PSA from 12.33 to 5.98 in 8 weeks

I haven't been here in a while, so just throwing this out there in case it may help even one person, not to worry so much like I did. Worry helps nothing. I was terrified even the night before my last blood test. My psa and cholesterol have been climbing since 2010. I had a negative 12 core biopsy, normal dre, normal pca3, I'm on flowmax. My psa has been in the 5 to 8 range going up a little, down a little at times. It went to 9 in late 2015 and then 12.33 on 11/20/2015. I told my urologists office I need to come in now, not 2 months like they wanted. He said we will schedule a 60 core biopsy, where they put me out and maybe an mri also. I've had some luck getting my psa down slightly in the past so I told the doc one more try. So i took everything I could find helpful to the prostate.
Of course its possible some of this may MASK CANCER, but will ask the uro next thursday when I see him. He isn't into the natural stuff but is very open to "whatever works", he went to johns hopkins. Its also very possible I have bph and not cancer. I was on antibiotics before which did nothing.
I did all this in the last 8 weeks
Back on a statin, they fight inflammation. I've been on them before, they give me muscle pain. This new one doesn't yet, livolo.
Stopped benedryl, i read it irritates the prostate.
My protein powder had creatine. I read this raises dht, no more of that.
Upped my exercise routine(i'm a health nut) and lost 5 lbs in 8 weeks. Started kegels and interval raining.

Ate, drank anything prostate helpful, pumpkin seeds, tomato sauce, soy products, flaxseeds, coconut oil, pomegranate in the blender, matcha green tea, ginger/tumeric tea.
Supplements, prostate formula - any of the combined saw palmetto, nettle, etc. Added Zyflamend I was on this before I think its a good one, there is some research. The gamma(only gamma) form of vitamin E, ginger, turmeric, lycopene, broccoli extract, plant sterols, pomegranate extract, green tea extract, selenium, zinc, resveratrol, boswellia. Some but not a lot of graviola, ip6, and modified citrus pectin, questionable research in my opinion.

None of this is new to me, just never this much and all at once. The only things I had never tried before are matcha and gamma E.

results -
PSA
Note: 0.03 NG/ML IS THE LOWEST FUNCTIONAL SENSITIVITY THAT IS RECOVERABLE WITH A COEFFICIENT OF VARITION LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. VALUES LESS THAN 0.03 NG/ML ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM ZERO. THIS PSA TEST WAS PERFORMED ON ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS COBAS 6000 INSTRUMENT. THE MEASURE TOTAL PSA VALUE OF A PATIENTS SAMPLE CAN VARY DEPENDING ON THE TESTING PROCEDURE USED. TOTAL PSA VALUES DETERMINED ON PATIENT SAMPLES BY DIFFERENT TESTING PROCEDURES CANNOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARED WITH ONE ANOTHER AND COULD BE THE CAUSE OF ERRONEOUS MEDICAL INTERPRETATION. Responsible Observer: (RJ) 5.98 ng/mL (0.03-4.00 ) completed High 01/20/2016

PSA
Note: 0.03 NG/ML IS THE LOWEST FUNCTIONAL SENSITIVITY THAT IS RECOVERABLE WITH A COEFFICIENT OF VARITION LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. VALUES LESS THAN 0.03 NG/ML ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM ZERO. THIS PSA TEST WAS PERFORMED ON ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS COBAS 6000 INSTRUMENT. THE MEASURE TOTAL PSA VALUE OF A PATIENTS SAMPLE CAN VARY DEPENDING ON THE TESTING PROCEDURE USED. TOTAL PSA VALUES DETERMINED ON PATIENT SAMPLES BY DIFFERENT TESTING PROCEDURES CANNOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARED WITH ONE ANOTHER AND COULD BE THE CAUSE OF ERRONEOUS MEDICAL INTERPRETATION. Responsible Observer: (RJ) 12.33 ng/mL (0.03-4.00 ) completed High 11/20/2015

compiler, No, he has posted a recent result of 5.98, and also a previous result of 12.33.

The results are in the bottom lines of each report. Not easy to figure out at first glance.

Yeah, I am confused.

"It went to 9 in late 2015 and then 12.33 on 11/20/2015. "

That actually implies FIRST 9 and THEN 12.33."
I guess after that it went to 5.33?

The 0.03 at the end of his post is just a statement about the lower limit of the test.

Anyway, not as bizarre as I thought.

It's going in the right direction.

Frankly, substances/foods and the impact on PSA just seems to be a lot of nebulous stuff at best, because today's miracle substance then turns out to be nothing or even harmful. So, I am skeptical that what he ate is creating the lower PSA. On the other hand, if it were me I guess I would keep on doing what I'm doing as it's going in the right direction!

Mel

Sorry I had a lot of info to type. To clarify, my psa has been a gradual rise since 2010, some repeats and going down a little at times often coinciding when I got my cholesterol numbers down. Then in sept 2015 it jumped from 7 to 9,(I dont have the exact numbers, my sept psa is not showing online for some reason) then in nov it went to 12.33. Its been on/off statins vs diet and exercise since 2010. Statins make my muscles lock up. This new one is supposed to be different.
Also my situation is possibly bph and not cancer but there is no bph forum.

Post Edited (tommyc) : 1/21/2016 1:59:37 PM (GMT-7)

Yes the recent spike coincided with my increase in cholesterol, which is a pattern for me. The 185 ldl is equal to my max but my psa was never that high before. I knew my numbers would improve on a statin, but I wasn't sure how much. I didn't expect to go down to 5.98, thats below my baseline and about where I started in 2010. I told the doc if it goes back below 10(My number not his) then we can maybe take a breath. Schedule a 60 core biopsy is on my chart for my appt next thursday. The supplements are me going WAAAAAY overboard to hit that number, after reading on the internet. I'll probably cut back to just zyflamend and gamma E. But I had to tell someone, sorry.
Yes i have all the bph symptoms. Flowmax helps a little.

Post Edited (tommyc) : 1/21/2016 3:22:24 PM (GMT-7)