I went for my PSA test Tuesday morning and came away with two surprises.
First, I was able to get my results online at 11:52 p.m., Tuesday night (yes, I’m a night owl). I’ve never had the VA turn them around that quickly before.
Second, my PSA jumped significantly to 2.52 ng/mL from 1.57 ng/mL on 1 December 2025. That gives a PSA doubling time of 10.1 months using the last 5 readings (back to January 2025).
I expected an increase, but not that much of an increase. On the positive (?) side, that should make finding lesions with my PSMA PET scan in 10 hours much easier. (It’s now 12:30 a.m., Wednesday as I’m typing this.)
I suspect it will take a week or so for my PSMA PET scan results to be posted, and I’ll update once I have them.
Time to turn out the lights and try to sleep.
Be well!
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Dan's Journey through Prostate Cancer 
Yeiks! Good luck with the test. I hope they can finally pinpoibt where the cancer is hiding.
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Thanks, Lori. Yeah, I hope so, too.
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Sorry to hear about the PSA increase, Dan. As you say, though, perhaps that will make finding the lesion easier for the PET. Sending positive vibes!
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Thanks, Jim! Yeah, not the news I was expecting, but it is what it is. We’ll wait for the scan results and map out next steps from there.
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That’s not the number you wanted to get. Hopefully the scan results are better. I’ve got my 3 month PSA test next week.
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Thanks, Andrew. Yeah, I was a bit shocked by the size of the increase.
Good luck with your scan next week.
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