Low Testosterone following radiation and seeding for prostate cancer !

[Guest guest]

Has anyone on this site been through external radiation plus seeding

for treatment of prostate cancer, and then have had to cope with a low

testosterone? I understand the negative attitude that most doctors

have about improving the quality of life with testosterone therapy,

but there are several studies out there that have apparently debuked

that testosterone therapy " Ignites " any rogue cancer cells.

Any comments or experiences?

- Houston,Texas

[Guest guest]

Hi and Welcome,

We do have members here that had cancer and are on TRT for low testosterone.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: <crudestexas@...>

> Subject: Low Testosterone following radiation and seeding for

prostate cancer !

>

> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 10:18 AM

> Has anyone on this site been through external radiation plus

> seeding

> for treatment of prostate cancer, and then have had to cope

> with a low

> testosterone? I understand the negative attitude that most

> doctors

> have about improving the quality of life with testosterone

> therapy,

> but there are several studies out there that have

> apparently debuked

> that testosterone therapy " Ignites " any rogue

> cancer cells.

>

> Any comments or experiences?

>

> - Houston,Texas

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Phil !

 

Very good. I would certainly like to hear from some of them.  It's not my libido

that I am concerned about but rather my lack of " Get up and Go " , " Fire in the

Belly " , not being able to gain any muscle mass even though I work out at the gym

three evenings a week, cardio and resistance.  My libido, of course, could use a

" Tweak " ....especially when the attractive cheer leader next door drove up to her

parents home in her college cheer-leading costume and in her new red Eclispe,

and my reaction was ........... OK, so what ! LOL.  To paraphrase a famous NASA

remark, " , we have a problem! "  

Anyway, my standard Testosterone reading in December 2005, was at 239.  My

cardiologist recently piggy-backed a Testosterone test on my annual heart-health

checkup (I had heart attack in Sept.1996) and it was up around 369. He considers

that at the lower edge of " Normal for a guy your age (I turned 70 in March) " . 

Took me off the Nitro patches and suggested I try the Viagra Rx he wrote me.

 

   

> From: <crudestexas>

> Subject: Low Testosterone following radiation and seeding for

prostate cancer !

>

> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 10:18 AM

> Has anyone on this site been through external radiation plus

> seeding

> for treatment of prostate cancer, and then have had to cope

> with a low

> testosterone? I understand the negative attitude that most

> doctors

> have about improving the quality of life with testosterone

> therapy,

> but there are several studies out there that have

> apparently debuked

> that testosterone therapy " Ignites " any rogue

> cancer cells.

>

> Any comments or experiences?

>

> - Houston,Texas

>

>

> ------------ --------- --------- ------

>

>

[Guest guest]

we now know your T levels are low but how are your Estradiol " E2 " levels

if high this can be why at your age your levels of T are so low read this link.

http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/89/3/1174

Please get this tested if high have your Dr. put you on some Arimidex to being

it down. If your over 60 pg/ml then take .5 mgs of 1/2 a one mg. pill every

other day. You will know when your levels are good when you get your night time

and morning wood back. As for Viagra this makes me so sick from sides that I

don't feel like sex after taking it. My Dr. put me on Cialis 20 mgs every 3

days cost is about the same and doing this no sides and no waiting for a pill to

work. And do ask about this with your Dr. so you know it will not have a bad

effect on your heart.

Co-Moderator

Phil

>

> > From: <crudestexas>

> > Subject: Low Testosterone following

> radiation and seeding for prostate cancer !

> >

> > Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 10:18 AM

> > Has anyone on this site been through external

> radiation plus

> > seeding

> > for treatment of prostate cancer, and then have had to

> cope

> > with a low

> > testosterone? I understand the negative attitude that

> most

> > doctors

> > have about improving the quality of life with

> testosterone

> > therapy,

> > but there are several studies out there that have

> > apparently debuked

> > that testosterone therapy " Ignites " any

> rogue

> > cancer cells.

> >

> > Any comments or experiences?

> >

> > - Houston,Texas

> >

> >

> > ------------ --------- --------- ------

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi - I am one of the list members who previously had prostate cancer

and now am on TRT. In my case, they did a radical prostectomy

(removal) rather than seeding. Everything was successful but, as in

the case of many others, ED and libido complications followed the

surgery. While the E/D was relatively easy to treat (drugs), the

libido (or lack thereof) bothered me a lot. I waited 5 years after

surgery (and after getting clean PSA tests through), and after a lot of

digging, found an ENDO who would treat me. Have been on TRT for 1-1/2

years and found the results to be very satisfactory.

If you've been 'clean' for several years, there's no reason you

shouldn't pursue a TRT course. Good luck.

C.