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Posted 11/10/2018 1:52 AM (GMT 0)
My wife and I feel we have received excellent care and advice from my Urologist and my RO. And I have gotten a ton of good information from all of you on this site.
The only "mistake" I feel I made was not having a baseline testosterone level. Since I never had any real issues prior to my diagnosis, my primary care doc never had my testosterone checked.

So - for any of you getting ready to go on ADT - get a blood test and have your testosterone level recorded as a baseline before any shots!
Posted 11/10/2018 3:21 AM (GMT 0)
Good advice. I had a baseline bone density DEXA scan done too, and it ended up being pretty important. Three years of ADT diminished bone density quite a bit. More than I expected.

My testosterone, just checked last month, is exactly where it was at baseline. Within a couple of points, exactly the same. It took a couple of years after ADT2 ended to recover, go high, and finally settle back to baseline.
Posted 11/10/2018 5:27 AM (GMT 0)
Good point.

Andrew
Posted 11/10/2018 3:44 PM (GMT 0)
My baseline T was 660; now it’s 12, but it’s only 4 months since Lupron started to wear off.

Hopefully.....
Posted 11/10/2018 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
Everybody on ADT should get a "T" test now and then to be sure the Lupron or whatever is working as expected. In some men, the response to Lupron does not lower "T" level enough to be effective...
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