I don't know if I over think life but with something this big the need to know and fully understand the importance of any plans I have must include a understanding of lifestyle changes for this reason I hope some of you wonderful people will share your experiences of after your surgery from pain management, medication, side effects and emotional anxiety

Looking at your “About Me” in your profile pretty much reflects mine before I was castrated. I had my testicles removed about five years after your current age and if I had the chance to do it over, it would have been ten years earlier. By then, my kids were grown and my wife was menopausal so I could have got them taken out by then without any real concerns.

As it turned out, my prescribed testosterone dosage made me feel that I was a teenager again. My wife passed prematurely soon after my castration. I took mixed martial arts training and lost 60 pounds within six months, to what I was in my late 20s, before I got married.

Over time, however, and on reduced testosterone, I still am very physically active, more than other men I know of my age and younger. The still body ages, however, and heath issues are more now. My penis has atrophied significantly and now it barely shows. I gained some of my weight back. My girlfriend is post menopausal and doesn’t enjoy vaginal sex now but I’m OK with it as my libido has diminished too.

Regarding healing time, I had an inguinal orchiectomy and I was driving my car the next morning. I just didn’t push myself for a few weeks while I healed.

This is encouraging that healing can be so fast. I would be ok with a low libido to that part is fine. I am worried about bone loss. As I don't see tha point of going through with this only to use testosterone. I do have a good diet and swim,walk and run alongside still working although I intend to retire in April. At this time I have no one here to chat about my desire with. I have only once had some one in person to chat and experiment with but his interest was only playing and fantasy so finding place is giving me a new sense of possibilities

I was left pretty much non-functional by my injury - at first it was incredibly frustrating, in that I could get it up, and get to the 'almost' point and then NOTHING... I'd then start getting the same pain that you'd get if you keep going after orgasm w/o giving a rest, and without any of the pleasure of an orgasm... It was like a film with the climax cut out... After a while I just quit trying because it was so frustrating when I did.... As time went by I noticed fewer and fewer spontaneous erections, and after getting some (somewhat expected osteopenia range bone density scores) I went to an endocrinologist, who said my T level was about 1/2 normal and put me on supplemental T - which may have helped keep the bones from getting worse, but didn't do anything for the function... Over time things kept shrinking, and I was still frustrated knowing that I couldn't though I didn't really try.

Then I found EA and learned about this option - went off the T, shut down the balls w/ Lupron, and switched to E... Once I'd jumped through all the SOC 8 hoops I got and Orchie & Scrotectomy about a month ago...

My Post-Op instructions said I could "resume normal activities" the next day, but I pretty much took about a week and a half off, staying home, sleeping a lot, and not doing much in the way of physical stuff other than what I needed to do for ADL's. I'm still taking it a bit easy, but I'm back to my normal set of activities... Healing wise, I'm still getting a little bit (drops) of bleeding and oozing from the incision... Pain is there but not worse than the 3-4 level I deal with from my other issues...

Since starting on the E, my boobs have gotten significantly bigger, but still fall w/in "male range" and don't show much when I have a shirt on. I notice them much more when I'm naked... I've probably put on a few pounds, hard to say since getting weighed is difficult when in a chair. Otherwise not a lot has changed... Other than personal comfort, I don't expect big changes from having the surgery since I was chemically castrated for over a year before it, so no big changes...

My GF hit menopause at almost exactly the same time as my injury and has other issues that would probably take vaginal sex off the table even if I hadn't gotten hurt, so not a big deal w/ not being able for her...

WheelyFixed

If you take a low dose of testosterone, say 25-50mg weekly, you will protect your bones but still have little or no libido.

I was able to discuss my concerns with several members here, most appreciatively with Raymer 2020, who patiently always gave me good advice. Unfortunately, he passed away some years ago. Those people, and many eunuchs who related their personal experiences in various posts on this site, gave me the resolve to become castrated.