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@ava11
Hi! Unfortunately, my MO isn't seeing any new patients. I tried referring someone to him around a year ago. His name is Ken Pienta MD. He spends most of his time doing prostate cancer research.

He said pretty much the same thing to me. I needed testosterone in my body and if the cancer returned we would deal with it. Because my PSA went undetectable for 3 years after triple therapy and radiation he said the more aggressive clones were killed and if the cancer returned it would be "a kinder, gentler" form that we could treat more easily.

I am all about risk / reward. My life was pretty miserable without T and is great with it. So, I am willing to take a chance that the T could reactivate the cancer. Many guys get off ADT and their T goes back up to normal range. Taking exogenous testosterone (TRT, Androgel) is no different than if my T had returned to normal on its own. Cancer cells can't differentiate T from a gel or shot to that manufactured by testicles. Some molecule.

Good luck!

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@retireddoc
Is it true once you start TRT and if you stop, there is no chance natural production of Testosterone? In other words I need to be on TRT rest of my life to feel good unless cancer comes back.