I had a prostate biopsy done in Virginia in 2005 when I was 60 years old and it was painless.
The doctor put an instrument up my butt, sent a needle (I guess) thru the wall of my large intestine, and withdrew 12 samples from my prostate. After analyzing those samples, the lab found cases of cancer.
My doctor said I could have radiation done on my prostate to hopefully kill the cancer cells or I could just wait and see if the cancer spreads. I chose to wait and see what happens.
Over the next nine years, I had my PSA checked twice a year and it kept gradually increasing. When it reached 7.5 in 2014, I had another painless biopsy done and it found the cancer had spread inside my prostate, so my doctor suggested I have radiation seeds put into my prostate to hopefully kill the cancer cells. I had that done in December of that year.
I still get my PSA checked every six months and it stays about 0.1, so I guess all of the cancer cells in my prostate were killed by the radiation
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