Officially a eunuch 11/2008

[mrt (imported)]

I'm truly sorry your having problems. Having balls too large to pull up the inguinals was really NOT my problem! Mine had atrophied and were already shoved up there more often then not. However I think I understand the problem as my new parts (Implants) just would never go up there without using dynamite.

I did a lot of reading of medical papers before I opted in for surgery. Trying all the various pain treatments etc. One thing I came away with was that Scrotal Orchiectomy seems to go bad way WAY too often. A real crap shoot. And for guys who have pain issues?

The pain doctor I was working with was a great resource. He also knew this Inguinal vrs Scrotal biz and he btw was the one who suggests that its important to inject the cords / testes with nerve blocks before they are removed to avoid later problems with phantom pains. As with any "amputation" there is thought that knocked out or not trauma to the removed part(s) priot to the actual cut equals phantom pain issues later.

There is a member here who had his cords cut through a small incision (Laproscopic?) and this resolved his pain.

[Kangan (imported)]

I had my testicles removed through the scrotum by Dr. Kimmel almost 4 months ago. The cord ends have vanished. At least he did that part of the job right. I do still have a large crevice in my scrotum where he everted the skin with his too tight sutures.

[clysmaniac (imported)]

I haven't seen this thread before so it really caught my attention because there were many parallels to my situation. My physician discovered my testicles were small and hard at my physical last July. He sent me for an ultrasound and then to a urologist. He did a testosterone test and another ultrasound. The T test was 97 (280-1080 normal). So he decided to do a biopsy. I told him that if the testicles looked bad, he should remove them then. He also wanted to use a general anesthetic while I thought I could endure the procedure with a cheaper local anesthetic. My insurance would cover the general but I would have been happy to go with the local. So much for keeping medical costs down! Anyway, we did the biopsy and when he talked with my wife while I was still out of it, he said the testicle he cut a section out of appeared to be infarcted. He sent that piece to pathology as well as sample of a needle biopsy done on the other testicle. I was disappointed when I heard that, thinking he had the opportunity and reason to remove my testicles then. The pathology report came back that the testicles were infarcted-dead in ordinary words. But he wanted to wait 3 months to see if there would be any regeneration. After going through the 3 months suffering from low testosterone- weakness, hot flashes, etc, I got another T test that came back at 44. So now I'm scheduled to be castrated next week and have already started with TRT- Testim 5gm/day. I felt more energetic after the first day on it, especially after the 3 month delay.

But I've had to endure a needless 3 month delay and another surgery and the related pro-op physical and blood tests, that could have been avoided if he would have just removed them when he was doing the biopsy. My urologist has said the bi-lateral orchiectomy is simplier than the biopsy so he has at least agreed with me to use a local anesthetic this time. I'm not sure a local would do so well with bfleish's situation, but his extraordinary circumstances should allow for an insurance exemption if he makes a large enough stink about it.

Maybe they (doctors) can say they are tring to save natural tissues but at the same time every delay results in more office visits and more future surgeries. Its sort of a guarantee of future business for them. It frustrates me in the same way bfeish is frustrated, but what power do we have? Not much!

BTW, I was sent home from the hospital after my biopsy with just a jock and wad of gauze for a dressing. It worked well but I found one of my wife's control briefs worked even better to firmly hold the gauze in place.