If your psa is rising after surgery there are cancer cells in your body,do not wait to treat.Dick responded to Rosie and was wondering about after affects of radiation.My husband had it will little side affects.But you know what,your life is more important then some mild side affects,these could save ,or at least prolong your life.If you look at the replies to Rosie you will see my husband is still fighting rising psa,I can not imagine where he would be if his dr. had not taken an aggressive treatment approach to this .
Also,to anyone that does not already know,a psa below 4.0 does not mean you do not have cancer,when my husband was diagnosed his psa was 4,0.The dr. said that 20% of prostate cancers does not raise the psa over that.If your psa is going up with each test,get scoped.My husbands cancer was almost at stage 2 when caught.six yrs ago.
Carol Mac