Well on May 27, 2006, will be my 10 month anniversary of my rebirth or castration. In many ways I call it my rebirth for it is the start of a new and better life for me. Thought I will give a status on my physical changes that I have experienced with chemical castration and real castration. Every one is so different on
I am no different. Over all I think that I have adapted very well with almost no negatives experienced. I will more or less list the changed that I have had since I started chemical castration.
I started on 100 mg of androcur a day. I was on this dose more or less for a year. I had my testosterone levels checked before I started. They were on the low side of the normal range. Not anything that a doctor would treat for being low. After the second blood test I increased the dose to 150 mg androcur. A few months later I had a saliva test done to check on the hormone levels again. This time the levels were nice and low and close to where a eunuch would be at. A year later I got retested by my urologist that was going to do my castration. He verified that I was still about at the same levels as I have been at for over a year. A eunuch.
I did not suffer many of the hot flashes that are so common. I had some but never bad and not often. Most happened about two months after I started androcur and again after I increased the dose. I also did not have the mood swings that I here about. This is because I think I was at a reduced level of hormones and my body got accustomed to less testosterone over time.
As for physical changes here are the more noticeable ones.
Erection started to become less hard in about a week. They slowly became less ridged and more difficult to get hard. The changes took time and hard to notice them change from day to day.
Being asexual I had no sexual desire as most people have. I did however masturbate all the time. I was very good at that. I enjoyed looking at porn very much. As the weeks passed my interests reduced greatly. When I went on the higher dose of androcur, the desires stopped altogether. I have not masturbated or had a desire to in almost two and half years now.
One thing that happened that I am not happy with but am to be expected is the loss of muscle mass and strength. No, matter how much you work out your muscle will change and you just have to accept that. I can not lift things like I once did. I get more tired when doing things and do not have the energy that I once had. This I do not like at all.
Facial hair is much less and the beard grows far slower. The side burns are no more. The hair is much softer now. This side effect I like real much.
Body hair is also far less dense. In many parts of the body I no longer have any hair. In the rest the hair is finer and often lighter in color.
Arm pit hair and groin hair are much less and less dense now.
Body odor is much less. I do not have the smell of a gym bag in my dirty cloth's basket as I once had. I seem to sweat more now then before. Do not know if that is related to castration or not.
Weight gain does not seem to be a problem for me yet. My weight is about the same now as I did three years ago. For this I am very happy for it seems like most put on 10 to 20 pounds after castration.
Here is one thing that I have noticed that does not seem to be mentioned. My finger and toe nails are far softer and weaker than before. Takes very little to damage nails now. I never had very strong nails before. This is maybe why I noticed the problem where others do not.
The skin seems to be more dry then before. This is common I think but not mentioned much.
I have developed one major health problem as a result of lack of male hormones. I wanted to get my bone density checked so I would have a reference number. So I could monitor any changes I may have. After two years of just the castration drugs I had weakling of the bones. This alarmed me to say the least. My doctor put me on a drug to reverse the effects. I take the drug once a week and should correct it. I was taking at least 1200 mg of calcium and vitamin D from the start. I knew that I would need this to help prevent getting the disease. My calcium levels were the same now as they were before I started the castration drug. For some reason my body is just not absorbing the calcium like it should be. I will get retested again next year to see if any changes occur.
Emotional changes occurred in the first two years with a great deal of it in the first year. I would say that there has been almost no change from the time just before my castration and five months post castration. Being chemically castrated for over years my body and mind already adjusted to being without testosterone for some time. It is a shame that no one really knew me before I started the chemical castration. I have been in this site from I think 1998. I just never made any friends in here for years.
I think emotional changes were the biggest changes that I noticed. They effected me far more than the physical changes I went through. Perhaps someday I may go into them. The emotional changes that occurred in the past five months I contributed to other factors other then testosterone. In both cases I think my life is far more fulfilling and worth while.
For me castration was the right choice in my life. I often wonder how things would have been different if castrated at a much younger age. I as well wonder how things would be if I never started on the road of being an eunuch. I am very certain that I would not have made so many friends in the past three years. My attitude on life in general would be much as it was for the first 50+ years of my life. Most can not understand how I could be happy as I was. Now that I see life in a much different way I look back and wonder how I lived as I did all those years.
