Does anyone know? I tried searching for an answer here in the archives but, well, that is impossible without pulling up 9000 unrelated posts.

Does the stump retract up into the abdomen and kind of shrivel up? Does it dissolve? Just kind of hang there?

Congratulations, Denna..May I ask, who performed the orchiectomy? Take care and heal well...smooches Jackie



Jackie-

My orchi was done by a plastic surgeon here in Portland named Dr.Nguyen (pronounced Dr.Win) at his offices. I had expected stainless steel tables and hospital white everywhere ...

Well, now I'm a castrated woman as of yesterday.

After I finish healing up I'm thinking of doing the following as it sounds like it would work and be something that I'm into.

Currently I have a PA; I refer to it as my Princess Alberta as I gave up any claim to masculinity some time ago. I think ...

Well, now mine are gone as of yesterday.

I thought I might want them or at least to see them when they were removed. Instead my surgeon wheeled them away on the cart and I never bothered, or cared, to look. That's that! Now to heal up..

That sounds like a funny thing to say but I wonder what becomes of them. I've heard of some doctors giving them back to you because they really still belong to you I guess. What do you do with them though? I've heard of having them buried or burned. Maybe some people just throw them away. I heard of ...

Thanks Jackie! What a sweet reply ^_^

Some surgeon's will not perform SRS on you if you have had an orchi but most will from my research. The reason for keeping it stretched out (that sounds funny) is that you get a little more depth . The more I think about it the less I really care. Unlike most ...

Hello!

My name is Denna and I am fairly new to these forums. I'm a transgender lady and will be having my orchiectomy on the 30th of this month. I'm pretty excited although I don't know exactly how I feel about having it done under local anesthesia. I hope the pain isn't to intense but I'm sure I ...