My dad has decided to have a biopsy on his prostate to check for cancer...He's 59, has heart & kidney disease and has been told that he might bleed to death afterwards, but has decided to go ahead with the biopsy anyway. I've been searching and searching trying to find stories from men who've undergone the biopsy to see how they fared afterwards but have come up with nothing...Can anyone help me find this information? Or know someone who could share their story with me? Would be much appreciated...Thanks

My Dad has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and had the biopsy. He did not have any complications from it, just some discomfort for a few days afterwards. We found alot of good information on this site and I requested free information and they sent a large amount of written information as well as a video explaining alot of things related to prostate cancer.
http://www.rcog.com/home.htm

I have had this procedure twice with no cancer found. It is rather uncomfortable and something I would try to avoid if unnecessary. I have had a PSA jump from 4.2 to 8 and back again. The first Biopsy they took 14 samples and the second biopsy they took 16 samples.
I am in a wait and see mode now as they could find nothing to treat.

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer a little over three years sgo. One of the most important tests for this diagnosis was the biopsy. Granted is was uncomfortable, but in my opinion .... extremely worth the aggravation!

I know for certain, that it I didn't have the biopsy, my life would be a lot different from what it is today. I did opt for full prostatectomy and had radiation a year later, but this is another story directly related to the ignorance of my then primary care physician.

In any event.... please have the biopsy!

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my husband had a psa of 0.5 twice a year for five years
he had a normal "fingerwave" but he has a very high risk due to family history.

the doctor insisted on an ultrasound and biopsy. it is embaressing and uncomfortable and he had to rest for a couple of days.

the biopsy came back as positive. Gleasn scale of 7 which is very unusul for this very early stage. We have a chance to fight it now. If he ha waited until the "normal" fifty years old or until his psa rose to an alarming rate, his chances of survival would be a lot less.

Thanks for all your stories...my dad did have the biopsy...they tried a new procedure which wasn't the normal way here in Australia...so there was far less bleeding than we'd be warned about.

The results were negative which is fabulous...but now we're still searching for answers as to why he's in so much pain.

Thanks again for sharing with me.