PSA Performed after DRE

[Hector774]

I am a 50 year old male and I take a prostate exam every year.  My PSA in December of 2007 was .9 for some reason I waited until March 2009 to have my next prostate exam,  my PSA went up to 2.5.  My urologist did not noticed this changed until almost a month later and his nurse called me and stated that the Doctor was concerned because of the PSA rapid velocity and wanted to do another PSA test, which is fine with me.  I have read some of your articles and I suspect this could be a false reading because of the following events:  1.  I think  I had some kind of infection the previous week before the exam and had a hemorroid  and took suppossitories to get rid of it before the exam.  2.  ALSO, for some reason the nurse forgot to draw blood before the DRE, and after the doctor performed the DRE he asked me if the nurse have drawn blood for the PSA and I said no, then he send the nurse to draw blood for the PSA TEST after the DRE.  When the nurse called me to let me know that the doctor wanted to do another PSA test, I told her that if the results could have been affected because of the PSA test after the DRE, she got upstet and stated that it had nothing to do whether is before or after the DRE.  3.  And last but not least, I heard about the relationship of high cholesterol  and PSA levels.  In Jan 2008 I decided not take my cholesterol medication and when tested my tryglocerides went up from 78 to 207.

Could all these incidents caused my PSA level to increase from .9 to 2.5 in a period of 18 months.

Thank you for your prompt assistance.

Concerned male