Did prostate cancer treatment lower your white cell blood count?

@graybeard46

A year after 44 radiation treatments and 4 months of Lupron for my T3b prostate cancer, I was still having major side effects with no measurable PSA and a testosterone recovered from 280 to only 111. My urologist diagnosed me as hypogonadal both 10 years before and for a year after treatments. Also my Hgb, Hct, Lymphocyte % auto, and absolute Lymps had fallen steadily from normal to significantly below normal minimum standards. I was prescribed testosterone at 100 mg/ 2 weeks and within a week all my side effects basically went away, and I began to have some arousal even at this very minimum TRT dosage. In 4 weeks, I will see if my blood work also gets better and if my PSA stays undetectable. I have also read that a study of thousands of men for 10 years showed low testosterone men had a 40% shorter life expectancy. Low testosterone does not stop cancer but does cause serious lifr threatening side effects especially for older men like me at age 84.

Kill B and T cells are Lymphocytes that can attack cancer. I only had one Lupron injection 4-3-26 and finished my Radiation Therapy 6-10-26. My should be 850-3900 Lymphocytes dropped to 592. Up to 959, 9-3-26. Some say the should be over 1000. I started taking B12, Folate, Iron & Zinc. My should be 4.20-5.80 RBC's are 4.26. My 13.2-17.1 Hemoglobin is 12.9. 39.4-51.1 Hematocrit is 39.3. Testosterone can raise these blood values. After Lupron my Total Testosterone fell to 9, 8, 5, 5 and then 4. My Free Testosterone is < 1. I understand that 10-20 is an ADT Testosterone target, but 4! I understand that people stay on ADT as long as they can take it. I can no longer handle the extreme fatigue & weight gain. Yesterday I took 0.02 ml (2 mg) of Testosterone cypionate. I asked my Radiation Oncology doctor when I could start taking supplemental testosterone again. He said never. I used to take 12 mg to maintain a Testosterone of 200. ADT does seem to be beneficial during RT, but if all I have left is Biochemical PC, wouldn't I want some Lymphocytes to kill it? My PSA was 0.03 in 2009 after my Radical Prostatectomy. A high of 15 earlier this year. Down to 0.83, 9-3-26. I will be tracking my future PSA & Testosterone. I take Finasteride since it keeps Testosterone from turning into Dihydrotestosterone. Dihydrotestosterone is what causes the prostate to develop embryologically.

@pesquallie: I agree. Death by diabetes or heart disease, is not better than a little PC. I am taking 2 mg (0.02) Testosterone Cypionate every week. I am hoping to raise my Total Testosterone from 4 to 10-20. My last PSA was 0.83. I think I might be feeling better after two days. I believe my blood Testosterone peaks about two days after injection. I use a 10 ml "Tuberculin" syringe. (see comment below) Time after RT should cause my PSA to continue to drop, Supplemental Testosterone results in a higher PSA result. I would alternate having my blood tested on the day before my injection at 9 AM (natural Peake time), and two days after my injection.