and spoke about treatment options before the mri was even done 

mri done the same day but at a different hospital 

mri showed nothing apart from a very large prostrate - a turb operation took out a large area of prostrate - number dropped - toilet issue solved - tests showed no cancer in any of the many biopsies taken 

Rare I know - but even when every symptom points in one direction it’s not always that outcome 

stay as positive as you can x

I've got it in my lymph nodes and bones it is scary when u first get diagnosed and don't get me wrong it's always scary but there's treatment there I'm in my first twelve months of treatment and stil working plastering so it's not totally the end just keep positive  regards john

Oh John, thank you so much for the above.  Hubby has now been told it is in his lymph nodes and in his bones.  We are awaiting the appointment from the hospital for the mri scan, then after that a biopsy.  I feel so shit.  Trying hard to stay positive, but I am so scared that I am going to loose the only man I have ever loved.