TooMuchT (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:42 am Per a Discord site to rename nameless, a person that talked with him recently said he has limited availability because he now has to book a surgical suite for general anesthesia due to a nationwide shortage of local anethestic. Thus his cost now includes $1500-1800 for the surgical suite in addition to his $3800 fee. So yes, at this point probably better to look elsewhere.

CFI10000 (imported) wrote: Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:20 pm The post from the unnamed website actually had more interesting details which give an idea about why Dr. Arnkoff probably does not have a website anymore.

I think it gives a valuable glimpse inside his practice in Michigan.

Anyone thinking about booking a trip to Detroit, will need to know this information. It's possible, that you may need to find another clinic.

I had some work done by a surgeon in Guadalajara Mexico and the medical care was excellent. The clinic looked like it could have been in a nice area of the USA.

The main advice is to try and stay at least a week to make sure that you don't have complications or an infection. If you have recently been treated by another doctor (US OR NOT), many US doctors will not treat you and sight insurance reasons and lability. It will be suggested you go an emergency room. The care was good, and I did not have problem for the corrective procedure I had done.

FROM AN UN-NAMED WEBSITE AND SOURCE ____________

— 07/11/2022

I spoke to Dr arnkoff twice last week. He was very open and cordial and answered the phone himself. His medical Group is not happy with him for doing castrations. Those were his words. He does have a surgery scheduled for July the 28th 2022. So if you want to get in call him to be included on that date. He will also have a day scheduled in August, but he has no set date yet.

He quoted me a price of $3,800 for the surgical procedure itself. Plus, an additional $1,500 to 1800 for the surgical Suite. As he said there is a nationwide shortage of local anesthetic the surgery must be done under general anesthesia. Someone must accompany you for that reason.

He mentioned that some of the other doctors in his medical group know of his activities and do not approve. Others don't know at all. But after this year he may not be continuing to do surgical castrations. He is negotiating to split his medical art between MI and AZ and therefore may be unable to continue his surgical activities.

Paolo wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:04 am I don't believe that even the formal release of SOC8 will do much (for very many "professionals") to help alleviate the stigma attached to removing the testicles.

Castration and the mental image of a eunuch are likely so ingrained into the mindset of so many, that it's not often one finds someone who is capable of evaluating the clinical pros and cons of the surgery.

I know of two men here who were diagnosed with testicular cancer, and their doctors did everything possible to avoid removing the testicles. One of the guys was a customer of ours, and he was just beside himself that his doctors would not entirely remove his remaining "slightly cancerous" testicle. More likely, the wanted to "squeeze it" and see how much money they could milk out of it.

Then again, we're dealing with hillbillies here that likely forged a medical degree, or found it in a Cracker Jack box.

We can always hold out hope that the new SOC will enlighten some. It will likely enlighten a few, but I think far more are NOT going to climb that proverbial mountain to see the Castration Guru at the top!

evolve (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 7:12 am It’s a patriarchal double standard- diseased or undesired testes are too sacred to be removed- Yet, these same doctors are perfectly fine with oophorectomies(removal of ovaries) or removal of breasts for breast cancer. An orchiectomy shouldn’t be viewed any different from those procedures.