I have been pretty relaxed about this, as my dad, now 89, was diagnosed with prostate cancer around 2 years ago. He was told by the consultant that it would not be what eventually kills him. I knew things had been stable since then, and he has tablets plus a monthly injection from the district nurse. He was catheterised permanently last year.
I just spoke to him and he saw the consultant today and his count is up 'a bit'. He is being given different tablets and has to go back in 3 months, which used to be the interval between his appointments, although more recently it's been six. I just had a quick look at one website, for the Prostate Cancer organisation in the UK I think - and it said one raised count wasn't such a cause for concern, rather an upward trend. I'm now realising how little I know about this condition - the website I just mentioned looked pretty comprehensive, but any recommedations for sources of info would be most welcome.