THE LATEST ADVANCED LAB WORK CONTINUES TO POINT TO PROSTATE CANCER

The phi-HYB test is so advanced, VA doctors cannot order it be done through the VA lab.  A second run is being requested directly to an outside lab.  The doctors cannot fix the lack of care at the VA.  

The VA draws blood all the time and send it to outside labs.  But for this test the VA requires you go directly to an outside lab.  The order has been made.  We are fine and there will be no delay.

I chose my San Antonio specialist based on his surgical skills.  The diagnostic process should be the easy part, but I have learned it is not.  He clearly looked me in the face and said he has debunked all the research which shows high insulin dosages can give a false lower PSA. 

According to a host of sources to include Cancer.Org, you cannot rely on a man's PSA if they are on a high dosage of insulin.  It can force a low PSA.  There are actually warnings against relying on a man's PSA results if they are on a high dosage of insulin.  The warning specifically says such reliance could mean missing the cancer diagnosis.

SO, WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Last night I reduced my insulin dosage from 100 units to 50 units.  It was not random.  At 50 units my blood sugar is the same as at 100 units.  This morning my blood sugar was 152.  Yesterday morning with 100 units of insulin my blood sugar was 151.

So, on Thursday next we will redo the phi-HYB blood test on the lower insulin level.  If the PSA goes back up then we can argue insulin impacts PSA.

Right now, my phi-HYB puts me at a 33.3% chance of prostate cancer.  My number is on the high side so it will not take much of a jump in the PSA to put me at a 50% chance of prostate cancer.

The protocol is clear.  It is time for a biopsy.  I have to wait until Monday to hear from my SA doctor.  He is in surgery days.  I have to wait for a clinic test. 

I am 60 days since the critical warning for prostate cancer.  Everything which has been done has been at my direction.  Had I allowed the VA to do as it pleases, my  follow-up would be in June. 

Okay I am exhausted.  I need a nap.