Hello All,
I should probably read A LOT more of the threads in this sub-forum before I actually ask questions, and this may be thw wrong sub-forum to ask in, but being the impatient sort (and having read all 14 pages of Devlyn's thread), I thought I would ask anyway:
It seems like most people have the Orchi so as to not produce T and to not have to take some AA. What if you had to take some diuretic for other reasons, so you were going to take Spiro anyway, and your T levels were really low. Would you still do the Orchi?
Short background: I have been on E for about 30 years. I always sort of figured I was non-Op for lots of reasons. I have not really felt my testicles in a LONG time. If I stick my finger up there, I can feel that there is something in there. At best, they are pea sized. But they have not been in a place to be able to grab them in about forever. Last labs, T (Total) was 14 ng/dl, and the one before that was 3 ng/dl. (And the increase is explained by having added Finasteride right after the 3 ng/dl.) So, I literally never think about testicles, they never get in the way, and apparently they don't produce much of anything.
Were you in this situation, would you still have had the Orchi?
Thanks for your insights!
Kate