Re: Eunuchs who do not want to be eunuchs
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 6:18 am
pinquita (imported) wrote: Fri May 12, 2006 10:33 pm About puberty and timeframes, puberty starts at about 12 y / age, and ends at about 17 y of age. What it means by "ends", it means that the growing, development, the potential to grow in size and in substance ( like a man and a woman, ea developeing their bodies in line w their sex, hips in women, soft skin in women, broad shoulders in men, narrow hips...etc and heaight, lenght of bones etc) ... is closed......You will change as you grow older, but only change , not grow, no more development......So if someone discovers he has hypogonadism, and receives therapy at 16 y of age, there will only be about one years's time to change the situation...so the effects will be less dramatic.....To know that there was somnething that could had been done, it is not like I was sealed and made to order like this, but there was something that could had been done....and that lost chance is gone.....hurts.
As I said above, I long ago dealt with the notion that losing my balls might be a good idea - the end of testicular pain, etc. I have no regrets. I'm in a relationship with another guy that almost worships my balllessnes - tells me he thinks I look 'better' w/o balls, likes fondling my empty sac during sex, etc.
I disagree with the notion that it becomes too late to address hypogonadism, hypothroidism, etc. I began treatments for hypogonadism about 7 years ago. I now have more energy, perform better sexually, etc. While you're correct that little can be done about growth or major changes in one's physique after late in one's teens, testosterone supplements can lead to some changes: greater muscular development, etc. Doctors know to monitor these changes to get the dosages correct. In my case and very much to my surprise, my dick even grew by 1" following the commencement of my current regime. I've also developed greater lean body mass, reducing my body fat from 19 to 11%. While rigourous exercise also contributed, the testosterone supplements helped.
My BF suffers right now from hypothyroid condition. It's being successfully treated.