I'm a new member but I've been hovering here for a couple years. Like many here, I'm not comfortable with the equipment I was born with. I don't know what it is about feeling things at 8 years old, but that is when I thought I wanted to grow up to be a woman. Didn't happen and won't happen. After 53 years I am content enough being a man. I like too many man things to be a woman now. I wouldn't want to be something I couldn't be good at. I also couldn't do that to my family, plus my wife doesn't want to be a lesbian.I want to be castrated and have my scrotum removed. I have hated these things for a long time. After talking about it for many years and the feelings aren't going away my wife has agreed I should have it done. I have been seeing a Psycologist and that hasn't helped either. My GP is aware I wish to be castrated and he didn't freek, but he put me on Lexapro for several months. I don't lay awake at night thinking about it much anymore, but the desire does not go away. I'm going to talk to him more about the possibility of finding a more local doctor to perform the task. My wife also wants to know of he will still want to be my doctor and provide for my needs. I am currently on testosterone shots once a month account low numbers and would want to continue. I've tried DP to see what it would be like without T, but I couldn't handle being that tired. Like some here I think I need to be a balless man. I know that there are a lot on SRS doctors that do castrations, but not on non-transgenderd men. I think not wanting my scrotum would be a giveway. There has been a lot of talk here about Dr. Kimmel. I'm ok with the good part, but am concerned about his lack of steril enviroment and sutchering skills, I don't want unnessery infections and I don't want a zipper scar. My wife has concerns that he is just a hach looking fo an easy buck since he operates in his office. I would appreciate any advice. If anyone wonders about my chosen handle, It's because I use an Emjoi Optima to pull the hair out from the nape of my neck down. So my body is hairless. Sorry if this was posted in the wrong place.Thanks for any help. Steve

Dr. Kimmel is my urologist I went to him for my castration and scrotal removal 5weeks ago. Dr. Kimmel has citations from: Dept of the Navy, Temple university, Walter Reid medical center, and a personal thank you from the President of the Uninted States. He teaches urology at Walter Reid and Temple.

As I stated earlier my surgery was 5 weeks ago. Dr. Kimmel was steril at all times with me and took his time to make sure there would be minimal bleeding post-op. His professionalisim and skill was proven when i had a bad reaction to the anesthesia (I had not slept for three days prior to surgery, insomnia sucks) if it were not for Dr. Kimmel's skill and knowledge I would have expired due to shock but he knew just what to do and I pulled through in minutes. After my "incedent" both he and his assistant spent the next three hours checking on me every two or three minutes. I personally have absolute faith in Dr. Kimmel his skill as a Urologist and as a Doctor are hard to match if not impossible.

5weeks after surgery the stitches have been removed and the scar, if you want to call it that is starting to dissapear. The stitches were interesting they puled the wound out and none crossed the wound outside. He used one disolvable stitch at the top and another at the bottom the middle he used regular 3/0 sutures. Castration and scrotal removal leaves approximately a 5 inch wound (ymmv) the wound heals pretty fast depending on the person (I'm a mutant and heal really fast). Plan on being off your feet for about two weeks +/- and don't plan on lifting much of anything for a month or more (trust me on this one DON'T push your luck).

As I stated previously I trust Dr. kimmel with my very life. I recomend him to anyone that needs this kind of surgery.

Thanks for the info guys. I am going to see if I can find a surgen here in S. Calif. If I can't, it sounds like Dr. Kimmel is the way to go. I was just concerned with some of the negitive things I've read here. Phil. since you went with both proceedures at once and Bubba did them separatey, did you compare notes and decide which was the best way to go?

Thanks again, Steve

oh yes we even conferred with Dr. Kimmel and we all decided that it is best to have the scrotum removed at the time of castration because there is just one surgery to heal from and the likelyhood of adhesions is greatly reduced. As far as Dr. Kimmel's detractors they had just better hope the never see me in a Dark alley.

What Kristoff and Phil said, Kimmel did me 2.5 years ago. Yes he works out of his office but he owns the building and rents to several doctors. He said to me that he has done about 10,000 castrations in his life. As for a sterile envirnment, it is as sterile as any hospital or doctors office anyware. If you want sterile, go get a tattoo.

River

Well if Kimmel was a Navy Doc before private practice, I suppose he may have castrated a few Navy and Marine Men? I am still not convienced yet of his surgrical methods, from what I have seen. He should make the incision low on the scrotom and a midline cut with miminal setures (sp). The old days of castration before the midline was used, was a 2.5 incision on both sides of the scrotom. That took longer to heal. Too bad regular healthcare insurance does not pay for this sort of event with you belong to a HMO like Kaiser.

Stevesd

So Calif

Dr kimmel in a basic castration makes an approximate 1/2" incision for the entire procedure if you have the scrotum removed there is aproximately a 5-6"incission both heal relitively fast and usually have few complications unless the paitent makes a mistake.

Hairless,read read read!! Not all of us had a fairy tail experience like phillip did.I am having a second surgery in two weeks to fix his fuckup! Do your home work friend. [twin]

I agree with twin read but read ALL of the posts instead of cherry picking tidbits.

My experience was by no means a fairy tale if you read all of the details of the last oh 8-9 months of my life it has been a living hell but I am happy with the destination.

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Wed May 18, 2005 6:37 am As for a sterile envirnment, it is as sterile as any hospital or doctors office anyw

here.

If you've seen the news lately, you'll know that there's a problem now with "supergerms", especially in hospitals and Dr.'s offices. We've done the antibiotic thing to death, and now the bugs are fighting back.

That, and think about this -

We have antibacterial soap, detergent, dish washing liquid, cosmetics, HBA products, Kleenexes, even antibacterial kids' toys. Now, if you use all this stuff, isn't your own house going to become a breeding ground for supergerms?!

For those with a Biblical inkling, the poor man beneath the rich man's table had the dogs lick his wounds.

In all actuality, my own findings show that uncovered cuts, licked by the dog, heal about 50% faster than cuts treated with Neosporin and BandAids.

Go figure.