Hi all,

I was castrated by Dr. Kimmel in September 2003 (9 months ago). I was on spironolactone for about three months before that, discontinued it 2 weeks before the surgery; I have not used any sort of hormone therapy since then. I've gained about ten pounds.

About three weeks ago I noticed some ...

Dr. Kimmel will let you take your balls home in a jar of perservative.



I wanted to do this, but he told me I wouldn't be allowed to bring them onto the airplane. (This was one month ago).

Perhaps I should have tried anyway. My only regret is that I didn't make more of an effort to bring them ...