My Castration

VOICE   - If a person is castrated prior to puberty, they will have a high pitch voice as seen in the choir boys in the last century or so. Therefore even after orchiectomy, the voice will not change. Transgender and transsexual somehow softer their voice to sound more feminine.   MENTAL EFFECTS   - I have not suffered any memory loss since my castration but overtime it will or might catch up with me as I grow older. At the moment I have taking supplement like fish oil daily in order to minimize this effects on me. Again this varies from person to person.   FEELING CALM   - I was feeling a lot calmer after my orchiectomy. Walking down the streets of Bangkok, even with heavy traffic and congestion, waiting for the train, my flight and etc., I feel a lot calmer and more patiently waiting. However in saying that, sometime I still feel and act the way I had been prior to orchiectomy due depending on the circumstances I am in but certainly felt better all the time.   POST SURGE

HOT FLASHES   - I felt the first hot flashes, three days after my surgery. Is nothing too uncomfortable just a rush of warmth around my neck and my feet getting a little cold than usual. It lasted only for minutes for me so is nothing major. Does not bother me at this stage. I have been taking supplements called (Menopause Balance) from Swisse for more than 6 months prior to my orchiectomy surgery. Perhaps that somehow helped me overcome this effects of hot flashes. This effects varies from person to person.   WEIGHT GAIN   - I lost 4kg prior to my orchiectomy. I have been eating healthy combined with exercise. I always very conscious about my weight and tend to watch out what I eat. I do not eat fatty and salty foods that often anymore, hardly drink any fizzy drinks and coffee. I substitute those for more natural fruit juice, green tea, apple cider with honey and plain water with a slice of lemon. I did experience in slower metabolism and I tend do not go hungry that often and it

MUSCLE STRENGTH   - As I keep my exercise regime with daily walking and running, I only have slight decrease in muscle strength. In saying that lifting anything heavy definitely wears me out faster compared to pre surgery. But nothing major as yet to happen. Fingers crossed *laugh* Prior to castration, all my friends sees me as a weak person and I never really admire how my other male peer can always show off in the gym and seemed to have more strength than I. Thus after surgery, I still have considerable amount of upper body strength. Bottom line is that muscle mass do decrease as levels of testosterone drop after orchiectomy unless the person start HRT immediately after surgery but it kind of defeats the purpose of having orchiectomy in the first place in my opinion.   PHYSICAL APPEARENCE   - I maintained my physical appearance after castration. I only notice a small change when I started taking estrogen. This is to give me a slight feminine appearance. Apart from that I did