Has anyone had a loved one whose PSA level returned after Radical Prostatectomy? My dad, who just turned 65, made it past his 10th year free and clean and now has a reading of almost 3 PSA. I'm not confident in his doctor, who sent him for bone scan and when he returned for results he forgot he even sent him!! After refreshing his memory he found them but they showed nothing really and HE actually said "you have cancer somewhere in your body, we just don't know where!". Not only that, but he didn't even send him for another test, like an MRI (do they show cancers?)
I made him get 2nd and 3rd opinions, but this confused him more as one thinks it is in lymph node and the other thinks it's in his 10th rib (this from reading the same bone scan report as dr#1)! Frustrating. Anyhow, any feedback from others on treatment would be appreciated. He is currently just doing hormone pills (without shots - which I found odd from reading so much) and is to return for PSA testing in 3 months. I'm scared the lymph nodes spread quick and feel like they are wasting his time waiting around like this!!!