Just had my diagnosis.

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Hi All, I'm on bits here,  was at the urologist today and she gave me a diagnosis i was not expecting. 

I suffer from Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis and since January I've been having flare up after flare up.  Because of this I have my bloods done pretty regularly. 

So i got my bloods done over a week ago, but I asked for a PSA test to be included. I wouldn't have asked for it but a high school friend called me out the blue to say he has early stages of prostate cancer and if he hadn't had the psa done he wouldn't have known.

So i got the results of my bloods back, my CRP markers were through the roof, but so to were my PSA markers, so much so I got a rushed urology appointment. 

It was at that appointment today I was given the news that I had prostate cancer. How bad, we've still to find out.

  • Calm, calm, calm, try not to use Dr Google and stay with this Community. I know, because I was where you are now, 5 months ago. In my case it was blood test, PSA of 32 (now that to me was high), digital exam, MRI - which showed lesion and then biopsy before they would say for definite and grade it. I actually had two biopsies as the numbers did not correlate.

    You will be in a tailspin for some time, but if you can take this advice, "one hurdle at a time"

    This is a difficult journey and I am sorry that you are here with us, but I assure you, I have read and received the best advice on this forum, rather than anywhere else.

    What was your PSA?

  • Hi KJ911,

    Thanks for your comforting words.

    Just for reference my PSA levels were through the roof. I got a result of 1100 Cry

  • I had my first hormone injection 1st May when my reading was 49, having risen from 32 in January. This morning I received my new reading of 0.31 following a test last week. I am looking at it as if they have put my cancer to sleep for the moment, whilst they can attack it.

  • I have had 2 hormone injections, and i feel the are working already, I've still got scans and biopsies to get, but one day at a time.

    I feel I have to get my affairs in order first, so I'll be contacting macmillan and maggies centres to see which on can come and help me through it all.