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From: Pete on 8 Jun 2006 11:06 Hi All I have just met a chap who's PSA was recorded as over 200, has anyone ever head of such a score? This person is approx 57 years old and had radiotherapy treatment but the cancer has got into his arms now (bones). He is waiting to hear another PSA result tomorrow, but I was amazed that anyone could have that high a score!! Pete
From: Jason Johnson on 8 Jun 2006 13:06 In article <e69edq$5gj$1(a)sun-cc204.lut.ac.uk>, "Pete" <sspeb(a)lboro.ac.uk> wrote: Hi All I have just met a chap who's PSA was recorded as over 200, has anyone ever head of such a score? This person is approx 57 years old and had radiotherapy treatment but the cancer has got into his arms now (bones). He is waiting to hear another PSA result tomorrow, but I was amazed that anyone could have that high a score!! Pete Pete, I wonder if his doctor or the patient is the one that is responsible for not having the PSA levels checked several years ago while something could have been done to prevent this present sad situation. Jason
From: Steve Jordan on 8 Jun 2006 13:31 On June 8, Pete inquired: > I have just met a chap who's PSA was recorded as over 200, has anyone ever > head of such a score? > This person is approx 57 years old and had radiotherapy treatment but the > cancer has got into his arms now (bones). > He is waiting to hear another PSA result tomorrow, but I was amazed that > anyone could have that high a score!! > While unusual, it is far from unheard-of. Such scores are relatively rare in these days of widespread (but not wide enough!) PCa screening. Robert Young, founder of the phoenix5.org website, was diagnosed in November 1999 with a PSA of more than 1000 (yes, one thousand) and widespread mets. He died in, I think, 2003, just about when I was drafted into this war. Folks look upon him as a hero. I wish I had known him. Regards, Steve J "Never -- never -- never give up! Never go gently. There will be plenty of gentle after we die, so until then -- fight -- control the rhythms and tempo of the dance, even when you have to let the PCa dancing bear lead for awhile -- even when you have to wear the lead suit as you dance -- never let the bear set the rhythm and tempo of your dance with life -- when the bear finally takes control, it will be a very hollow feeling for him, because I will be gone -- dancing in a better place." --E. B. (Burns) Mixon, PCa survivor, June 14, 2005 on The Prostate Problems Mailing List Thank you, Burns. Live long and prosper.
From: c palmer on 8 Jun 2006 20:41 From: sspeb(a)lboro.ac.uk (Pete) Hi All I have just met a chap who's PSA was recorded as over 200, has anyone ever head of such a score? This person is approx 57 years old and had radiotherapy treatment but the cancer has got into his arms now (bones). He is waiting to hear another PSA result tomorrow, but I was amazed that anyone could have that high a score!! Pete ======= hi pete - 200 is high but nowhere near the highest psa readings. where to start??? hummmmm...... ok, i'll start rambling and hope this all makes sense. we just lost a member of the club who was dx'ed with pca at age 40 with a psa of 846. he lived two years after being dx'ed. of course, robert young had a psa of 1000 + and founded phoenix 5. then we had a new member post that he was 53 and dx'ed with a psa of 2500. he posted a couple more times after that, but then no more postings. berkey, the warrior, had a psa of 4900 i think. we had a member over in india whose father had a psa of 8000. and i've heard of one person having a psa of 11,000. i seen the psa reading jump by hundreds by the hour - in the final day of life. of the flip side, i've seen people die FROM prostate cancer, whose psa never got over 50. my dad was one of them. so, that kinda of gives you some idea of what's happening. the bottom line - there is no one canned answer. hope this helps, ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc
From: Pete on 9 Jun 2006 10:51 Hi All Thanks for your answers, so 200+ doesn't sound that unique, I am aconcrned a bit about a raised count (2 > 2.7) maybe I am super cautious but I am repeating the PSA in 2 months time. With cancer in all my family I am a realist? Kind regards Pete "c palmer" <PALMER_ENT(a)webtv.net> wrote in message news:16435-4488C3AB-259(a)storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net... > From: sspeb(a)lboro.ac.uk (Pete) > > Hi All > I have just met a chap who's PSA was recorded as over 200, has anyone > ever head of such a score? > This person is approx 57 years old and had radiotherapy treatment but > the cancer has got into his arms now (bones). > He is waiting to hear another PSA result tomorrow, but I was amazed that > anyone could have that high a score!! > Pete > > ======= > > hi pete - 200 is high but nowhere near the highest psa readings. where > to start??? hummmmm...... ok, i'll start rambling and hope this all > makes sense. > > we just lost a member of the club who was dx'ed with pca at age 40 with > a psa of 846. he lived two years after being dx'ed. > > of course, robert young had a psa of 1000 + and founded phoenix 5. > > then we had a new member post that he was 53 and dx'ed with a psa of > 2500. he posted a couple more times after that, but then no more > postings. > > berkey, the warrior, had a psa of 4900 i think. > > we had a member over in india whose father had a psa of 8000. > > and i've heard of one person having a psa of 11,000. > > i seen the psa reading jump by hundreds by the hour - in the final day > of life. > > of the flip side, i've seen people die FROM prostate cancer, whose psa > never got over 50. my dad was one of them. > > so, that kinda of gives you some idea of what's happening. > > the bottom line - there is no one canned answer. > > hope this helps, > > ~ curtis > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional > "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is > invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." > http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc >
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