Well, it has been a while since I checked in.
My husband Bob was diagnosed almost one year ago with high grade non invasive bladder cancer. He had the first TURBT followed by 6 weeks of BCG (after healing, of course) then a second TURB which was clear, just a recheck of the margins, and then has been on the every 3 month BCG/cysto as well. So I think he has now had a total of 12 BCG treatments but it could be 15.....blurry memory.
So he is scheduled for a follow up cysto this week, and just as a matter of course the doc ran his PSA along with some other related tests and wouldn't you know it, it has jumped from completely normal to really high. The doc told him on the phone that we'll talk on Friday but with all the stuff they've been doing to him it's not an unusual occurrence. We have had nothing but wonderful care from this Urology team and they've consulted as well with our second opinion doc at UCSF and they also follow Dr. Lamm's protocols.
So I guess my question is, is this a "normal" course of events? He's had prostate issues in the past, many bouts of prosthetitis and even a biopsy thrown in there once, which was negative. He has no symptoms right now, so I don't know if that is more to worry about or not!
Sheesh. I definitely do NOT like freak out mode. I'm the one that freaks out, not him.
