Hash (imported) wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:14 am
Yoda, sorry for asking yet another question, it is all so fascinating to me. Was there any problem when the question of stump removal came up? I mean, why wouldn't they just leave it and do a better urethra relocation? On the other hand, what good would there be to leave it? It's not benefiting you. But I do think some surgeons might not want to remove it because it's quite invasive surgery to remove the complete penis when not entirely necessary.
Hi Hash, sorry for answering so late. Actually, I was shocked when I woke up after the Penectomy operation and discovered that I still had a stump left. I asked my Uro about it as by definition, a TOTAL PENECTOMY is the removal of the whole penis. He looked a bit surprised to me. I suppose, he thought that I will not know these things. Thanks to EA I'm quite educated!
I insisted that he clean up the mess he's done AND remove the stump because I signed the operation authorization form which states a TOTAL PENECTOMY.
He agreed so I'm w
sw1911sc (imported) wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:00 pm
aiting for the 2nd operation in a couple of weeks.
Thank you YodaNell for your postings. It has been a very enjoyable read. I really hope your future surgery goes very well for you! You are in my thoughts.
Yes, you can used to not having a penis in a very short time!
After a body part is amputated, the brain stops receiving neurological information from that part. Usually over a period of a few to several years, the brain loses the ability to access memories about the missing part. By the time 3 to 4-years had passed by after my castration and scrotectomy, I essentially no longer had any memories of having testicles or a scrotum. Occasionally, for a couple more years, something would trigger a brief memory, but it was soon forgotten. I have now been a eunuch for almost a decade and I assure you that I have absolutely no memories of ever having had testicles or a scrotum.
However, I do have the memory of watching each testicle being dropped into a kidney-shaped stainless steel bowl right after each was severed.
This memory loss process occurred much more rapidly after my penectomy. I very quickly got use to not having a penis. Likewise, I very quickly got use to sitting to pee. By 6 to 9-months after the penectomy, it seemed like I had never had a penis and memories were few and far between. Today, I barely remember very carefully feeling my entire penis, both externally and internally, for about 20 minutes about an hour before it was amputated. It has been 16 months since the penectomy and as far as my
brain is concerned I have always been a nullo.
Bill
Bill, I have such memory loss regarding my penis that it's like explaining to a woman what a penis feels like. Truly, I have NO idea what my penis felt like. I can still fell the stump and it still feels like that bottom part of the penis I had all the time, but, I have NO recollection of how the top part felt. That's good because I thought I might be very depressed at moments as I will miss it. A hidden blessing, I suppose.
