[SeaHawkFan]

If you are having prostate problems, you need to get a PSA check and DRE right away. There is a chance you MAY have prostate cancer. It affects 1 in 6 men sometime in their life.

Caught early, it is curable. If you doctor says it isn’t needed, you eed another doctor. If yu PSA is 2.5 or higher, you need to get it rechecked every three months, if it goes up to 3.0 or 3.5 within a year, you need a biopsy.

I speak from experience that you don’t want to take chances, and you sure as hell don’t want to follow the advice from your insurance company or doctor if they tell you different. Demand it.

[oh8eleven]

If you are having prostate problems ...
I sucessfully dealt with BPH using saw Palmetto from 2007 until 2014. I'm a runner and didn't like taking the usual meds. My PSA has always been lower than 1. Not an issue.
After a persistant bout of prostatitus, my urologist suggested green light laser surgery (PVP) - but first, a biopsy.
Biopsy was negative and I had the surgery last May. Painless. I consider myself about 80%-85% back to normal.
It's really nice only getting up once (sometimes 2x) in the middle of the night :)