Congratulations. You had a better time of it than I did with Kimmel. Take it easy for a while as the pain can build as things heal.

Thanks, everyone!

It was a simple orchiectomy, through the scrotum. Now at 48 hours post-surgery, i'm a little swollen and purple, but not terrible. Definitely sore, definitely relying on the pain meds.

Oh...and i didn't have to shave. i generally keep smooth down there anyway, but had a little growth. i was surprised after surgery that they didn't appear to have shaved me. Maybe they shaved the immediate area of the incision, but i can't tell with the stitches and all.

Day three after castration, there is still significant swelling and bruising going on. The cock attached to me is entirely swallowed up in swollen scrotum, and has to be "fished out" in order to piss. Still using pain meds and ice packs, as i look forward to improvement and healing. For now, not so pleasant!

I hope everything goes very well for you!!

You're having a lot more trouble than I had with my castration at this point. I think I'm lucky in that I tend not to swell up as much as most other folks when I have surgery.

It WILL pass. Just stay positive. It's a truly amazing thing once you get past the healing phase.

Congrats a whole new you!

Would love to see updates from u!

Congrats! I hope i can follow you soon!

Hey Helton! I like your avatar pic, nice body!

Four and a half weeks post-castration, time flies! I had my post-surgical follow-up with the urologist on Friday. She said that I'm healing beautifully, even better than most of her patients. My stitches fell out quite a while ago, and the incision is no longer tender at all. The hematoma had reduced to about half its original size when I went in, but even since Friday it seems to be shrinking and breaking up---I think it's on a fast downward slide now. I still have some general "puffiness" in the scrotum, but the urologist assures me that will go away in time (possibly months to be complete).

My doctor and I were both convinced that the testicles attached to me were no longer making testosterone, but after adjusting to castration, I'm pretty sure they were making at least a small amount. Most say that the testosterone is flushed out in 3-4 weeks, and sure enough, I hit some symptoms at that time. First, I went through a few days with excess oil and pimples in the creases alongside my nose--a sign of hormonal change. Then, I had some family drama that just knocked the wind out of my sails for the rest of that day---I couldn't shake the sense of resigned sadness brought on by an adult child's poor choices. It didn't let up by the time I went to sleep that night, but I was fine the next day. Neither of these were huge events, but they were noticeable at the time when testosterone is expected to run out.

Between castration and low dose estrogen, spontaneous erections are gone, which is a good thing for me. I can get hard when I choose to, though it's not as firm or as large as before. Orgasms have ranged from "nearly as before" to completely uneventful release (much like the result of prostate milking, for those familiar). That's to be expected though, since the lack of testosterone will slowly shrink the prostate.

Emotionally, I'm doing great! I'm still very happy that I went through with it. I also find that I'm more calm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental than before. I have a greater tendency to pick my battles, letting go of things that either simply don't matter, or won't be helped by my intervention. All in all, life is good!