Urologists, GP's, and Surgeons - Please Read and share your input!

[bobweekend (imported)]

I was done on June 18th by Rick in NC. he is a retired Surgical PA. He did a great job. very concious of sterility (not just my state after the fact either). changed gloves anytime he thought he touched something outside of the field.

took his time with stray bleeders.

used ample lidocane.

had an issue with the right implant. my fault though I had done saline a month or so before to decide on size and ended up between the layers instead of in the sac. when he put the right one in it went between the layers. had to redo it on Sunday. It actually worked out better becasue was able to get alot of goo out when it was replaced. should have flushed out the left at the same time.

I did end up with a minor infection. again my fault I used a non-sterile q-tip to open the drains and must have introduced bactieria. 10 days of levaquin cleared it up.

today is day 23 and mostly healed. stitches out on day 20.

Things I did leading up to this. I discussed it with my primary Dr. and since I was/am on testosterone and do not care about having kids he could not think of a valid reason not to do it. His only point was it was perm. to which I replied I will be on testosterone the rest of my life with or without my real nuts.

I also went to a phychologist(sp) he did a MMPI thing and we discussed the why's and he did not think it would have a negative effect on me mentally. (in fact I it is like a major weight off my shoulders, after the fact many old memories and events came back to the forefront and this was the right thing for me to do).

I am traveling with work and established a relationship with a urologist in greensboro NC where I am working. Ask him to do it, he refused, but said he would treat any issues after the fact. he has been very supportive and non-judgemental. Although not happy I went to a non-licienced professional.

He had a chance to do it for me.

My best guess is acouple weeks more healing, so far so good. will be nice for GNI in August. www.gaynaturists.org.

In case you did not see the other post. pics of the procedure are at www.bobweekend.com/neuter_web/index.htm

[smoothie36 (imported)]

There are a lot of comments about castrations by Kimmel. Mostly the not so great results are documented. I have a friend who was castrated by Spector and had his scrotum removed by Kimmel. Both sucessfully. He returned to Kimmel and had his penis significantly shortened while retaining the head and enough length to pee standing up. The latter took a long time to return to "normal".

I wondered if those who have been to Kimmel could describe the office the staff and waiting room. Is the waiting room busy and public? Does everyone hear you describing your reason for being there to the recepionist? Is the recepionist a female or male? Is there an assistant for the surgery? Male or female? Is the room clean and hospital looking? Are you allowed to take your removed parts home in a preservative (just curious)? Can anyone go with you and watch or take pictures?

How far in advance do you have to reserve a castration date on his surgery calender?

If anything else comes to mind fell free to add it.

Smoothie (pre-castrated, senior, feminized on HRT, very low T level, have breasts)

Many Thanks.

[may172001 (imported)]

Paolo, Sir. Thank you for guiding me in this direction. As you know, through our conversations on MSN. i was seriously considering going to Doctor Kimmel for the procedure. i had chickened out once before with Doc Spector and was determined to get the nasty deed done this time around. But then you told me to do alittle investigation on my own, which i did. i made a few phone calls. Did research on the web and contacted the AMA board in Pa.

It seems to me that i will have to keep looking for a lic. Physician so to get the deed done. Being chemically castrated is good, but expensive. i just want to get this over and done with. So thanx again for this thread and all the help you've given me.

Go to the American Medical Association Website. You can type it in your search engine you will see the Licensend Physicians on the site.

You will find a licensend physician on the website.

Kimmel is listed.

Wht is the problem with Dr Kimmel? He seemes to still be competent with his procedures.

[bryan (imported)]

I wondered if those who have been to Kimmel could describe the office the staff and waiting room. Is the waiting room busy and public? Does everyone hear you describing your reason for being there to the recepionist? Is the recepionist a female or male? Is there an assistant for the surgery? Male or female? Is the room clean and hospital looking? Are you allowed to take your removed parts home in a preservative (just curious)? Can anyone go with you and watch or take pictures?

How far in advance do you have to reserve a castration date on his surgery calender?

Hi Smoothie,

The waiting room is private, so nothing to worry about in that regard. The receptionist/assistant is female (Mary). There's another assistant as well (male). Clean enough. (Remember, it takes super-clean hospital settings to create super-germs.) Didn't ask about taking parts home; probably no reason why you couldn't. Yes, you can be accompanied, and photos are probably okay. I was able to schedule my surgery just a month in advance.

