Don't try this at home, kids.

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DIY surgery isn't usually recommended by the medical profession. However, one Columbian farmer decided to cut loose. See the attached link.

http://news.uk.msn.com/world/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=151...

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I was very serious about castrating myself.

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In Oregon, that would have meant a trip to the funny farm for 6 months. Surprisingly I found a retiring Urologist who did it for $1000. I just don't believe the medical babble about scar tissue, shrinkage and all that. At the time, transition was not my purpose. I just did not want to be faced with the uncontrolled lust that Testosterone makes.

Did I have a mental problem? Hyeah, what ever, who gives a a;oliruj, it is my body.

I had planned to stay with my family at the time. My willie had been as limp as a noodle for 15 years at the time.

Ah, what the HELL, Good on Him!

Gwen

Castrati for Christ

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It's odd, while it seems to be perfectly natural for some of US to want to get rid of our unwanted testes, males doing this same thing for ascetic reasons seems a bit weird to me. Though it certainly is their business what anyone does with their body, or why. The guy who ran John Wilkes Booth to ground was supposedly an autocastrate, who didn't want to be distracted from his work or something. And then there were the male members of the HEAVEN'S GATE cult back in the 90's, who did this prior to their shucking off the rest of their "mortal shells" in that mass suicide in San Diego, after which their spirits would supposedly be taken to the comet Hale-Bopp by some kind of alien spacecraft. I guess they'd heard it was an unmanned probe...
~~~hugs, Laika

Castrating animals...

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Different methods are used for different animals. Goats, cattle, and even cats can be banded (google on 'elasterator.') A very tight rubber band put around the scrotum cuts off the blood supply to the testes and they die, dry up, and fall off. Goats show signs of mild to moderate discomfort for about ten minutes. Cats totally ignore the whole thing once the deed is done. They don't even lick the area. Holding them down while doing the deed is another story, of course. All in all, it's a lot less traumatizing than a trip to the vet, let alone the whole issue of sitting in cage, getting knocked out, and all that stuff.

Our vet said that trying it on a dog will cause gangrene.

For some reason, the farm animals seem to handle things better than we humans do.

Not so good for humans

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I saw my doctor for a testicle-related problem several years back and we had a discussion about this very topic. This was long before I told him I was transgender.

He said that banding a human, or doing something equivalent that would lead to loss of blood to the scrotum, could cause some serious side-effects including extreme pain and gangrene. It made me be extra careful down there.

As the human removal procedure is fairly straightforward in any case, one shouldn't have to resort to such crude methods.

Penny

Crutching

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When I was a kid (baaah) I went to the farm of a friend's uncle for a visit. That day he was busily crutching lambs. Each one took about 30 seconds with a very sharp knife and a swab of disinfectant afterwards. His dogs were hanging about eagerly, tails all awag, as he threw the little balls in the air and they caught and ate them before they hit the ground!

Laika!! You're dreadful! Unmanned!!!

Joanne

Crutches Hell!

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Humans would need a wheel chair and a week of bedrest after that, especially after the doggies ate them!
Loraina Bobbit was a visionary but she really should have swung by the pound afterwards ;-)

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