I'll be getting several checkups per year for the next three years and then back to the once a year PSA blood test. My last PSA was less than 0.5. I have more patience with my family and close friends and less patience with others. And I put on some extra weight, as if I needed that. My wife has stood beside me in every step of the ordeal and I do not know if I'd be the same today if it were not for her support.
Cancer is a family disease.
I did not start yearly PSA testing at age 50, I was in my sixty's when I had the first PSA test. The short history also made it harder for the doctors. Learn what Prostrate Cancer is before you get it, most men will. If you are diagnosed with Prostrate Cancer, find out your treatment options and talk with the doctors in each field. A good doctor should recommend someone in another discipline of cancer treatment.