Ouch...

[martineasy (imported)]

Not familiar with xylocane; however, I beat my balls black and blue during a session with them pumped up with lidocaine and it was bliss. It wasn't until the next day that I knew I had issues- one of my balls was swollen like hell and ached like a bitch but seeking medical attention was out of the question... The puncture marks were still very visible so I just had to gut it.

[GerneEunuch (imported)]

LT, for how long after your surgery did you use ice? I don't know it it's correct or not but I've heard that using ice is only effective after an injury or surgery for a short period of time and the sooner it's applied, the better....

This is verry correct!

the coldness of ice supresses blood circulation. This can be a desired effect shortly after operation to reduce bleeding. Also it brings some numbness and can reduce pain. But for the healing of the wound a good blood circulation is required. By applying ice for several days you will extend the healing process.

Against post-op pain a painkiller of the morphine family will do good work. There is no harm to become addicted, if you take this only for a few days and a good doctor will prescribe it.

Also the prophylactic use of antibiotics is standard of care for castration, because of the wound liquids that will fill the empty scrotum, what are a good nutrient medium for all kinds of germs.

[Jared_in_UT (imported)]

Two week update-

The swelling has been going down considerably this week. The right cord has really been shrinking, but the left one is stubbornly slower. The cord pain is seldom bad. The incision is still very itchy and active. It bleeds enough to fill up a 3”x4” bandage once or twice a day. The more I'm up and about, the more it bleeds. My wife is helping me put my shoes on each morning as it hurts to bend/reach that far.

I'm going to try a smaller bandage starting tonight since the huge ones I've been using are getting too big for my less-swollen scrotum. The adhesive bandages are awesome at keeping things clean and also help to stabilize the area and prevent pulling and stretching at the incision. But they sure do find every single hair in the area when you take them off. Yeeowwch!

I'm noticing almost imperceptible improvement daily. You notice it more over the course of a few days, really. I also got kind of frustrated and depressed yesterday evening over some little stuff. Has not been an issue today though. On the flip side, my wife and I fooled around a bit yesterday morning. No penetration of course, but things still function as they should. That's a good sign in my book, particularly while things are still bandaged up and hurting.

Here's hoping for another good week of slow recovery!

Jared

[dvdbll (imported)]

Jared - thank you for the updates.

Mind telling us a little bit about yourself? You're married; do you have children? Do you consider yourself straight? Do you plan on taking testosterone? What do you look like, if you don't mind? I'm always curious about new eunuchs and their backgrounds. Thank you!

[serg-spb (imported)]

It bleeds enough to fill up a 3”x4” bandage once or twice a day.

Ask your surgeon, because it should not be!

I had my orchiectomy yesterday, but today there is no bleeding.

(Yesterday was a little bleeding, and put drainage)

[Jared_in_UT (imported)]

Mind telling us a little bit about yourself? You're married; do you have children? Do you consider yourself straight? Do you plan on taking testosterone? What do you look like, if you don't mind? I'm always curious about new eunuchs and their backgrounds. Thank you!

Sure... I'm white, 6'2", larger sort of athletic build, conservative, active Christian, mid-thirties, happily married for over 13 years and have a great relationship with my wife - great friendship, great sex life (even currently!). We have two kids aged 11 and 9, and have not planned to have any more. But I didn't get the snip yet just in case that changed. The one and only reason for the orchiectomy was to control overactive sexual urges that have kept me addicted on and off to pornography since about the age of 15. I've tried to avoid it due to religious reasons, because I know I couldn't fully control it, and because it's been hurtful to my wife. We've been open about the problem, and while she has never condoned the behavior, she has been supportive of my efforts to put it behind me and has been more forgiving than I've probably deserved.

I found this forum while researching how to break sexual addictions. It was the topic of castration of sex offenders that eventually landed me here. I read up on the use of Androcur, and made the decision to give it a try. I've been on it most of the last two years, with a few breaks here and there. I was satisfied with how it controlled sexual urges, and decided it was worth the crappy side effects to finally be able to overcome a lifelong addiction. Castration really started to make sense once I realized I was going to need to be on the pills until well into my golden years to stay on top of this.

So, I suppose for me that I view my castration a little like I'd view chemotherapy, or gall bladder removal. There's no fetish, fantasy or anything of the like involved. I'm hopeful that it's a cure for my disease, but acknowledge will also have physical and mental negative effects for the rest of my life. I find it a little strange being congratulated for the surgery - just like I'd feel weird congratulating a cancer patient on a big round of chemo.

Regarding future plans for HRT, I'm on the wait and see plan. If it isn't horribly different than being on 50mg, 2/day Androcur I think I'll be just fine. If I start having hot flashes left and right, am depressed, and too tired to live life I'll probably have to start a very low dose of some type of testosterone gel. I hope that isn't the case, mostly for the cost and partly for the hassle. Time will tell, but so far everything is working fine.

[Losethem (imported)]

Just think of all our congrats as our happiness that you did something that likely saved your marriage and got you to engage with you best friend the way you likely always wanted to.

We congratulate folks mostly because we know they have achieved a lifelong goal. Without previously having heard your story this completely, we may very well have guessed the desire to get to this point was from a similar position as the majority of us. In your case the lifelong goal may be a future goal - to stop your addiction to pornography. You should be commended for recognizing this difficulty in your life and having the guts to do something about it.

Therefore, I congratulate you.

--LT

[A-1 (imported)]

Sounds like you had some post OP leakage. Glad the swelling is going down. Blood in the soft tissues is an irritant. It is S-L-O-W-L-Y absorbed. It is painfully absorbed due to the enzyme activity breaking down the blood in the hematoma. Since it is all in your scrotum it probably will stay a while. You will get better, it takes time. Be patient.

[Jared_in_UT (imported)]

Thanks. I get that, and I'm certainly not offended by anybody offering support and congratulations. I hope I didn't come across any other way. I just never viewed castration as something I was striving for or wanted to achieve. Having people cheer you on because you did something you hope aren't going to regret just feels a little odd. Ideally I'd have liked to have just found the magic willpower button rather than go through this. I like being a guy and feeling like a guy too, and am quite worried I'm going to miss that dearly. But again, it's like choosing to taking a prescription drug. You do it because you believe the beneficial effects will be worth the side effects.

[Jared_in_UT (imported)]

Sounds like you had some post OP leakage. Glad the swelling is going down. Blood in the soft tissues is an irritant. It is S-L-O-W-L-Y absorbed. It is painfully absorbed due to the enzyme activity breaking down the blood in the hematoma. Since it is all in your scrotum it probably will stay a while. You will get better, it takes time. Be patient.

The bruising is almost gone at this point. My sack looked like a giant black plum on the bottom a couple days post surgery. Now it's just the darn stitches that are driving me nuts. Is that still a phrase I should be using? I'm really fighting the urge to clip the stitches and remove them. But with the continued seepage I'm pretty sure that's a bad idea. They'll probably fall out within the next week anyway.

I don't mind the blood seeping a little. It lets me know its still draining and keeping cleaned out. I probably bleed enough to leave a quarter-sized spot of blood on the bandage in 12 hours now. It doesn't make a mess at all, and I'd be wearing the bandage either way just to stabilize the incision. By the way, using a smaller, properly sized bandage has been awesome. Now I can move my legs without feeling like my scrotum is being stretched diagonally with every step.