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Bothersome Prostrate Symptoms of Cancer

Any prostrate symptom can be troubling unless treated at once by a doctor.

For Hunter Ayers 65, the exact nature of his prostrate symptoms was a perplexing issue. He knew the warning prostrate cancer signs and symptoms but just didn’t know what to make of them.

"I began experiencing some pain in my lower back last year. It would be a dull ache during most of the day and than towards the night, the pain would increase sharply to such a point that I often had difficulty sleeping," he revealed. "Later the pain spread to my hips as well. I was taking painkilling medications so that I was able to ignore these signs most of the time. Blissfully unaware they may be the tell tale warning sign of prostrate problems if no outright symptoms of prostrate cancer."

"The other symptoms that I began to note included a frequent need to use the bathroom," continued Ayers. "A few times urinating was quite painful as well. That was when my wife started to seriously consider the chances of my having developed some sort of prostate gland trouble."

Like most men, Ayers did not immediately go to a doctor however. Choosing to ignore the problem as simply a sign of growing old.

"I had been getting my PSA levels checked every year since I turned forty and I monitored the results myself. The previous year's PSA tests showed no worrying signs, my prostrate PSA levels were still at a steady 1.2,” he reported confident in his numbers.

“Really all I was doing was waiting a bit longer to check whether any other prostrate symptoms turned up,” he said with a sideways glance at his wife to see her reaction. Knowing full well that wasn’t exactly the truth. “But finally, when the pain began getting harder to ignore though, I had to see a doctor."

Ayers was reassured to hear that he did not have prostate cancer.

"Yeah, I had some worrying prostrate symptoms alright. And I was concerned there was a chance it could be cancer. But the doctor recommended a biopsy and luckily, the results came back clear. Turns out my symptoms were caused from simple prostate enlargement. Which we are treating with good success with some of the new drugs on the market for just that problem."

Don’t be like Hunter. If you suspect that you may have prostate cancer do not delay in consulting a doctor. If for no other reason than to rule out cancer and to start treating the real problem. Whatever it turns out to be in your case.