• My life before and after castration.

Posted: **Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:59 am**

I am married, had sex long time ago, but after we got two sons, it decreased to almost zero.

Tried to convince my wife I was looking forward to some intimacy in our relationship, it never came.

It was hard to accept this sitiation, but I tried to solve it myself by masturbation, and some other things.

Than around six years ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Psa of above 20and bad biopsy.

I was treated with HIFU, IMRT, and at last orchiectomy, making me an eunuch.

It was hard in the first months, but now I am so happy with the situation.

I can talk openly being castrated, no sex drive at all anymore, I do feel very quiet.

Don't miss being a real man anymore. I became a real person, which is important in this life.

I had the advantage being castrated on medical grounds, so it is done in a hospital in the proper way.

It certainly has disadvantages, a.o. Osteoporosis and decreasing muscles.

But I am so happy with the present situation, I think everybody should have the possibility for chirurgical castration.

It improves the quality of life in a lot of ways.

Posted: **Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:07 am**

...

Than around six years age

Ringdijk (imported) wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:59 am I was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

...

I can talk openly being castrated...

Ringdijk (imported) wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:59 am It certainly has disadvantages, a.o. Osteoporose and decreasing muscles.

But I am so happy with the present situation...

It improves the quality of life in a lot of ways.

If you are unable to use testosterone to impede osteoporosis and some of the other negative effects of castration because of having prostate cancer, you may want to speak with your urologist about proscribing estrogen, which some medical studies have shown to be efficacious in preventing them. Diet, exercise and vitamin supplements also help.

Intimacy means more than just having sex.

Posted: **Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:14 am**

You are correct that osteoporosis should be now your greatest concern. You probably should speak with your physician about a low dose of ESTRADIOL to help to prevent it. A low dose would help with osteoporosis and hot flashes.

Posted: **Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:32 am**

I sympathize with you. Been through the Prostate Cancer thing myself in '05/'06. Had some bad side effects from the beam radiation but PSAs remain below 1 now. I would definitely consider castration if it were to return. Good Luck to you.

Posted: **Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:19 am**

According to the latest researh, men need to ejaculate minimum 13 times a months to lower theirs risks to prostate cancer, best being 21 times. Women after menopause are not that sexually active anymore. This is no wonder why men are more affected by this type of cancer after 45 y.o. I'm glad that you enjoy being an eunuch and out about it, keeping this a secret could have been a real burden. Doctors should be more open to castration for aging men specially those who aren't sexually active. They prescribe anti androgen to men with BPH which isn't bad but for the long run, they should consider surgical castration for those who ask for it. Prevention is much better than cure. Hope one day this will change.

Ringdijk (imported) wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:59 am I am married, had sex long time ago, but after we got two sons, it decreased to almost zero.

Tried to convince my wife I was looking forward to some intimacy in our relationship, it never came.

It was hard to accept this sitiation, but I tried to solve it myself by masturbation, and some other things.

Than around six years ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Psa of above 20and bad biopsy.

I was treated with HIFU, IMRT, and at last orchiectomy, making me an eunuch.

It was hard in the first months, but now I am so happy with the situation.

I can talk openly being castrated, no sex drive at all anymore, I do feel very quiet.

Don't miss being a real man anymore. I became a real person, which is important in this life.

I had the advantage being castrated on medical grounds, so it is done in a hospital in the proper way.

It certainly has disadvantages, a.o. Osteoporosis and decreasing muscles.

But I am so happy with the present situation, I think everybody should have the possibility for chirurgical castration.

It improves the quality of life in a lot of ways.

Posted: **Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:22 pm**

I was castrated in 1986 to reduce my risk of cancer, prostate included. An endocrinologist did put me on a Premarin-Provera regimen for a number of years; with the arrival of bisphosphonates and an age greater than typical female menopause, that endocrinologist switched me to a bisphosphonate method of treating osteoporosis risk.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1202619

Because I have a strong genetic cancer risk condition, the change from hormones to bisphosphonate medication was made to minimize breast cancer risk.

However, as in that New England Journal of Medicine paper, bisphosphonates bring on other risk factors. I am now taking a small dose of a bisphosphonate, about a fifth of the standard dose, and seem to be having no difficulty with bone mineral density issues.

For all I know, my having a professional degree in bioengineering helped me to convince medical doctors (physicians, surgeons, and such) of the wisdom of preventing my dying from cancer in the manner of my dad and brother.

Of course, I later became a real doctor, having a doctor of philosophy in bioengineering degree that I completed in 1998, some twelve years after my orchiectomy.

Note: The word, "doctor" is a Latin word, derived from the Latin verb, "docere," meaning, in English, "to teach."

The word, "doctor" is not a proper word for "physician," or "surgeon," because those professions have their own words, just as I have a word for my state-licensed profession, that word being "bioengineer."

Acting in my professional capacity as a bioengineer, I seem to have bioengineered my living, so far, about 50% longer than my "doctor of philosophy in sociology" did.

Competence in areas of understanding that affect longevity may enhance one's ability to increase plausible longevity? Seems to have worked for me...

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:46 am**

paring (imported) wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:19 am According to the latest researh, men need to ejaculate minimum 13 times a months to lower theirs risks to prostate cancer, best being 21 times.

[/U.

21 times a month, is that all? If that were true my PSA would have remained near 0 all by itself. And I'd be willing to bet there's millions of other guys who would agree with me

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:59 pm**

Ejaculations are only one of the things to LOWER the risk, this doesn't do the trick all by it self. There are other factors that can bring BPH or cancer. Part of the problem is genetic and nutrition plays a role in prevention, vitamin D lowers the risk too. Cancer, obesity and arthritis are inflammations, so everyones could benefit of "Anti Inflammatory" diet, prior to and even more after castration, if you want to avoid some of the side effects.

nvrgag44 (imported) wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:46 am 21 times a month, is that all? If that were true my PSA would have remained near 0 all by itself. And I'd be willing to bet there's millions of other guys who would agree with me

My life before and after castration.

My life before and after castration.

Re: My life before and after castration.

Re: My life before and after castration.

Re: My life before and after castration.

Re: My life before and after castration.

Re: My life before and after castration.

Re: My life before and after castration.

Re: My life before and after castration.