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Anyone considered bilateral orchiectomy: Why or why not?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jun 3 1:19am | Replies (88)Comment receiving replies
@jeffmarc Thank you for your reply.
I am thinking that if the cancer gets under control and I could effectively stop ADT I could go on HRT to restore my testosterone levels to normal. It is just that I hear than many men have problems with the ADT similar to orchiectomy, but there can be more pain from the drugs, greater risk of diabetes, and cardiovascular risks. The other factor is that I live far out in the country where it would be difficult to make regular trip to the doctor for the injections and blood tests. I do thank you for your reply and I will take into consideration your reply.
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@john1951
Not many doctors will let you go on hormone therapy after having prostate cancer. That can really aggravate the cancer and get it growing and spreading quickly.
They do Hormone therapy alternating High dose testosterone with ADT drugs In advanced cases where People become castrate resistant to the ARPI. I can really screw up the Cancer because he doesn’t know which way to go when it all of a sudden gets testosterone and then gets ADT. That’s A style of BAT.
They can also do BAT, if you become castrate resistant to ARPI drug. In that case, they just give you testosterone for a while, And some people then can have the ARPI drugs work for them again.
Just some alternate treatments, you may not have heard of.