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Many thanks to all the good friends who posted their birthday wishes here. You are much appreciated.

Happy Birthday! Glad you're here.

For what it's worth, I've read of scientific research showing that men feel tense, anxious, aggressive, unhappy, etc., from an insufficiency of testosterone. Popular culture would have it the other way around, but it seems the male body requires a certain level of testosterone to feel "right." Too ...

The problem may be new technical complexity. The things we do with information and with medicine change so fast and grow so intricate that it is beyond the ability of even the smartest and best intentioned people to keep up. Large organizations with many functions and departments whose work must be ...

Happy birthday River! Thanks for your calming presence. You are one of those who make EA what it is.

Congratulations, Losethem. You're a good person, and I'm glad you're here.

Since castration is irreversible, and a big step, people should be
old enough to make an informed decision

first. Young people who are still going through the physical, intellectual, and emotional processes of maturation ought not do something they could come to regret. Legally, there's no ...

Here's an update on yesterday's surgery and my improved prospects -

The operation on my throat was a great success, which is what I expected of the world renowned Dr. Peak Woo. He not only removed all the "granulation" and swelling in my throat, he also removed the tracheal stenosis. All my local ...

Happy Birthday! You're a great ornament to EA.

Happy Birthday! I don't use chat, but you live in legend. I hear about you from my chatty friends.

Thanks all. Much appreciated.

Happy Birthday, A-1!

Punkypink has persuaded me in her many posts that gender is an identity, not an anatomy. If you feel like a man, and have played a man's part in society, then you are a man. That said, a man who didn't know you might think that opting for castration signified your rejection of masculinity, or at ...

I'd say it depends on your definition of sex drive. The conventional adult male drive for orgasm and ejaculation seems to be avoidable. But there's something else. Starting the day we're born, all human beings need and want physical contact with other human beings. This gives comfort, contentment ...

Happy birthday!

Bravo for California! I wonder what makes this possible there, and probably impossible elsewhere?

As the character said in the movie "Taxi Driver" - "They're way ahead in California!"

I sometimes wonder if this would all feel different if we lived in a culture with more relaxed attitudes about gender. I ask because I remember, in my youth, feeling oppressed and threatened by society's definition of macho masculinity. (This was the 60s and 70s.) The so-called "sexual revolution ...

Yes, it's a great place. There is a latitude - at least on certain subjects - not found most places. It's also true that members don't leave their opinions at the door, and are just as likely to squabble as anyone else. I try to stay as close to facts and logic as possible, but ...

Dear Moi, Happy Birthday! You make so many people happy and make their lives better. Too bad you let these XXX abuse you.

Happy birthday, A-1!

Enjoy many more.

And don't forget to eat some chicken every day.

There probably aren't enough creative geniuses to say. Geniuses and castrati are both small groups. The intersection of those two groups must be very small.

Bach, Mozart, and so many other musical greats were child prodigies who began composing and performing as early as 4 or 5. That argues against a hormonal requirement for music appreciation.

People castrated later in life may experience many changes, and that might include their response to music ...

"Be good to yourself." That's what my mother always tells me. It's harder to take that good advice than it sounds.

Woody Allen said you can make a man impotent by hiding his hat.

Paolo, I have diabetes too, and neuropathy. I just recently learned about benfotiamine. It's a fat-soluble form of vitamin B-1. Most B-1 is only water soluble. Benfotiamine is supposed to be better absorbed by the body, and to benefit neuropathy over a period of weeks. I'm trying it now.