Eunuch Status: How are you?

[jcat (imported)]

It just occurred to me that it would be useful thread to have a Eunuch status snapshot(strange choice of word here! I work in IT). Just to give folk an idea of how long standing members of this exclusive fraternity are doing. To simply answer the following:-

Castrated Years/Months:-

Method:-

Age(be honest):-

HRT:- Yes/No

HRT Type/Dosage:-

General Health Status:-

Libido:-

Vitamins Diet that help me:

My Observations on being a eunuch:-

The difficult things:-

[Riverwind (imported)]

It just occurred to me that it would be useful thread to have a Eunuch status snapshot(strange choice of word here! I work in IT). Just to give folk an idea of how long standing members of this exclusive fraternity are doing. To simply answer the following:-

Castrated Years/Months:-

Sept 2002

Method:- Doctor

Age(be honest):- 66

HRT:- Yes/No NO

HRT Type/Dosage:- none

General Health Status:- other then the effects of agent orange good

Libido:- what? (what libido)

Vitamins Diet that help me: lots of every type - A, B complex, C, E, Calcium and D for bones,

My Observations on being a eunuch:-

other then weight gain, depression, hot flashes, and best of all no libido its great

The difficult things:- bone loss, depression, weight gain.

[tugon (imported)]

Castrated Years/Months:- 12/06/97 so about 15 years and 10 months.

Method:- surgical by cutter

Age(be honest):- 57

HRT:- Yes/No No/Never

HRT Type/Dosage:-

General Health Status:-

I feel good most of the time but my doctor is trying to talk me into being sick.

Libido:- I still have erotic dreams and dry orgasms. No interest in physically being with another unless it was the young man from the dream. We all support our troops in our own ways.

Vitamins Diet that help me: Non compliant diabetic with food washed down with wine. Calcium, daily vitamin, magnesium, fish oil, folic acid.

My Observations on being a eunuch:-

I am my true self.

The difficult things:- I miss the strength I had before but at 57 I would be losing strength anyway.

[Paolo]

I think River missed a couple of digits on the front of the age...

[jcat (imported)]

Just checked out Calcium Citrate

http://www.veria.com/wellness/calcium-c ... ve-longer/

Could be good for us all

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I think River missed a couple of digits on the front of the age...

River missed lots of digits in front of his age

[Losethem (imported)]

Castrated Years/Months:- December 2005. 7 Years, 10 months.

Method:- Surgical.

Age:- 42 (castrated when I was 35).

HRT:- Yes.

HRT Type/Dosage:- Testosterone cypionate injections - 1mL of 200mg/ml once every 2 weeks under physician supervision.

General Health Status:- Good, though I need to lose a lot of weight, but that's my own fault, not the fault of castration.

Libido:- Moderate... though I think my partners is low. I'd like to have sex more often.

My Observations on being a eunuch:-

Best thing I've ever done for myself. If they grew back I'd have them off again.

The difficult things:- None that I can think of.

[raymar2020 (imported)]

Here you go.

Castrated 5 years, but basically a eunuch all my life

Surgical , uologist in hospital

Age 55

HRT, yes, can't stand without it, UGH!!!!!

Using injected depo testosterone, each week 1 ml. of 200 mg preparation

General health is very good, a few aches and pains, but that comes with mileage and age. Overall great. Still can easily work and 75 hour week , and play hard on weekends.

I have an amazing libido, it just never shuts off. Makes the b/f very very happy.

I take an OTC vitamin supplement when I remember, but overall mostly I depend on the food I eat. I still pretty much eat whatever I want , and have no trouble maintaining my 29 waist. I do get plenty of exercise between working, and caring for the house, and my "damned" antique boat. LOL

My whole life was spent with testicle issues, so for me having achieved the removal of testicles way earlier would have been much better. I have not physically presented visible testicles since I was 25 , so I am quite used to that part. I love the sensations of sexuality that I seem to have while my intact friends do not. I am very comfortable with being more emotional , and gentler and more caring, which I am in spite of a fairly high HRT dose.

Part of me is sad that I was never able to father a child, but in life we all have challenges we must face. I adopted a great kid, and raised him pretty well, and may do so for another before my time is done. I can't really see any other negatives, and am quite content with who I am.

Raymar

[cheetaking243 (imported)]

Castrated Years/Months:- 0 years, 9 months, 5 days

Method:- Chemical. 100 mg Spironolactone daily.

Age(be honest):- just turned 28 today.

HRT:- Yes.

HRT Type/Dosage:- oral estradiol, 4 mg daily

General Health Status:- Absolutely fantastic. Cholesterol plummeted with HRT, lost 47 lbs, blood pressure dropped, blood sugar dropped, people tell me I look healthier than I ever have been. They say that I look like I'm glowing.

Libido:- Big change from before. I'm still able to get excited when I want to, and still enjoy sexual stimulation maybe once every few weeks or so, (it is definitely MUCH harder to orgasm recently, though,) but it's not a need anymore. I'm in control of it now. I can either do it if I feel like it, or wait several months without really feeling any different either way. It's no longer in control of me, I'm in control of it. The estrogen, though, has actually made the sensation once I do get there WONDERFUL. And it keeps getting better and better with every month. (Plus not having to deal with the mess anymore afterward is a BIG plus. And so is not getting spontaneous erections anymore. I have HATED those ever since I started getting them in the first place.

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Vitamins Diet that help me:

taking Omega-3's, Biotin, and a multivitamin daily. Eating on the "Paleo" diet which consists entirely of meat, fruit, and veggies, with no grains or sugars. Have lost 47 lbs since starting HRT, and still going. Started at 270, down to 223 now.

My Observations on being a eunuch:-

Well, I guess I'm trans, not necessarily a "eunuch" per say even though I don't have any T in my system, but I can say this: Best... decision... ever!!! In every single way that I used to hate how my mind worked, hate how I felt inside, hate how my emotions worked, I'm calm and at peace now. My brain is finally working the way it did before I entered puberty again, and I'm happy on a core level again after 14 years of feeling like everything was wrong up there. Plus having boobs and a female shape is freaking awesome, and makes me smile every single time I look in the mirror, but again, that's just a trans thing. But I can still gush about it, right?

The difficult things:- Mainly trans stuff. If I was just on chem-castration it would be a lot easier, but being trans means having to put up with constant social fear, and constant worry about whether I look female enough to "pass." If it were just chem-castration, the only difficult thing would be the knowledge that I'm never going to have kids. It's a sacrifice that I had to make in order to be myself, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that it hurts.

[AtomicMush (imported)]

Castrated Years/Months:- About 2 years, but not counting

Method:- Radical Orchiectomy

Age(be honest):- 65

HRT:- Yes/No Yup

HRT Type/Dosage:- Testopel 8-75 mg pellets about every 4 months

General Health Status:- Very good, but overweight

Libido:- You betcha

Vitamins Diet that help me: Multi-vitamin plus Move free for joints

My Observations on being a eunuch:-

Wear tighter undies, more comfortable, and something to talk about at parties.

The difficult things:- No balsies, no play thingies. Don't miss em, either. When T-level drops, bad symptoms return. T-levels range from 800 right after insertion to 80 at end of 4-month cycle. Lowest measures 80, and I felt like crap.