Post-Op 1 Year PSA Result

Congratulations, you can be happy with that.
As you say PSA results are not always comparable, not always good evidence of disease, etc.
I have my next test on the 25th and I see Tigger the Quack on the 28th.
I planted some onions sets, baby onions that grow into big onions, yesterday morning and a couple are showing green points today because they had a little green shoot inside and when they sucked up the water the cells elongated and out popped the shoot, bit like a penile implant really!

Hopefully many more zero psa tests to come in the future.....

Dave 3+4

lighterwood67 said:

Thanks

Thanks.  Getting there slowly but surely.

Bravo, lighter.   

I have my 4-year PSA draw in about two weeks (after a year or so, the doc dropped the requirement for me to just once annually).

As I have written here a few times, some confusion in the industry between lab standards does exist, as you described above.  But most labs, when they give a numeric result, virtually never show all zeros out past two decimal places or more; mine has never been all zeros.  But it has always been clinically "Undetectable," and indicates no evidence of disease ("N.E.D.").    I say this because I have read posts from guys who got a post RP results that showed numbers two or three places to the right of the decimal.   This is OK, and can be read as simply all zeroes if they wish.

max

Hi there,

My post prostatectomy zeros were reported as;

< 0.03 µg/L Cobas Roche  electrochemiluminescence ECLIA sandwich ( serum, plasma )
and now
<0.05 µg/L Architect Abbott chemiluminescence CMIA (serum)

These are both zeros, as they are reporting the lower limit that the technique is capable of detecting, they changed the machine from a Cobas Roche to an Architect Abbott which has a slightly higher lower limit.
Another not quite zero zero in a couple of weeks, I hope.

Best wishes,

Georges

lighterwood67 said:

5th Wheel

The "camper van" is actually what is called a 5th wheel.  It is the real deal no tale.  Lots of fun.  My ED issue is about 75% recovered.  I have not taken any add-ons for about a month now.  Still, the most important data to me for now is PSA undetecable.  Again, wish the best for you.

lighterwood67,

You are one lucky guy when it comes to ED recovery after RP, especially at your age.

Wish you many more “undetectables” in the future.

MK

lighterwood67 said:

More than

More than likely or that trip he just took to China.

Thought I would piggyback on lighterwood and Georges' earlier good news, rather than starting a new thread for a brief message; plus, it is on the exact same subject:

I went for my annual post-DaVinci PSA check and meeting at my urologist's office today.  I am now just over four years post-surgery.

The results were, again, thankfully "Undetectable."  I asked the lab tech what their definition is, and she said their equipment for the Urology Group (about a dozen doctors) defines "Undetectable" as anything below 00.04   She said that the hospital that they are a part of has an Ultrasensitive machine, but it is only used when the doctors see the need to request it.  I have no idea what that "need" would be.

I also asked how many years my surgeon does these annual visits, and she said next year, the fifth year, would be my last.  They recommend after the five years that men just get their family physician to do a PSA annually.

I am thankful...

max