• Surgical castration after chemical castration.. waste of resources?

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2003 12:27 am**

Hi, i'm a new member here, and i have a question to ask to those either who have done chemical castration before they decided on going to surgical castration, or anyone who has any feedback. anything is greatly apprieciated.

After say years of chemical castration ( it's been near 8 years for me) with estrogen, and testosterone blockers, would there be any added effects if i went to surgical castration? are there any special procedures, like going off medication before the surgery? and what are the added benefits if any afterwards?

I have depression, that eunuch calm i keep on hearing about, although i still have my moments. i had breast growth, atrophy of the genitals, and that extra layer of fat ( i can't recall what that is called right now), so it seems i have most if not all affects of surgical castration..

i've researched quite a bit on surgical castration, and i have even asked my doctor, about a possibility of getting the procedure done but as i'm sure you all know, not many urologists nor surgeons would take the risk. not even on a ts. other then of course Dr Spector.. who is in another country to me, and is a little expensive. but you get what you pay for

. thanks to everyone who replies..

P.S. canada , or BC where i am from used to cover SRS but the gender clinic closed in 2000 and of course it was deemed unnecessary when they were cutting back medical care. so that option is no longer available to me.

TIA , Patricia

Posted: **Fri Dec 26, 2003 1:41 am**

Hi Patricia, welcome to the zoo.

I have been on female HRT for a little over 3 years now. For the last year and a half I have been on a fairly high dose. In less than 3 weeks I will be going to Philadelphia for my orchiectomy. I have discussed my hormone options with my doctor, and he feels there should be no change in my HRT before or after castration. The only thing I will do is stop the aspirin a week prior to surgery (aspirin is an anti-coagulant) to prevent excess bleeding. My doctor feels there is an added benifit to keeping my HRT at it's present level along with the anti-androgens for breast growth (I haven't had too much growth as compared to my siblings). I believe he would have changed my meds, had I not been schedueled for an orchiectomy, but for now he is going to wait until March and see what this surgery may do for me.

As far as any benifit to you, you should be able to drop the testosterone blockers after castration. At your age you seemed to have done well in your development, from your description, and probably don't want any more (lucky girl). Another benifit may come from the feeling of accomplishment towards your final goal of SRS. There is also the fact that after castration, estrogens can work unopposed without the testosterone (something I am still hoping will happen). One other thing to consider, should there be some reason to stop HRT, there would be no chance for the testosterone to affect the progress you have achived. It takes 7 to 10 years before you will reach final feminization, at 8 years, you may already have seen all the changes you can expect.

I hope I have given you some of the facts you need to make an informed decision about your plans for the future.

Posted: **Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:51 pm**

Christina (imported) wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2003 1:41 am Hi Patricia, welcome to the zoo.

I have been on female HRT for a little over 3 years now. For the last year and a half I have been on a fairly high dose. In less than 3 weeks I will be going to Philadelphia for my orchiectomy. I have discussed my hormone options with my doctor, and he feels there should be no change in my HRT before or after castration. The only thing I will do is stop the aspirin a week prior to surgery (aspirin is an anti-coagulant) to prevent excess bleeding. My doctor feels there is an added benifit to keeping my HRT at it's present level along with the anti-androgens for breast growth (I haven't had too much growth as compared to my siblings). I believe he would have changed my meds, had I not been schedueled for an orchiectomy, but for now he is going to wait until March and see what this surgery may do for me.

As far as any benifit to you, you should be able to drop the testosterone blockers after castration. At your age you seemed to have done well in your development, from your description, and probably don't want any more (lucky girl). Another benifit may come from the feeling of accomplishment towards your final goal of SRS. There is also the fact that after castration, estrogens can work unopposed without the testosterone (something I am still hoping will happen). One other thing to consider, should there be some reason to stop HRT, there would be no chance for the testosterone to affect the progress you have achived. It takes 7 to 10 years before you will reach final feminization, at 8 years, you may already have seen all the changes you can expect.

I hope I have given you some of the facts you need to make an informed decision about your plans for the future.

Thank you Christina for the reply

it's helped me quite a bit, and i wish you the best for your surgery in 3 weeks or so.. it's certainly helped me understand a little better what hrt would be like persay after surgical castration. which i do plan on doing as soon as possible.. thanks again

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