8 months since the orchi and I am so comfortable without the evil twins. The only real down side for me is that for so many years getting rid of them was foremost on my mind that I guess I expected the joy of not having them to be equally on my mind. In that respect it's a bit of a disappointment, it is so natural, so normal to not have them I rarely think about it. Other than that I wish I would have had the scrotum removed at the time of the orchi, while it has shrunk there was so much to begin with that there is still far too much of it. Talked with my MD this past Tuesday about removal of the scrotum, she will check to see if the insurance will cover that. Will need to think it out and decide if another operation and healing period will be worth it. There is no doubt in my mind I would be happier and more comfortable without it, just a matter of insurance and deciding if it would be worth it.
Breast growth has increased since the orchi, no real surprise there but what a joy that is. Doctor is considering increasing the estradiol dosage, that may increase breast development even quicker, don't really know. I have four sisters, mom was big busted, two sisters are big busted and two sisters . . . Well fried eggs would describe them.
I am at a cross roads now, For so many years the help that is available to the gender community today did not exist or was very rare and expensive. For all of those years my goal was somehow have the evil twins gone and breasts, never did i consider anything else as realistic. Well now i am there, no evil twins and breasts are both more normal to me and better feeling than i ever thought. So what now? I reached my goal. Help came late in life for me, I'll be 70 in just a few months. Maybe scrotum removal and take the pleasure in how much better everything is now.
So to answer Devlyn's question . . . How do I feel about my body now. I would say that while I don't feel normal, would take a lot more than an orchi for that, I think a good summary would be that I feel far less the freak that I have always felt like. Fairly content and quite comfortable.