Health benefits of becoming a eunuch?

[iamdaniel (imported)]

Are there any? I'm curious.

[janekane (imported)]

I tell not the story of other people, for I have not lived their lives such that their story I could decently tell.

For some people, particularly those whose family history, rather like mine, is fraught with the perils of cancer at terminal stage when first diagnosed, there may be the health benefit of not dying from cancer which would have developed without parting company with testosterone.

Way back in the 1950s, there was considerable evidence in the human biology scientific literature to the effect that testosterone raises basal metabolism something like 10 percent over castrate testosterone levels, and some evidence that the increased metabolic rate which accompanies typical male testosterone levels shortens life expectancy by more than it raised metabolic rate.

The notion of an increase of life expectancy of, perhaps 15%, has been around for decades, and was, decades ago, based on actual lifespans of actual people.

My brother had developed terminal cancer by the time he was 50, my dad had plausibly developed treatable cancer at the same age and developed terminal cancer by age 65. Bilateral orchiectomy and total colectomy with ileo-rectal anastomosis for me at age 47, and, at age 72, no indication yet of cancer or anything getting close to cancer.

Whether being alive in these interesting (from a social change and development perspective) times is a sign of health or illness, or is/is not any form of benefit, I politely decline to ponder.

[Lasander (imported)]

Other than reduced cancer risks and having male-pattern-baldness slow down I cant think of too many others. Some animals live longer after being fixed but I am not aware of any studies on humans.

[justjustin (imported)]

I bet they don't get into fights as often. Not being battered in fights and maybe murdered - that has to be a health benefit.

[BossTamsin (imported)]

On the flip side, they likely break more hips. Considering how many die as a result of complications from that, it may balance out.

[tugon (imported)]

My benefits have been more in the form of mental health. I have not needed antidepressants after castration. I still have infrequent depressions but nothing that requires medicine. Castration has helped with an out of control sex drive/addiction. Also becoming my true self has made me feel more comfortable in my own skin. The peace, my eunuch calm, has helped me enjoy life so much more than before.

[paring (imported)]

There are far more complications than benefits. It can be appealing to have a reduced libido but few years later when the side effects will start to set in most eunuchs won't have no choice but get on testosterone replacement therapy. I can't stop TRT because if I do the arthritis pain will be so bad the anti inflammatory medication (Celebrex) alone won't work, I'll have to add to that some morphine. I'm not a wimp, my pain threshold is high and when I say pain gets bad I mean REALLY BAD. When you start to play with hormones you open a Pandora box and you'll never know what's going come out of it. This is the reason why doctors refuse to castrate men, If you want to put your health at stake go ahead you won't do worst then us. If I had known 15 years ago, what I know now, I'd have never taken anti androgen.

Are there any? I'm curious.

[tugon (imported)]

I should mention that I have had minimal physical issues living without any replacement hormones. I did put on some weight but I struggled with weight before castration. The effects of no T is where the fat migrated. My thighs are a thicker than before. I am a diabetic but I was hypoglycemic before castration so with family history I would have been diabetic with or without castration. Judging by some of my serious falls my bones must be in good shape. Having been castrated at 41 and now at 55 a lot of my complaints are shared with my 55 year old testicled friends. As with everything your mileage will vary.