Primary care doctor waited over 2 and a half years after BPH diagnoses to give me a PSA test. Is that normal?
I am a 59 year old man and I had avoided doctors most of my life (I know, not great) but at 56 years old BPH symptoms finally drove me to see one. I got some medication and it fixed my symptoms for the most part. From then on I have gone to see my doc multiple times a year and had around 5 blood panels done. I kept noticing that a PSA number wasn't on any of the reports. I thought to myself they are probably doing it but I it's just called something else on the report. I thought if there was an issue they would tell me. About a week ago I had another blood panel done and a separate PSA report appeared on my file. I was relieved that it seemed low .78 but was curious about my past numbers. I clicked on the trend line button to see all my past results of this test and there was nothing. This was my first PSA test. Now my insurance isn't great and the doctor I see is new and she seems to be possibly be being overseen by an older doctor (that I haven't met). Is my doctor kinda dropping the ball here? Should I have had this test sooner?