Psa level

My name is Craig.I had robotic surgery almost 4 years ago. Psa level was okay until last April,it read 0.13,then in August 0.19 and my most recent.Jan 5th of this year 0.24.  I had an appointment yesterday, and doc says radiation is required now. Has anyon else been down this path? Should my doctor have been alarmed when the reading was 0.13?  I read an number or 0.0 to 0.2 should warrant a visit. I am worried now that the schdduling person,who made my last appointment says,wow,you havent been in in awhile,somebody dropped the ball...Any suggestions..

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  • Hi Craig

    I see your comment was Jan '16 - how did you get on?

    I paid privately last July for rarp because the nhs was 6 month wait!! All went well, psa 0.09 but 3 months late 0.13. Specialist tells me they don't take action until 0.2 so I'm waiting for my next test.

    There is a scanner where they put a radioactive tracer in your bloodstream and it detects prostate cancer by the amount of tracer it absorbs - it can spot really small amounts and marks the target for nuking with radiation - don't know if you know about that or even need it now?

    Good Luck

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  • Hi Craig

    I see your comment was Jan '16 - how did you get on?

    I paid privately last July for rarp because the nhs was 6 month wait!! All went well, psa 0.09 but 3 months late 0.13. Specialist tells me they don't take action until 0.2 so I'm waiting for my next test.

    There is a scanner where they put a radioactive tracer in your bloodstream and it detects prostate cancer by the amount of tracer it absorbs - it can spot really small amounts and marks the target for nuking with radiation - don't know if you know about that or even need it now?

    Good Luck

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