Well, on May 27, 2006, will be my 10 month anniversary of my rebirth or castration. In many ways I call it my rebirth for it is the start of a new and better life for me. Thought I will give a status on my physical changes that I have experienced with chemical castration and real castration. Every one is so different on
I am no different. Over all I think that I have adapted very well with almost no negatives experienced. I will more or less list the changed that I have had since I started chemical castration.
I started on 100 mg of androcur a day. I was on this dose more or less for a year. I had my testosterone levels checked before I started. They were on the low side of the normal range. Not anything that a doctor would treat for being low. After the second blood test I increased the dose to 150 mg androcur. A few months later I had a saliva test done to check on the hormone levels again. This time the levels were nice and low and close to where a eunuch would be at. A year later I got retested by my urologist that was going to do my castration. He verified that I was still about at the same levels as I have been at for over a year. A eunuch.
I did not suffer many of the hot flashes that are so common. I had some but never bad and not often. Most happened about two months after I started androcur and again after I increased the dose. I also did not have the mood swings that I here about. This is because I think I was at a reduced level of hormones and my body got accustomed to less testosterone over time.
As for physical changes here are the more noticeable ones.
Erection started to become less hard in about a week. They slowly became less ridged and more difficult to get hard. The changes took time and hard to notice them change from day to day.
Being asexual I had no sexual desire as most people have. I did however masturbate all the time. I was very good at that. I enjoyed looking at porn very much. As the weeks passed my interests reduced greatly. When I went on the higher dose of androcur, the desires stopped altogether. I have not masturbated or had a desire to in almost two and half years now.
One thing that happened that I am not happy with but am to be expected is the loss of muscle mass and strength. No, matter how much you work out your muscle will change and you just have to accept that. I can not lift things like I once did. I get more tired when doing things and do not have the energy that I once had. This I do not like at all.
Facial hair is much less and the beard grows far slower. The side burns are no more. The hair is much softer now. This side effect I like real much.
Body hair is also far less dense. In many parts of the body I no longer have any hair. In the rest the hair is finer and often lighter in color.
Arm pit hair and groin hair are much less and less dense now.
Body odor is much less. I do not have the smell of a gym bag in my dirty cloth's basket as I once had. I seem to sweat more now then before. Do not know if that is related to castration or not.
Weight gain does not seem to be a problem for me yet. My weight is about the same now as I did three years ago. For this I am very happy for it seems like most put on 10 to 20 pounds after castration.
Here is one thing that I have noticed that does not seem to be mentioned. My finger and toe nails are far softer and weaker than before. Takes very little to damage nails now. I never had very strong nails before. This is maybe why I noticed the problem where others do not.
The skin seems to be more dry then before. This is common I think but not mentioned much.
I have developed one major health problem as a result of lack of male hormones. I wanted to get my bone density checked so I would have a reference number. So I could monitor any changes I may have. After two years of just the castration drugs I had weakling of the bones. This alarmed me to say the least. My doctor put me on a drug to reverse the effects. I take the drug once a week and should correct it. I was taking at least 1200 mg of calcium and vitamin D from the start. I knew that I would need this to help prevent getting the disease. My calcium levels were the same now as they were before I started the castration drug. For some reason my body is just not absorbing the calcium like it should be. I will get retested again next year to see if any changes occur.
Emotional changes occurred in the first two years with a great deal of it in the first year. I would say that there has been almost no change from the time just before my castration and five months post castration. Being chemically castrated for over years my body and mind already adjusted to being without testosterone for some time. It is a shame that no one really knew me before I started the chemical castration. I have been in this site from I think 1998. I just never made any friends in here for years.
I think emotional changes were the biggest changes that I noticed. They effected me far more than the physical changes I went through. Perhaps someday I may go into them. The emotional changes that occurred in the past five months I contributed to other factors other then testosterone. In both cases I think my life is far more fulfilling and worth while.
For me castration was the right choice in my life. I often wonder how things would have been different if castrated at a much younger age. I as well wonder how things would be if I never started on the road of being an eunuch. I am very certain that I would not have made so many friends in the past three years. My attitude on life in general would be much as it was for the first 50+ years of my life. Most can not understand how I could be happy as I was. Now that I see life in a much different way I look back and wonder how I lived as I did all those years.