Finally Castrated!! Need advice on HRT etc.

[manc-wannabe (imported)]

Hello again,

Many thanks for the PM's and replies on here. I'll reply in more detail when I've got time. Quick Update - pain has totally gone, everything seems to be healing quite uneventufully. 2 distinct hard lumps in my sac, but I believe these are the cords healing up. I've been back at work since Tuesday, and was celebrating the Jubilee with friends on Sunday and Monday. My head probably hurt more than my groin on Monday and Tuesday morning

I'm going to go to my local GP in a couple of weeks, once healing is near done. As of yet, I'm not feeling much effect - libido is still present, albiet a bit less urgent than it was before. Before castration, being a typical young male, my sex drive was very high, and whilst I didn't think it was a problem per se, it is nice to not to be thinking about sex every 5 seconds. Its somewhere more like every 10 seconds now lol. If I see a good looking guy in the street, I still notice, and fancy getting with him lol, but I don't feel the urgency. If I get this kind of effect on HRT, it will be a welcome improvement. I'm starting a graduate-level job in September in London, and the increased ability to focus on my work will be welcome

Thanks for the kind words everyone, I look forward to being a more active member of this forum

[manc-wannabe (imported)]

Just a quick update - it's been over 2 weeks since my Op. Healing is going fine, all bruising is gone, swelling is pretty much gone, just two small hard lumps at the end of each cord. They are getting smaller each day. The first stitch dissolved today, to my slight panic, but all seems ok - the skin under the stitch is tender and pink, but looks nearly healed shut.

As to the effects, they have to a large extent kicked in. Sex drive is existent but a lot less than it was before. Errections only happen when I masturbate, morning wood is all but gone. It occured to me this morning that its been 3 days since I wanked, and tbh, I didn't really care lol. I was in Manchesters Gay Village yesterday, and I noticed the cute boys, and still wanted them, but as I said before, the urgency is gone. My best mate, who knows I've been castrated, has commented that my intellectual side has come out a lot more. Apparantly, pre castration, around half of our conversations were about sex. Its now around 10% and I'm taking about politics, history, current affairs etc alot more. As far as I'm concerned, thats a very good side effect. I've had a few hot flashes, nothing unmanageable, but noticeable, especially as I can't attribute it to the weather at the moment (our "summer" is currently around 15C and raining...). No tiredness or weight gain as of yet.

I'm going to go the GP in around a week and get HRT started, though I'm tempted to ask her to start me on the medium dose, not top dose. The reason I'm going to use (and it is true), is that I'm prone to acne. Its cleared up a fair bit since being cut - it seems that castration is a more effective cure than antibiotics, creams etc. Thus, I don't want to go on too high a dose and bring the acne back. I want enough to have a sex drive, but not enough to remove these positive effects that I've noticed since being cut. So far, I'm happy with my decision, and I would not take my balls back even if possible

[eunuch2001 (imported)]

Congratulations. Glad to read you're healing well. Take your time finding an acceptable level of HRT; the body takes a while to adjust to changes in dosage and unfortunately it's not as fast as switching a light on and off! Watch out for depression kicking in as your T level drops, although a low dose of HRT may well be enough to keep it at bay, as well as other nasties like osteoporosis and gynocomastia.

All good wishes, and thanks for sharing your experience.

[unencumbered (imported)]

Congratulations. Glad to read you're healing well. Take your time finding an acceptable level of HRT; the body takes a while to adjust to changes in dosage and unfortunately it's not as fast as switching a light on and off! Watch out for depression kicking in as your T level drops, although a low dose of HRT may well be enough to keep it at bay, as well as other nasties like osteoporosis and gynocomastia.

I want to second Eunuch2001's observations. Although I already had very low T before my surgery and was coping with it fairly well without HRT, after a couple of weeks I experienced a renewed case of lethargy and depression as my level went down further. I was even saying to myself that I was depressed. A low dosage of HRT was able to eventually help alleviate these issues. It can take some time for the body to readjust after an orchiectomy, even with HRT. Mine still is as I reach the two-month mark, although my energy level is much greater, with no depression anymore and I feel much better now.

[jako9999 (imported)]

Hi fellow person from England. Your GP is the first step I dont think he will just give you the meds but you can try he will send you to see the hormone people better known as the endocrinology department, mines great down here in the west midlands. Try and get some Testim gel I use just under half a tube a day which keeps my Tin the very low levels it works well for me. Any questions please feel free to ask.

[manc-wannabe (imported)]

Another Update, as its been well over a month since I was castrated. I went to my GP 2 weeks ago, and told her that I'd had an accident which caused bilateral torsion. She bought it, and took the stitches out. Am totally healed now, with just two small lumps remaining at the end of each cord. She referred me to an expert, who I saw today, who took a blood sample. He proposed putting me on 3-montly nebido injections, with monthly initial blood tests to check whether more regular top-ups are needed. Once results of the tests are in, my GP will administer those shots. What do other eunuchs think of that solution?

With regards to other adjustments, well apart from a couple of hot flushes, I'm very happy with the result. Now I'm healed, I've noticed my libido increasing again, with masturbation frequency increasing to every 3/4 days again. I can still get errections at will, and actually perform during sex. I went to Spain for Madrid Pride last week, and without going into too many sordid details , I was definately able to perform. My libido there was also very high - at Pride, I was probably as horny as before castration. However, since coming home, libido is back to "normal" (i.e. a lot less than before castration, but still noteable). My theory is that since castration, my libido is much more context related - put me in a room/street of pretty gay boys and I'll want them, and if presented with the opportunity, will take it. Put me in an office, and I'll not think about sex and get on with my job. I do wonder what my sex drive will be like when back on HRT - I worry it'll be the same as pre castration. I kinda like it the way it is now!

[stevesd (imported)]

I am on Androgel Topical 1%percent two pumps in the Morning, when my T levels dropped down to 50ml my doctor put me on the Androgel right away and also did a prostate Exam, and after two months being on Androgel my t Hormone Levels went back to 450 ml within the Normal Hormone levels for men. I rub it on my shoulders and Stomach area, it's about $200.00 US Dollars but my insurance cost me $30.00 for a RX.

Congrats on joining the Eunuch Brotherhood of men, I hope you like the empty scrotum.

Steve

San Diego//

[unencumbered (imported)]

I hope you like the empty scrotum.

Steve

San Diego//

Strangely, I didn't think much about the empty scrotum until I was riding my bike a distance for the first time since my surgery and I suddenly came to realize that it wasn't as uncomfortable sitting on the bike seat as was before. Also, I now have the liberating urge to be free of my swimsuit while in my pool for some reason. It never occurred to me to want to do this beforehand.

[emasculation (imported)]

@mancwannabe I hope you are still enjoying being a eunuch. I am 22 and want to be castrated, because of similar interests.

[humlind1 (imported)]

@mancwannabe

I find it great to fallow your feelings and how things are.

I hope as emasculation sad you are as happy with the decision now as before.

For my self. I learn a lot. I have been nagged about castration for a few years, As i never decended. And its large risk of canser.

So to see what it take, And as much how it make you feel. Is a gift. I thanks your bravory. And hope you will continue writting to us.