I'd go back again! He's great.

Bryan

[sduyck_2000 (imported)]

Its possible to talk a urologist to do it.It just takes time and looking.

[NZ_Master_John (imported)]

Has anyone had any personal or verifuable experience with the ORR Begium? Have viewed their website and been in email contact and spoken to them b y phone. But would like to here some first hand accounts.

[Eddie (imported)]

I just did a search on US Search and it shows Dr. Murray Kimmel age 58.

Eddie

[jerry (imported)]

When I first met Dr Kimmel on January 12, 2004, I did have some concern about his age. At that time his knowledge and self assurance reassured me I was going to be ok.

The procedure itself took a little over an hour. It could have been less time, but I was told I had some adhesion on one side. Most likely this was caused by an infection I had in my early teens.

The doctor did care about me and called the hotel that evening. I also went back the following day so he could check things.

There was no drain put into the wound, instead the lower part was left slighty open to drain on it's own. The incision was about 1-1/4 inches long. Every few hours for the next few weeks I change the gauze pad.

My surgery was on a Monday. I was home by Tuesday afternoon. On Thursday of the same week I had an appointment with my local doctor. He examined the incision and commented on it's small size and told me it looked fine and was healing well. I took the first 3 days of the following week off to rest some more.

I had taken anti-biotics for 2 weeks. when the prescription ran out I didn't refill it. I believe that this is where I went wrong. The surgery was healling by the 3rd week with no drainage and things looked good except for some swelling I still had. During this 3rd week I was also aggressive about cleaning the wound and aplying some neosporin to aid in healing.

Early Monday morning on the 4th week is when I noticed there was some trouble. The wound had opened and a bloody mess was coming from it. To me it looked like an infection. To be safe I went to the local ER to have them check me out. Beside the poor attitude and treatment I recieved from the staff once they knew of the procedure I had done, they gave me another weeks worth of anti-biotics and said it was just normal drainage. After that things healed and I had no trouble since.

As the weeks went by, I did had the occasional phantom pain. I think this was due to some adhesion of the ends of the cords to the incision. It could also have been atributed to the scaring I had from the infection when I was a teen. Every couple of weeks I could feel this pain, but as time went on there was less and less.

Doing a self examination at around six months after surgery, I could still feel the ends of the cords somewhat. They were not attached near the incision, but more towards each side of the scrotum.

Today, over a year after surgery, it is very difficult (if not nearly impossible) to find the ends of the cords. It's also very rare to get any pain. In all I am pleased with the outcome of my surgery. It has afforded me the benift of reducing the unwanted hormone and has given me a sense of accomplishment towards my final goal.

yes it sound like its worked for you can you tell me how to get castrated.id like my penis removed

[Hash (imported)]

Dear Homp,

Take it from one who has met Kimmel and been castrated by Kimmel, March 2006. He's not 58, more like 68 or 70. He is not some old nasty dirty doctor, that's really a bad assessment and it upsets me greatly. He has helped more of us then any other doctor mentioned on this site and I resent what many have said about him. If you have not met him or used his services, please shut up! You don't know what your talking about. Dr. Kimmel is still competent, thorough, and expedient. His office has been completely remodeled. Hash

[Paolo]

As the old saying goes, you can't judge a book by its cover. One look at my last doctor, the loopy Arab as we fondly called him, would probably be enough to make anyone turn and run away! If he were a woman, you probably think "bag lady". But he was good. Damn good.

One look at the GP I have now, and you'd probably think the same thing. But again, he's good.

I'd say "don't panic"...until we start receiving routine reports of errors that land patients in the local hospitals to repair the damage he's done. Anything can go wrong with any surgery. Anyone can make an error. It's the long-term track record that one should note.

As an Admin here, I have, to date, received three (3) horror stories from patients of Kimmel's. One I discarded as "you didn't do what you were told to do." After all, you don't go out and walk around on a broken leg the next day! The other two (2), well, that's 2 in how many years? It's not like it's every other one, and to be blunt and perhaps unkind, who else is in the market and providing service at this price?