The issues were increased risk of prostate cancer. I chose to heed those warnings after a scare a while back.
How do you know the TRT didn't cause or contribute to your illness?
And your PSA numbers should be low if you had a portion or all of your prostate removed.
Most current thinking is that TRT does not increase the risk of prostate cancer.
Although there is no way to know whether TRT contributed or caused my prostate cancer. I had only been on TRT for a short while before the cancer was discovered. I have a long history of prostate issues including fluctuating PSA test results. I also had several biopsies over the years, which never showed cancer until the one that did. The cancer was stage 1-2 (don't recall the Gleason score) and the cancer was completely contained within the margins.
My options were, "watchful waiting, hormone therapy, radiation, or the da vinci robotic prostatectomy." Before choosing a course of action, I joined a prostate cancer group (in person....not online). Nobody in the group had been on TRT. The group leader was a married man in his 40's who had a radical prostatectomy. Nobody else had chosen that option. Almost everyone in the group found out they had prostate cancer after it had metastasized. The majority of them had radiation, which effectively kills the prostate. Sadly, some of them were on death watch and during the years I attended the monthly meetings, many died from it.
Here's how I made my final decision. Watchful waiting seemed like waiting to die. Hormone therapy = androgen suppression. Radiation therapy may or may not get all the cancer and has the same downsides as a prostatectomy, such as erectile dysfunction and urinary issues. My conclusion was if the prostate is removed and the cancer was contained within it, chances are I'd be home free....no worries.
Don't misunderstand me. I am not advocating for one choice or another including going on TRT. This is my life and my right to chose how to live it. Others should feel the same way. Having said this, it is a good idea to make informed decisions when it comes to our health and our choices. I care more about my quality of life than I do about how long I live. I feel great on TRT. So far, it has been a good decision.