Minimal depth involves a lot of the same techniques I'm told by people who've had it. It does skip the whole dilating issue (which takes a loooot of time early on in recovery) but the reaction of a body to surgery of that magnitude varies from person-to-person from 'Great' to 'This was the worst ...

What were the things you had to do to keep your scrotum stretched? I ask because i also want to have srs after becoming a eunuch.



I stretched the empty scrotum daily with a couple of tugs for just over 2.5 years. Having had an orchi previously (and not wanting the possibility of skin grafts ...

The hangup is with gatekeeping unfortunately.

I've got a blood test from over a year ago showing me at castrate levels, but this simply won't suffice. They want to have an endo to verify this and write the referral, and it can't just be any endo either. It needs to be a "special" endo, one who's ...

Thanks :)

Yeah, people keep telling me I can get everything I want with a "Gender identity disorder" diagnosis and that insurance will pay for everything.

Well guess what, after a long and painful pathologisation process I got diagnosed and I still get nothing and insurance won't pay for ...

Welcome to the zoo. We are quite a varied group, but we always try to be friendly and helpful. We look forward to your contributions and stand ready to try to answer any questions that you might have as you read about the experiences of others.



Well Thank you! I will endeavour to comport ...

Welcome!

New to the forums myself but this is an experience I've had, so know you're not alone (including the dealing with medical bureaucracy bit). There's a wealth of information about that could help around here, also some great people.

*politely waves*

I have recently signed up here to perhaps pass on any wisdom I may have accrued over the years and understand others' perspectives. Now to the particulars!

I'm a 30 year old post-operative transgender woman who also had the experience of severe testicular pain for some years ...