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Elevated PSA

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gloria84254
gloria84254

My husband had his yearly physical with our regular DR. last week. Blood work and PSA done.

He did have LAP/with green light done on July 31st 2018. His PSA was 6.02 on the latest blood work. Don't recall before surgery. He had a traumatic brain injury in 9/2017 and catheter was in for almost 9 months for urine retention. I did read that it could be elevated for 6 months after surgery.

He also is going back this week for redoing the blood work. They think he might be slightly anemic.

He is a big coffee drinker and ice cream lover. Does diet have something to do with this elevation? I had read dairy might.

Any feedback? Thank you.

I thought I posted this earlier so if duplicate...sorry!

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    pete25515 gloria84254

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    repeat the psa (avoid cycling,heavy exercise, ejaculation for a couple of days before). if still raised then an MRI to decide on whether a biopsy needed and best approach.

    green light laser vaporises tissue so biopsy/histology not normally done.

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