Well, I still don't know about SRS but I had a bilateral orchiectomy with Dr. Oates Friday. Everything is healing nicely and mentally and emotional I feel great. Dr. Oates himself was super down to earth and really, really nice. Like genuinely. He didn't seem like he was trying hard to be politically correct or faking his concern for the trans community in general. Like, he's just a regular dude which I actually appreciated. He wasn't an egomaniac surgeon nor was he this fake, "ok sweetie...we are going to take care of you." He was just himself which really was confident and reassuring.
On another note too the entire thing was so easy. Now I had all my references and stuff ready to go for the most part, but it was on quick consult, he told me where to fax my letters and then who to call for surgery and it was schedule two weeks later. That was really nice.
And he did mention that he always keeps in mind of the possibility of full srs in the future and his surgery preserves as much skin as possible while still looking pretty if I choose to never have the surgery.
Anyway, I would still love to see the SRS results, but for the orchiectomy he gets two thumbs up or five stars or 10 out of 10. Whatever rating system you like.
