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Am I the only one who doesn't care about testosterone?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 8 8:37am | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
What people overlook is that T is an essential part of your endocrine system. It’s not just a “sex” hormone. In addition to the things listed in a reply above the heart has receptors for testosterone. There’s a reason evolution put them there. Its absense also indirectly affects your metabolic health through sarcopenia. In short it is an anti-aging hormone. I can’t wait to get some back one way or another.
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I hope I can some day, too. I'm young enough that if ADT and ARSI can just keep me alive for another 5–10 years, we might get to a point where the medical community knows whether it's safe to let my testosterone come back.
In the meantime, I manage the symptoms with light cardio and resistance training, healthy diet, and lots of testing (and I carry a small towel for awkward hot flushes in public). I had a full work-up at the university heart institute last year, and so far my heart is still strong (aside from minor issues that existed before the cancer) — the cardiologist even cleared me to shovel snow (!!!)
On the bright side, I don't have to shave every day any more. I use to have stubble again by 5:00 pm; now I can get away with 2–3 days before the stubble becomes visible. Always a silver lining ...