Final update for this thread.

I just spent five uncomfortable and embarrassing hours in the hospital, where over a dozen people poked, prodded and examined my genitals, where I wasn't allowed to eat or drink in case surgery would be required (which was a very real possibility), answering lots of ...

Okay, you've convinced me.

I was going to stay the course, and try to finish the job myself, despite well-meaning posts telling me to go to the hospital and the comparisons to suicide. After all, a high-risk decision may be very risky, but that's not the same thing as suicidal.

But your posts ...

Hi there. I've decided to pluck the old dangleberries, and I'm taking the stupidest possible path for achieving this, the do-it-yourself method.

As I type this, the blood supply has been cut of for about four and a half hours and my scrotum has turned dark purple, so there's no point trying to talk ...