Re: Considering surgery, physical question for those who've had this done.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 6:44 pm
Thanks again for the thoughts, and the kind words.
I've already lived 3 years on chemical castration, and I have some experience as a result. People's experiences vary and I'm happy you've had a positive experience with your modifications. My expectation of life after surgical castration is based on its well supported similarity to chemical castration, with which I'm very familiar. After a year or so, there was zero interest and zero ability in sex (the boys did most of their shrinking in about the first 3-4 months). I didn't mind particularly, though it's a rather strange place to be. My wife's post-menopausal state has eliminated her interest in sex anyway, so we'll just be happily on the same page (at this point, I welcome, even desire, the loss of sexual appetite since it's just frustrating now). The testes will be removed expressly to suppress testosterone, and if much is made anywhere else then castration would be useless. The metrics on castrate levels of testosterone are usually down around 20 or less, very similar for either chemical or surgical.
On Lupron, I could flog away at the little guy and nothing would happen. Tried it a few times out of curiosity, but he was just a limp noodle no matter what stimulus I tried. Mental, visual, physical, whatever, just no response whatsoever, no success by my partner either. The nuts didn't do anything either anymore, little to no sensation even from moderately brutal treatment. That's another reason I lean toward surgery; I won't miss them because they're really gone with either chemical or surgical castration!
Semen production largely stopped after radiation therapy, though I was on Lupron too. Right now after "recovery", there's only a tiny drop that's produced by what's left of my prostate, in whatever state it has recovered to. Orgasms are intense though, and it's still strange to have the powerful pulsing surges happen with nothing coming out! A well-cooked prostate is pretty inert. (I'm aware of the different functions of the testes and prostate, but it does seem from reading about this a lot of people are not).
I appreciate your encouragement about survivability. We can always hope. I'm of good cheer, really!
By the way, does anyone in the US do laparoscopic orchiectomy? I've read about some, but never hear about it being done.
I've already lived 3 years on chemical castration, and I have some experience as a result. People's experiences vary and I'm happy you've had a positive experience with your modifications. My expectation of life after surgical castration is based on its well supported similarity to chemical castration, with which I'm very familiar. After a year or so, there was zero interest and zero ability in sex (the boys did most of their shrinking in about the first 3-4 months). I didn't mind particularly, though it's a rather strange place to be. My wife's post-menopausal state has eliminated her interest in sex anyway, so we'll just be happily on the same page (at this point, I welcome, even desire, the loss of sexual appetite since it's just frustrating now). The testes will be removed expressly to suppress testosterone, and if much is made anywhere else then castration would be useless. The metrics on castrate levels of testosterone are usually down around 20 or less, very similar for either chemical or surgical.
On Lupron, I could flog away at the little guy and nothing would happen. Tried it a few times out of curiosity, but he was just a limp noodle no matter what stimulus I tried. Mental, visual, physical, whatever, just no response whatsoever, no success by my partner either. The nuts didn't do anything either anymore, little to no sensation even from moderately brutal treatment. That's another reason I lean toward surgery; I won't miss them because they're really gone with either chemical or surgical castration!
Semen production largely stopped after radiation therapy, though I was on Lupron too. Right now after "recovery", there's only a tiny drop that's produced by what's left of my prostate, in whatever state it has recovered to. Orgasms are intense though, and it's still strange to have the powerful pulsing surges happen with nothing coming out! A well-cooked prostate is pretty inert. (I'm aware of the different functions of the testes and prostate, but it does seem from reading about this a lot of people are not).
I appreciate your encouragement about survivability. We can always hope. I'm of good cheer, really!
By the way, does anyone in the US do laparoscopic orchiectomy? I've read about some, but never hear about it being done.