Hi everyone,

Longtime lurker here; I only began posting recently. I identify as Male-to-Eunuch (pending surgery), and this site has been an invaluable resource to me for the past several years. Thank you all for your contributions! That being said, I do have a quick question. Based on a lot of posts I've seen on the site, I banked my sperm last month "just in case" (I'm 23, no kids). I've also consulted with a gender therapist and my Doctor about my decision, and both have been supportive and understanding. I have a game plan in place regarding hormones, which is to take a low dose of estrogen a month after surgery.

Now, as far as long term planning, am I missing anything? I'm now looking into scheduling surgery and such, and I think I've addressed just about every long-term concern that's relevant to a bilateral orchiectomy. That being said, if anyone encountered issues that could have been planned for or addressed prior to surgery, I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks!

I will say that no matter how much you plan be ready for the unexpected because it effects every part of your being and differently from person to person so you must be willing to accept whatever results happen! Best of luck!

sparkey49 (imported) wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:56 am I will say that no matter how much you plan be ready for the unexpected because it effects every part of your being and differently from person to person so you must be willing to accept whatever results happen! Best of luck!

Thanks Sparkey! That's the sort of mindset I'm trying to go into this with. I'm actually looking forward to experiencing all the unique changes, and rolling the dice on some of them. I was just looking to mitigate some of the more serious ones if possible, and felt that I might be overlooking something. Appreciate the advice!

That s great you are getting professional input and you already banked some sperm in case you want to have kids some day. It sounds like you are going carefully forward.

Man, you started reading on here so young. That must have really impacted your ideas about your balls and manhood a lot to begin turning on to all of this so young.

Have you considered trying chemical but reversible castration first to try it out before you give up your balls and manhood forever in surgery ?

Seeing as how you ve been reading up about all of this on here for years already, I m sure you read up on that chemical try out idea and heard that same question and advice given to countless men like you before. What do you think of trying a reversible sample of being a eunuch first before surgery?

You are so young, you ve hardly been experiencing being a full grown man physically or mentally after your growing teens for much time to try that out and get used to it yet, and you have lots of years ahead of you to be a eunuch. What s the rush ? Just wondering, not criticising you.

cutnbulls2ox (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:50 am That s great you are getting professional input and you already banked some sperm in case you want to have kids some day. It sounds like you are going carefully forward...

Hi! Thanks for your response, and your great questions.

I did start reading on here pretty young, yes, but that was after I'd already delved deeply into the topic of castration. I had been fascinated by the hijras of India for a good year before finding the Archive, and had researched (as much as possibly in a high school library) slavery and castration in Greece and Rome prior to that. Ultimately, though, my interest has intensified over the past few years due to distress at becoming more 'manly.' I count myself blessed to have been a late bloomer, and not completely ravaged by testosterone, but I can truly tell you with great sincerity that manhood is not for me.

With that being said, castration is both a personal goal, as well as a means to an end. As I alluded to in my original post here, I plan on taking a mildly feminizing hormone regimen after the procedure. Even more than losing my testicles, my main objective is to stop my body's masculinizing. I have in the past used anti-androgens (Spiro) to experience chemical castration for limited time periods (3-4 months), and have definitely found it to my liking. Surgical orchiectomy, however, will deliver those same results, along with an aesthetic I desire, and without some of the side effects of pills.

Thanks again for the question; I'm more than happy to clarify.