Enlarged Prostate Gland
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:08 pm
Hi
Back in 2018 while an inpatient at Chesterfield Royal Hospital with an unrelated problem I found out I had an enlarged prostate. Not unusual as I am now 79 years old.
Subsequent examinations proved it to be benign until March this year when an examination revealed a nodule.
My Consultant told me that the only way to establish if it was cancerous was to have a biopsy. She then listed the problems that this could cause. She told me I could contract sepsis. As I have had this twice I declined a biopsy.
Then 2 weeks later lockdown.
I have had 2 telephone reviews in June and September. My PSA reading in September was 14.
Covid permitting I will see my Consultant next March for a further examination a PSA blood test. Maybe an MRI.
Do the risks of a biopsy outweigh the possibility of me having prostate cancer?
Thank you.
Norman Martin
Back in 2018 while an inpatient at Chesterfield Royal Hospital with an unrelated problem I found out I had an enlarged prostate. Not unusual as I am now 79 years old.
Subsequent examinations proved it to be benign until March this year when an examination revealed a nodule.
My Consultant told me that the only way to establish if it was cancerous was to have a biopsy. She then listed the problems that this could cause. She told me I could contract sepsis. As I have had this twice I declined a biopsy.
Then 2 weeks later lockdown.
I have had 2 telephone reviews in June and September. My PSA reading in September was 14.
Covid permitting I will see my Consultant next March for a further examination a PSA blood test. Maybe an MRI.
Do the risks of a biopsy outweigh the possibility of me having prostate cancer?
Thank you.
Norman Martin