Quote from: Amy1988 on March 24, 2014, 07:25:00 PM
What country are you in? I'm in the US and I'm guessing you are in a European country where it's covered.  Hopefully I'm wrong.

Nope. I live in the US.

i know exactly how determined you are to get that foul testosterone out of your system, i went to great lengths myself, i injected my testicles with alcohol and then tryed to surgically remove them myself. i know the desperation you are having, its overwhelming and i know you think if you just get rid of the testicles then your life will be so much better, but the matter of the fact if you aren't being upset about having testosterone in your system your gonna have the same self hate towards your penis, or something else, there will always be a new thing to worry about,

personally i think if you are willing to attempt something so unbelievably radical as berdizzo's, i think you should atleast go to your gp and tell them the great lengths you are willing to attempt just to reduce your testosterone, and ask them if you would be able to get some anti androgens, any gp that is willing to turn you away and just let you self mutilate is not doing there job

just remember that you will always have hurdles to jump and that after you complete one you will still feel like you just started, i am now on hrt and i am staring at my FFS like crazy and feel that my life will start when i get my ffs

Quote from: Amy1988 on March 24, 2014, 05:55:27 PM
No no this thing is non invasive.  It can't cause bleeding.  Pain is an issue but I think it only take like 10 seconds to cut off the blood supply permanently.

Amy,

The 10 seconds or whatever is IF the crimp is successful.  It will take a very firm crimp, well beyond what you could do yourself.  That will hurt so bad we can't tell you.  It will also only be the beginning of pain lasting for weeks.  And...  It may not work, as in most likely NOT.

Please, please, please, read what the other posters have said.  You are infinitely better off finding a surgeon who will do this on an informed consent basis.  If you eventually want SRS you are better off finding a doctor to let you have anti-androgens on an informed consent basis.

Please do NOT try the burdizzo!


Erin

Quote from: ErinWDK on March 25, 2014, 09:56:13 AM
Amy,

The 10 seconds or whatever is IF the crimp is successful.  It will take a very firm crimp, well beyond what you could do yourself.  That will hurt so bad we can't tell you.  It will also only be the beginning of pain lasting for weeks.  And...  It may not work, as in most likely NOT.

Please, please, please, read what the other posters have said.  You are infinitely better off finding a surgeon who will do this on an informed consent basis.  If you eventually want SRS you are better off finding a doctor to let you have anti-androgens on an informed consent basis.

Please do NOT try the burdizzo!


Erin

Probably good advice but I need to try.  I'm only going to clamp down enough to cut off the blood supply for as long as I can stand it.  I don't know how long it takes the testicles to die from lack of blood supply but I suspect if I cut the blood supply off for short periods over time the effect will be accumulative and they will eventually die or become so damaged they will not function.

Quote from: Amy1988 on March 25, 2014, 04:42:32 PM
Probably good advice but I need to try.  I'm only going to clamp down enough to cut off the blood supply for as long as I can stand it.  I don't know how long it takes the testicles to die from lack of blood supply but I suspect if I cut the blood supply off for short periods over time the effect will be accumulative and they will eventually die or become so damaged they will not function.

Please do NOT do this!

Not only will there be unbearable pain; but some of the complications can be FATAL.  Making parts of your body die inside your body is asking for horrible infection; horrible enough to KILL you.  Please read Carrie Liz's posts - she is telling you the truth.  See your doctor, Please!

This is really the worst possible way to get rid of Testosterone.

Hang in there and get medical help.


Erin

Quote from: Amy1988 on March 25, 2014, 04:42:32 PM
Probably good advice but I need to try.  I'm only going to clamp down enough to cut off the blood supply for as long as I can stand it.  I don't know how long it takes the testicles to die from lack of blood supply but I suspect if I cut the blood supply off for short periods over time the effect will be accumulative and they will eventually die or become so damaged they will not function.

I have used this device on livestock. You have to know EXACTLY where to place the device for it to actually do anything more than cause EXTREME pain. And, on a human, that location is such that its not where you can actually do it yourself. Also, the pain of doing it is such that there's almost NO WAY you'll be able to clamp it down on yourself fully, let alone for the length of time required. And, the odds of finding a second person, who would actually be willing to do it, and KNOW how and where to do it, are ridiculously slim. I mean, how do you even broach that as a topic? "Hey, wanna do something fun tonight? Clamp this down on my balls really really hard, and just ignore my screams"

Also, the effect is not cumulative. Should you fail, which you most likely will, all you will have done is caused yourself unneeded pain and put your health very very much at risk. Which is all you'll do the second time, and the third time, and the fourth time, and so on.

An orchi, done by a doctor, is expensive. But, there's a reason for that. A doctor has the skills and knowledge necessary to keep you from dying.

Quote from: Amy1988 on March 24, 2014, 04:26:03 PM
Not sure if this is in the right place but anyway I purchased a burdizzo on eBay and I'm going to castrate myself.  I can't believe I never thought of this but it seems to be the safest castration procedure since it's non invasive.  I know it's going to be painful but I'm going to do it.  Anyone hear of this thing being used on humans?

Oh my God honey... Please don't do this... This is a one way trip to the ER...

$2000 is not expensive at all... you're obviously a danger to yourself and I hope somebody calls 9-1-1 on you. I don't care if it's against the TOS name-calling, but you're an idiot if you're going through with this and I don't care if it succeeds or fails. You should be banned for ignoring SANE advice, but whatever.

I just had SRS covered by my insurance... $200 co-pay. Might want to go see a therapist and do this the normal way, because your research is clearly limited. You obviously know how to access the Internet.

Be smart girl friend, just take some spiro & chill out. Live long & smart, not short & stupid.

We've all been there but this is not the solution.

As a professional Paramedic with 28 years experience DO NOT USE THAT DEVICE!!! I have run on people(7) who tried to use it and two died as a result of infection and (3) of massive blood loss. DO NOT USE IT!!! THROW IT AWAY NOW!! You will run the risk of NEVER getting SRS if you use this device. Insurance will only cover saving your life which is what you are risking. You use it and you will never be the same if you survive. You need to listen to me on this.

Quote from: Jessica Merriman on March 31, 2014, 06:10:45 PM
As a professional Paramedic with 28 years experience...... I have run on people(7) who tried to use it and two died as a result of infection and (3) of massive blood loss.

Wow...that's terrible. I can't wrap my head around being that desperate. I know it sucks with GID and all that comes with it. But gambling with something like that is just unthinkable to me.

Quote from: Jessica Merriman on March 31, 2014, 06:10:45 PM
As a professional Paramedic with 28 years experience DO NOT USE THAT DEVICE!!! I have run on people(7) who tried to use it and two died as a result of infection and (3) of massive blood loss. DO NOT USE IT!!! THROW IT AWAY NOW!! You will run the risk of NEVER getting SRS if you use this device. Insurance will only cover saving your life which is what you are risking. You use it and you will never be the same if you survive. You need to listen to me on this.

Holy crap!  How common is it to even try this?  I mean WOW, it's such an obvious "don't try this at home" sort of thing.

Amy, Maybe this might be some help for you. You are not alone. I considered cutting those nasty things off so so many times early in life. Puberty & changing into a male body was terrible for me. I came close several times to just take a razor blade & be done with it. I stopped, knew I would have probably died by bleeding to death.

I've not told this to anyone & only repeat it so you will know that you are not alone.

Be smart, live long. Do not cause yourself this risk.

Good luck GF. It's good that you opened up rather that doing something very dangerous.

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,162078.msg1393319.html#top

She has already decided not to do that.

Thank GOODNESS. There was only one right decision here.