Diabetes and surgical castration

[Frida G Cavic (imported)]

Hi

as some of you maybe remember I have been struggled with my identity. Fortunately I´m on therapy since three months ago,and I fall into the MtF spectrum as we´ve cleared. Unfortunately In my country(specially in my region) things are extremely slowly, I woud need two years at least of therapy to start a transition and then another two for an orchiectomy or SRS, I simply can´T wait longer!! So I´ve been thinking on a definitive castration with alcohol, but Just one thing is holding me back to act: risk of Diabetes, My father was diabetic and he died from Its consecuences. Thanking God I´m not diabetic I have always follow health habits, no smoking and drinking, but I have a familiar background from the case of my father as I said.

My question is If I was permanently castrated, Assuming that I was in zero hormones(either E or T) I will be more suceptible to develop diabetes??? In other words my chances of develop It would increase???

As far as I know the metabolism will get lower when the testicles dissapeare and you´ll tend to gain some weight, then Does exist another metabolic mechanism aside from weightgain that might be a cause of diabetes in an eunuch?

Any one of you eunuchs have developed diabetes from your castration?

I´d appreciate every help

[Paolo]

There's a lot of that out there on the Internet - it's kind of a chicken and the egg question.

Does low-T trigger diabetes in men, or do diabetic men become more prone to Low-T?

In my case, my T-levels dropped dramatically due to a long-running bout of infections and inflammations.

In the case of a friend, he was diabetic and then developed Low-T.

I have read a lot of both accounts.

I would have to say that I believe that low-T in older men can trigger T-2 diabetes. Maybe.

Do I think that's my case?

Again, maybe.

I was overweight and eating a very bad diet, and then went the "health" route as described by doctors - low fat, high carb, grains...and that only pushed me over the edge.

As for having blood sugar problems, I'm much affected by it.

I eat a low to moderate carb diet, try and avoid junk food and processed stuff, and get a good deal of exercise to keep my weight down.

I've been doing this since 2006, and actually eliminated a whole raft of health issues in the process. I do not take medication or insulin.

With my weight down, and my problems solved, my T level has risen (probably) to the low end of normal.

I don't have health care coverage, so I don't get things checked.

And after what the industry did to me, I don't care to have it again...

[Frida G Cavic (imported)]

Thank you so much,

It´s like If both extremes were bad. High T , If you are not used to exercising, maybe produce insulin resistance because of the anabolic properties of T , on the other hand low T promote gain fat instead muscle and fat increase inuslinln resistance. I´m confused.