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Interesting. My first PSA result post-COVID was over 8, when the previous test had been just under 4. We did a round of antibiotics and it dropped to 4.5 in about 2 weeks. Glad we used antibiotics instead of a biopsy!

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Thanks for the private messages re my impending surgery.

One reader mentioned he hoped I wouldn't need a catheter.

Me, too.

Last time, I had a catheter. This time they say none probably is needed. We'll see.

Might have a stent.

Last time, I had to extract the the catheter. I wasn't prepared for that. Once you start, you can't stop. It was freakishly long.

My new urologist said when he trained at Mayo Clinic, they sent patients home with catheters that they extract themselves. Now he's in private patients and has learned that patients hate that.

Thanks for asking, Steve.

Howard

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