have been seeking to be castrated for approx. 15 years now, I have approached a couple of my doctors in the past, but they would rather ignore it, prescribe anti-depressants, or have you committed, rather than try to help you reach your goal.

Why is it that a woman can walk in to her GP, and ask for a hysterectomy, and she will be treated with respect and in a sympathetic manner, and will ultimately get the operation she wants, I know, my ex-wife did exactly this. But a man can't go to a doctor and request that his testicles are removed? I can go to any doctor or relevant clinic and ask for a vasectomy, and that would be OK, but to ask for castration is a complete no go area.

We should be able to discuss this with our doctors in a calm and rational manner, and we should be able to get the operation we seek without too much fuss. I agree there has to be some checks to make sure you are doing this of your own free will, and that you are aware of the risks and possible side effects from the surgery, but these points are already covered in a surgical consent form anyway.

I would love to be able to get castrated legally without fuss, I would have the op tomorrow if I could, but instead, I have spent the last 15 years searching without success for some one to remove my testicles in a safe way.

Yes I know you can go to Thailand, and India and probably many other places, but I don't have the funds to do this, let alone the other risks involved.

Time for a campaign to get castration recognised as a mainstream life style choice.

Well it is possible to get castrated in the uk, first you need to go back to your doctor and ask him to refer you to a psychiatrist, who will asses you and make sure that this is truly the road that you want to go down if he is sure that this is realy what you want.

You will be put on a course of chemical castration,how long you are on that will realy depend on your GP and the psychiatrist,you will need to jump through hoops to get them to believe that you truly do know what you want, and that you know the risks that you will face if you do get this done.

I have been on cyproterone for nearly four years now,and i will not be getting to see anyone about taking this to the next step untill december, but to me the wait has been worth it,if it means that i will get it done in a safe and secure setting.

But amedical consent form is just that,it is your consent for surgery it dose not mean that you know the risks of what you are doing,it only neans that you know the risks of what could go wrong during the surgery.

But i would urge you to go back to your GP, and tell him that you still want to castrated and ask him to refer you to a psychiatrist,the best of luck and i hope that it will not be to long untill you get started on the road that you want to go down.

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amm_uk (imported) wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:20 am Why is it that a woman can walk in to her GP, and ask for a hysterectomy, and she will be treated with respect and in a sympathetic manner, and will ultimately get the operation she wants, I know, my ex-wife did exactly this. But a man can't go to a doctor and request that his testicles are removed? I can go to any doctor or relevant clinic and ask for a vasectomy, and that would be OK, but to ask for castration is a complete no go area.

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Well, men mostly see male doctors, so firstly they are seeing things from the male perspective. The number one thing that men are generally slaves too is sex. Hence, most men can't see past this. They can't see how another guy has managed to get to a point in his life where he sees the great BENEFITS in lowering or removing his sex drive. Women on the otherhand generally don't want sex quite as much as men. There is a greater understanding with issues to do with them not wanting sex then there is with men. The immediate response by most men regarding any man who walks in and says that they want the relevance of sex to be reduced in their life is, "Are you mad? This is what I/we live for." So this is a major problematic area in regards to allowing men easier access to being chemically castrated. I am currently on anti-depressants. When I last asked about Androcur my psychiatrist was highly reluctant. He does not want me to go down that road and wants me to lead a so called normal life. This I understand. Afterall, I would have thought the same thing just a couple of years ago.

I think that if eunuchs would be considered by law formally as third gender then there wasn't a problem. Who want to became a eunuch could go to hospital for castration. Doctor couldn't refuse even in such cases if it was teenager. I'm convinced that eunuchs are third gender and the bipolar situation is too tight. I love eunuchs and I was in contact with one eunuch by a long time. He was my best friend and being a woman I understood very well his situation.

Thank you Chemcast Scot, you highlight the situation I would prefer did not exist very well. Yes it is possible, but first you have to find a doctor that will listen and take you seriously, then the whole process is out of your control, as you say, the doctor and Pshyc. will decide the plan etc. I don't want to go on chemical castration, I just want to have the option to go and have my testicles removed.

Why should you have to convince a psychiatrist inorder to get a castration, a penectomy, a breast

enlargement, or even a sex change. How do they know any more than you do with respect to what is good and reasonable for you?

Women don't need a psychiatrist for a hysterectomy or a breast reduction or enlargement.