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Who ever said that having a Bilateral Orchiectomy was no big deal well I'll just leave it at that. The surgery went well it was done under a local anesthetic I was given Verset. So I don't remember a thing afterwards it felt as if I'd been kicked in the groin by an elephant thank God for Hydrocodone. I was told that the surgery would take an hour or more it was done in 45 minutes, I was on my way home shortly afterwards.

When I had the initial consult with the Doctor I came as prepared as one could be I had a full blood work done prior to my visit and I had two letters one from a phycologist and the other from a phychiatrist. Turns out I only needed one letter the only thing that I didn't have with me is an EKG but I was able to get that before the surgery I needed the EKG because I have a heart condition and saved myself $150.00 the total cost was $2750.00 $2000.00 for the surgery $100.00 consultation fee, $650.00 for the surgery center. I'm not sure if I can name the Doctor who did the procedure so I won't for the moment until I'm told otherwise

The one question I do have in all of this is do I need to provide proof that I'm a Eunuch if so I obviously have no issues with that the only thing is I'm not sure how to do it.

I am surprised about the amount of pain you had afterwards. I had some discomfort from not being properly numbed but almost no pain post-op.

Welcome to the eunuchhood.

I'm no longer in the amount of pain that I was in and it feels better everyday it's only been two days I felt good enough to get out of the house today. I'm still pretty swollen and I'm looking forward to the swelling going down. Overall I'm happy with the way things went and I feel as if a weight has been lifted from my shoulders I'm not sure if this is the Eunuch calm seems a little early for that.

Question regarding testosterone how long does the residual testosterone stay in the body? is it a slow proccess or does it happen pretty fast?

First congratulations, I am glad everything went OK, as far as how fast the T leaves I would not know, I took Androcur for a year before being castrated, as for proof, if you say you are, then you are, I need no other proof.

Welcome to the brotherhood.

River

Glad the pain is better and all went well. I am thinking it was about 5-6 weeks before I had that first hot flash. I was castrated 12/06 and while driving to work on a very cold winter day when I began to warm up. Wow I turned off the heat, rolled down the windows and turned up the fan. The severe hot flashes did not last long. Hope yours are mild.

We have a MoM in August and you might enjoy meeting many of us.

Hot Flashes,

I was at work, it was at the end of the day and my co-workers and I were all chatting before going home, that's when it hit, I grabbed a file folder and started fanning myself, I guess I was beet red as well, my co-workers mostly women were asking if I was OK as I was fanning to beat hell. I said, "I must be having a hot flash, maybe I am going through the change in life". everybody thought that was funny as hell and totally discounted what I said.

Sometimes the truth is so wrong nobody believes it.

BTW, I had my last very mild hot flash about a month ago, I was castrated 9/6/02.

River

Ah, yes, hot flashes! My wife and daughter got so tired of hearing me ask: "Is it hot in here?" many, many times. --FLO--

I've been on spiro for over two years however the last time my testosterone level was checked I was at 524. Odd since I had been taking 400mg a day I dont think I have to worry about that anymore. Nor am I overly concerned about Hot Flashes. I am TG M to F and have also been taking estrodiol as well the only reason I asked about the time frame for the disapation of testosterone is the feminization proccess I'm hoping will now accelerate Breast development and so on. But for now I consider myself a Eunuch and damn proud of it too!

I've been out and about all day and I have been feeling very little discomfort I'm sore but it doesn't hurt enough to need to take any narcotics just sore so I can say the healing proccess seems to be pretty fast.

I had bilateral operatins also. I add the (S) because my doc only removed one side at a time. And that was done three months apart. I started having discomfort (hot flashed) in about 3 weeks. I say discomfort because when I started having them I was not sure since the weather was in the 90's at the time and being in and out I was skeptical. When I began to notice the flasheds during church, I knew what was going on. Forthunately my 30 day checkup was only about 3 days away. I had no problem coping with it. When I told my Dr., he prescribed Testim. That fixed the problem. I was on 5 grm tube daily and by the end of the first six weeks on it, I was like a raging teenager, When I went bak in Jan. he changed me to evryother day and that calmed down my libido. Actuially, now I am on 2.5 daily. I can go 3weeks befor the hot flashes start now.

con grats hope the healing process goes quickly for you

enjoy your new life

Hope you're feeling better. Don't overdo.

