Could this have raised my PSA

[Guest guest]

My last PSA test almost doubled in 2 months. This is after surgery and SRT, so

it looks like HT for me.

However, the PSA test was taken 5 days after I had emergency surgery for a real

bad gall bladder situation (it was totally inflamed, gangrenous, and necrotic --

it was a critical situation and I was in the hospital for a few days).

But, without a prostate, is it possible that this illness influenced my PSA

rise? (If so, maybe doing another PSA in 4-6 weeks before starting HT is in

order?)

Mel

[Guest guest]

I've wondered about this myself. Had surgery back in 05, undetectable PSA after.

Had a colon infection with a long round of nasty antibiotics followed by surgery

a couple months later. Next PSA was .07, then a series of .05, .06 .05 etc. I

wonder if something fools the testing results or maybe some actual prostate

cells get a boost from the trauma. I'm really dreading the HDT deal when the

time comes.