Digital Prostate Check
So last time with my PCP, I requested a prostate check. She told me that the digital check really does very little towards finding a problem, and that she would order a PSA blood test instead. More...
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Rotorhead451 wrote: So last time with my PCP, I requested a prostate check. She told me that the digital check really does very little towards finding a problem, and that she would order a PSA blood...
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+1, I am with you on that, however, I had a digital check that bears repeating. I had an insurance physical years ago and the doctor was about six foot five, in his eighties and had arthritis in his...
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The DRE is used to determine if there are lumps on the prostate. If there are and your PSA is high they will probably recommend a biopsy. My own experience is that you should be tracking your PSA....
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OVER 20 YEARS MY DOCTOR FOUND LUMPS ON MY PROSTATE GLAND. WAS REFERRED TO A GI PHYSICIAN. THEY PERFORMED A BIOPSY AND IT CAME BACK CANCEROUS.THE GI DR STATED THAT MY GLEASON SCORE WAS HIGH ENOUGH THAT...
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Sorry Rotorhead451 - I must totally disagree with your Dr. I hadn't had a physical in about 10 years. I February 2012 my private PCP did a DRE as part of the physical and noted that the prostate was...
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The DRE, Ultra-sound, MRI and PSA are methods that provide an indication that may warrant additional monitoring and/or testing like a biopsy. They all have their pros and cons, but all can be very...
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I had PSA's annually once they came out. When my PCP found my PSA rising he sent me to a Urologist who performed a DRE. He found a normal prostate but when my PSA kept rising he ordered a biopsy and...
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The two tests compliment each other. The DRE by an experienced Dr can be quite accurate. The PSA can show trending but also suffers significant false positives and false negatives. 20-30%
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My old female PCP used to say that if it felt "mushy" there might be a problem. Don't Ask me for a translation? My father was a doctor I am just an SOB as we all know? ---------- Some doctors just...
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The PSA is just another tool a physician uses. My physician uses both the PSA and the "bend over and I'll stick it up where the sun doesn't shine" test. He uses both because he said that PSA has too...
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rickjr wrote:The DRE is used to determine if there are lumps on the prostate. If there are and your PSA is high they will probably recommend a biopsy. MY GP does both DRE and PSA. He tells me that...
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Within 6 months, I had a PCP say my prostrate was normal, A bit later, during the Gulf war registry exam, the doc said it was slightly enlarged, and referred me to a Urologist, who said I had the...
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A quick follow-up: I made and kept an appt with a civilian Urologist, and he gave me an excellent exam. Remarked that my testicles were slightly larger than normal; then I told him that I was a...
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Rotorhead451 wrote:So last time with my PCP, I requested a prostate check. She told me that the digital check really does very little towards finding a problem, and that she would order a PSA blood...
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Finger wave is BS! Biopsy will save your life.......not much to it and painless.....DO IT!!!!!!! Don't be afraid of it there is nothing to be afraid of!
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Why would you go to a GI when a urologist is the doctor that works with PC? Just a question.
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When my PCP found the prostate becoming enlarged, she looked at my, slowly, rising PSA scores and referred me to Urology. The urologist recommended a biopsy, finding cancer in 3 of ten samples. Had it...
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You are correct! The VA has published Their "Clinical Preventive Service Guidance Statement: Prostate Cancer Screening" for use by their doctors. The VHA Does Not Recommend prostate cancer screening...
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I had a PSA of 4 and the doctor gave me antibiotics for 30 days and then repeated it and it came back as a 4 again and they gave me another 30 days of antibiotic's and it still came back as a 4. I was...
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