Glad you're feeling better.

seriously curious (imported) wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:04 am Question regarding testosterone how long does the residual testosterone stay in the body? is it a slow proccess or does it happen pretty fast?

The blood level of testosterone drops very quickly post castration. I read a study once where they monitored the blood level of testosterone from patients who were just castrated and found they reached castrate level within 3-4 hours. That being said the effects of testosterone are much slower to disappear but the majority of testosterone disappears almost immediately.

Congratulations!

Congratulations... It was 6 years ago that I started on Androcur and my T levels dropped... I do not regret it one bit.. For me, my reasons for castrations were religious.. I was a Christian and I was Gay.. Castrations made my peace with God. Most no one has the same reasons as I have for castration.. Good luck...

Congrats .. I hope you're healing goes well. It doesn't always go smooth as silk as I can attest to that. I was castrated on 4/26 and am just now almost pain free. I developed a very large hematoma that required packing for 3.5 weeks so it could drain. But all is well now and I hope it goes smoother for you.

Terry

Congrats! Sorry for the pain. I am one down one to go. The first one was virtually painless. I did alcohol injections first, compared to that there was no pain at all! I hope the second one goes as smooth!

I had bilateral orchiectomy done when i was 17. I agree, I was drugged to the hilt and still it hurt like hell! were your testicles removed via the pelvis? / abdomen region?

Ok first of all I apologize for not responding sooner, I don't have internet access at home so I have to go to places that offer free WYFI yesterday being a national holiday and all I decided to stay home, that , and it rained all day. I do appear to have a small problem there is an accumulation of fluid in the scrotal sack it doesn't hurt it's just a little tender. It sure as hell sounds weird though. Sounds like a washing machine when I walk I'm supposed to see my Doctor on Thursday but I think when I call his office today they may have me come in sooner. I do need to be extremely careful about infections I had a splenectomy done in 1994 (the Spleen was removed due to trama).

Otherwise the healing is going well still a little tender but I now attribute that to the fluid build up. I was able to drain some of it this morning but I'm not equipped to get it all out what I was able to remove was blood, bright red blood normal looking blood so I'm a bit concerned that there might be a little bleeder in there. I don't know how the castration was done. I don't know if the cords were sutured or cauterized. I will be happy to refer any of you to the Doc that did the surgury just let me know via private message.

I try my best to use the english language properly however, with that being said please overlook the grammatical errors. everyone must know their limits mine is grammar!

seriously curious (imported) wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:32 pm I try my best to use the english language properly however, with that being said please overlook the grammatical errors. everyone must know their limits mine is grammar!

Keep an eye on everything and see your doctor if anything you think is not right, don't wait and see.

As for spelling and grammar, don't worry about it. This is the Eunuch Archive not some literary society.

River

I have contacted my Doctor and I will be seeing him at 3:PM rest assured I'm going to stay on top of this. I failed to mention in my prior posting that I truely appreciate all of the well wishes so I now say thankyou to all

To answer Cut Cocks question? The testicles were removed via the scrotal sack, the incision was done along the centerline of the sack without measuring the incision I'd say it's about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in length. once again thank you all for your support and well wishes.

Update on the healing proccess: The swelling has gone down considerably however, the scrotal sack is still retaining fluid there are two large masses that are extremely hard. My doctor said that this is normal and I must say that the masses are slowly being absorbed so I'm not overly concerned about it I will see him again next week where I'll ask him to drain the fluid. that's it for the time being

When I had this done I also developed two irregular shaped masses in my scrotum. I'm happy to report that they will dissolve and go away over time. It took mine just over a month to do so. How long yours take may be different, but they will go away eventually.

Thanks for the info it at least gives me hope for the future that these masses won't last forever.