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My first post op PSA .008 ...is this good?

fathersson
fathersson CSN Member Posts: 121
edited March 2014 in Prostate Cancer #1
Hi.. 5 and a half weeks after surgery.. This is my first PSA test.. Is this good... Less than one mean I am in zero club?

Thx all
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  • bdhilton
    bdhilton CSN Member Posts: 872 Member
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    I would say so, so congrats
    I would say so, so congrats but the magic word here is undetectable
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  • lewvino
    lewvino CSN Member Posts: 1,010 Member
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    Yes that is very good. If
    Yes that is very good. If you get .2 then they worry and you are a long way from there! Congrats!

    This makes you an official member of the 0 club so make and sure and send in your dues. I think the dues are a round of drinks for all the members.

    larry
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  • fathersson
    fathersson CSN Member Posts: 121
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    lewvino said:

    Yes that is very good. If
    Yes that is very good. If you get .2 then they worry and you are a long way from there! Congrats!

    This makes you an official member of the 0 club so make and sure and send in your dues. I think the dues are a round of drinks for all the members.

    larry

    Meister Brau
    Hope Meister Brau will suffice..ha... Would love to sit down with the brothers on this site and drink a few.. Now that would be therapeutic..

    Thx Larry and be well
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  • JR1949
    JR1949 CSN Member Posts: 230
    #5
    fathersson said:

    Meister Brau
    Hope Meister Brau will suffice..ha... Would love to sit down with the brothers on this site and drink a few.. Now that would be therapeutic..

    Thx Larry and be well

    YES, U R
    Congrats, you are a member of the Zero Club. My PSA has remained .008 post op since 2009 and the nurse told me that .008 meant it was undetectable, unable to measure. :-)

    It would be cool if we could get together.

    JR
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  • randy_in_indy
    randy_in_indy CSN Member Posts: 496 Member
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    JR1949 said:

    YES, U R
    Congrats, you are a member of the Zero Club. My PSA has remained .008 post op since 2009 and the nurse told me that .008 meant it was undetectable, unable to measure. :-)

    It would be cool if we could get together.

    JR

    JR
    you are getting the ultra sensitive test - most measure it at less than 0.1 but the ultra sensitive test takes it out another decimal. You are a big fat ZERO with a .008!
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  • jminnj
    jminnj CSN Member Posts: 129 Member
    #7
    Congrats!!!!
    Great News Frank. Sounds like we should get together and have a beer to celebrate!

    Joe
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  • randy_in_indy
    randy_in_indy CSN Member Posts: 496 Member
    #8
    jminnj said:

    Congrats!!!!
    Great News Frank. Sounds like we should get together and have a beer to celebrate!

    Joe

    I'm in on that if Beer is involved
    One of my weaknesses is homebrewed very HOPPY beer - Love it! I continue my world search of all IPA's - someday I will write a guide and rank them.

    Randy
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  • gkoper
    gkoper CSN Member Posts: 173 Member
    #9
    randy_in_indy said:

    I'm in on that if Beer is involved
    One of my weaknesses is homebrewed very HOPPY beer - Love it! I continue my world search of all IPA's - someday I will write a guide and rank them.

    Randy

    To all
    I raise my glass to all you survivors.
    Cheers------

    George
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  • fathersson
    fathersson CSN Member Posts: 121
    #10
    gkoper said:

    To all
    I raise my glass to all you survivors.
    Cheers------

    George

    Thanks All
    I truly feel blessed with this especially when considering others who are far less fortunate. Case in point: I have a relative who is a hospice nurse. She was telling me today of how devasated she is as she is now taking care of a young woman with terminal breast cancer who has two pre-school children.. My goodness. What a terribe heartbreak. Anything I have and/or will go through does even come close to the hell she and her family must be going through.

    Be well..

    Frank
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  • 142
    142 CSN Member Posts: 169
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    fathersson said:

    Thanks All
    I truly feel blessed with this especially when considering others who are far less fortunate. Case in point: I have a relative who is a hospice nurse. She was telling me today of how devasated she is as she is now taking care of a young woman with terminal breast cancer who has two pre-school children.. My goodness. What a terribe heartbreak. Anything I have and/or will go through does even come close to the hell she and her family must be going through.

    Be well..

    Frank

    PSA
    Frank,

    < 0.1 is considered undetectable in standard tests.
    You have to buy the first round.
    Welcome to the Zero Club.
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  • PC 2015 Phila
    PC 2015 Phila CSN Member Posts: 1
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    New member

    Hello, I just got my first PSA lab results after surgery in July at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I googled PSA .008 and found this thread. I could see that the number was well below zero, but wasn't sure it qualified as 'undetectable'. I have a urology appointment on Friday, but did not want that hanging over my head until then, so thank you for the info. Happy to be part of the Survivors Network - especially considering the alternative! 

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  • Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3
    Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 CSN Member Posts: 3,831 Member
    #13
    PC 2015 Phila said:

    New member

    Hello, I just got my first PSA lab results after surgery in July at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I googled PSA .008 and found this thread. I could see that the number was well below zero, but wasn't sure it qualified as 'undetectable'. I have a urology appointment on Friday, but did not want that hanging over my head until then, so thank you for the info. Happy to be part of the Survivors Network - especially considering the alternative! 

    Yes

    PC,

    Your PSA was run on what is called an "ultrasensitive" machine.

    A number of .008 is indeed classified as "clinically undetectable."  Congrats !

     

    max

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  • Josephg
    Josephg CSN Member Posts: 585 Member
    #14
    Zero Club

    Welcome to the Forum, and to the Zero Club.

    While you are buying, I'll take a glass of fine red wine.

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  • Will Doran
    Will Doran CSN Member Posts: 207 Member
    #15
    congratulations

    Frank,

    Congratulations. 

    Oh how I remember my first post surgery PSA test, when it came back as Undetectable.  At this point I will be a two year survivor, on December 10th, from a PSA of 69, Gleason score of 7, and 40% involvement of the Prostate, and one lymph node involved. Diagnosed as an early Stage 4.  "0" is the greastest number.  I was at <0.010 two months post surgery, I am still at <0.010 and have been that way for almost two years.  Surgery, ADT (Lupron), and 8 weeks of radiation.  It's been a tough fight, but we hope we are winning.  REMISSION is another great word.  I hope you hear that word soon.  My doctors are starting to use that word and talking about my future of 10+ years from now.

    Hang in there and fight like the devil. 

    Peace and God Bless.

    Will

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