Discomfort of empty scrotum

[micdavi24 (imported)]

I had always heard that an empty scrotum can be incredibly uncomfortable, but now 11 weeks post castration I can definitely attest to the veracity of this statement. I can't wait till I can afford to part with mine as it is really uncomfortable, but due to its being an elective procedure, I will have to pay the full cost of the op and I just can't afford this at the moment, so I guess I will have to live with it for a while yet.

Like with my castration, I will not entrust this surgery to anyone other than a certified medical practitioner. I want it done properly and safely like my castration. Notwithstanding the discomfort of the empty scrotum, I am very happy to be rid of my testicles and the hassles they caused me over the years.

[raymar2020 (imported)]

If the empty scrotum causes discomfort a good surgeon can code it in such a way that insurance will cover the cost of removal. It is considered a secondary part of the amputation of the testicles. Have a frank discussion with your doctor, and you may be very surprised how easy it could be .

Raymar

[janekane (imported)]

I am beginning to have a very strong notion to the effect that the existence of life, in any and every form, critically depends upon biological diversity; diversity in terms of different species, diversity within a species, and diversity within every organism of every species.

When, in 1986, after properly consulting one or more general practitioners, psychiatrists, urologists and vasectomy clinic doctors (aka, surgeons in a specialty particularly familiar with scrotal/testicular/spermatic cord anatomy), and finding a doctor who "got the message" that I was profoundly unwilling to commit suicide by surgically-preventable-only-if-proper-surgery-was-done cancer, the doctor who did the orchiectomy did not have useful access to testicular prostheses, and I went around "empty" for a while, until some other doctors got the message that my orchiectomy was mainly intended to prevent the sort of cancer from which my dad and brother had died.

After about three years on empty, silicone came to the rescue, such that I might not freak out sexually insecure men while showering at the local YMCA so I could get some swimming pool exercise. I never encountered any empty scrotum discomfort.

With my "falsies" installed, I never experienced any prostheses-filled scrotum discomfort until early 2011, whereupon my immune system finally decided that the silicone prostheses were a possible enemy and set about to encapsulate lefty. That was a phenomenon that started out as slight, barely noticeable discomfort and intensified all the way to discomfort of such strength as to demolish my ability to function decently.

So, I went back to the hospital where the prostheses had been installed, explained the situation, and was scheduled, and got, surgery to remove them at the very first available surgical theater opportunity. No prostheses, no scrotum discomfort since then.

I decided, in 1986, that the sexual insecurities of other "men" (Can I truthfully claim to be a man? Can I truthfully claim to be not a man? Questions such as those are, I guess, way above my social pay grade...) were not reasons to have my immune system go bonkers over silicone prostheses that, so the legend has it, do not set of immune system responses. Too bad that my immune system had not read the medical literature that would have told it that it could not react to the silicone prostheses by encapsulating them through a foreign body response...

Frank discussions with diverse physicians is the only method I have ever found that actually worked to keep me from dying from cancer, so I best guess, now, before now.

Incidentally, the surgeons who extracted the prostheses knew about my being a bioengineer, knew about my understanding of cancer risk and strategies for reducing cancer risk, and were only too happy to do the deed with only local anesthesia. As they were installing sutures, working carefully, one of them remarked to me, "We are looking for the third one."

Of course, that resulted in a "belly laugh" on my part, but the surgeons had done enough suturing that my laugh did not mess up finishing the surgical procedure.

Humor has often been one of my best friends...

[micdavi24 (imported)]

If the empty scrotum causes discomfort a good surgeon can code it in such a way that insurance will cover the cost of removal. It is considered a secondary part of the amputation of the testicles. Have a frank discussion with your doctor, and you may be very surprised how easy it could be .

Raymar

Unfortunately things work a bit differently here in Australia. To give you an idea of how different things are, I have medical insurance and my oriechtomy was a medical necessity. The all up bill for the surgery was A$3800.00 and I received A$1300.00 as a rebate from Medicare and my insurance.

For scrotal removal it would be deemed to be totally elective and neither my insurance or Medicare would cover the cost, it would all be out of my pocket. I have already researched the possibilities and the only way I could get this covered is if there are massive lesions or an uncontrollable scrotal infection.

[AtomicMush (imported)]

I have the same problem. A simple solution, I wear women's bikini swim suit bottoms, a little snugger than normal. They hold the floppy skin up and away from my legs, and provide a great hammock for Richard. He tucks away nicely, and comfy.

An added plus, very colorful. Look for them at Wally Mart and Target.