Change in Size

[Dudewithboobs]

No intention to be TMI, but curious if a shift in size has been documented as an ongoing issue with hormonal imbalance? Function is fine, but an imbalance is still present based on other things I’ve been noticing being more frequent. 

Without being tmi I have always been 6.25. Last year things seemed different and out of random curiosity measured things and noticed it was just under 5.5. Didn’t think much of it and felt it was some normal fluctuation of things. And for a couple weeks consistently measured that. I had read so many things after it that it can’t shrink, that it can, it isn’t permanent, it can be, it seems the argument is neither confirmed or confident from one or the other. 
I had a large dip in hormones last year and felt that was the culprit. 

A month or so ago I  touched things looked shorter again. I measured again. Just shy over 4 5/8. Measuring consistently since then and it’s measuring the same spot 9/10x

Wife and I were intimate last night and trying to engage in the act of things and it was an honest struggle to even get in. It was incredibly discouraging. 

I’m not sure if this is a real thing or long term temporary concern. But it’s been about a year since I noticed things at first. And it’s only gotten worse and unsure if anyone else has had experience in this area and if it has gotten better. 

[WPW717]

I was average size as a youth, as an older adult not too much change.
Once the hormonal changes started with this MEN Syndrome… shrinkage!
Then with the bilateral orchiectomy I have gotten to pre puberty levels. Microscope & tweezers anybody!
It will not get better for me. The real story I have observed is the relationship with the testosterone levels and size. When I was roller coastering for a period of time I could notice the changes. The spikes and the nocturnal woodies would enhance to near normal. Then fade as T levels dropped to 6-12.

It was easily viewed relationship as we were drawing frequent blood levels for every thing on the HPA-G axis.

YMMV

[Dudewithboobs]

I notice that as well with the hormonal fluctuation. However it’s more of a just reaction to excitement with the wife rather than morning stuff and random happenings. It’s been quite some time since I’ve woke up with something happening or had a random sense of excitement brewing. 

Always fascinated with the body and things that occur. MEN syndrome almost sounds made up till I googled it lol hope everything is going well. Unsure if the orchi was a result of it but hope it hasn’t been too much of a problem with self and your significant other if one is present. I know it’s always for better or worse but when things like this happen you hope they stick by on the worse side of the deal lol. 

It will be interesting to see if things worsen or if size is regained. Be nice to get back to where things were 

[WPW717]

All going well, I am 75 & been married 40 years. Lots of water under the bridge. 
The orchiectomy was due to the syndrome.

Intimacy is the most important 
remnant of wild youthful exuberant sexuality we shared. Dang, we both had libidos that took control often.
Age can be a cruel mistress but we manage joyful moments still .

[42CSurprise!]

This has been spoken about before within a conversation on breast development.  I've said before that my libido has disappeared and my joystick has lost not only its verve but its mass.  I'm mindful, of course, that the feminine version of a penis is a clitoris and that organ is very small.  My breasts are quite well developed, filling the C cups of my brassiere, but I'm no longer filling the front of my boxers with much of anything.  It seems to be a package deal... trading testosterone for estrogen will do that to one's body... as the old TV commercial said, it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.  I trust that feminizing my body was always part of the plan and I have no intention to resist.  I may or may not wear a brassiere and I doubt I'll ever opt for panties, but I certainly won't reject THIS body that continues to carry me through life.

[Dudewithboobs]

That’s a great way to look at things 42. I have tried natural ways to balance my T and tried medication for a month but hated it. Switched diet and other things to be more hormone balance driven and still nothing. I’d like to get my pituitary or thyroid looked at next time I have my annual physical in a month if I’m able to, to see if there’s a cause or concern why my hormones won’t balance. My chest feels like it’s on fire this week and below not so much. And when this happens it’s fearful of a spurt occurring and estrogen being much more dominant for a bit than usual making other things go haywire. If it wasn’t for the wife factor I wouldn’t mind so much. Ive come to enjoy the low libido personally but my wife does not lol. And while other things seem to work fine the reality of other things is kind of disheartening. 

[42CSurprise!]

I appreciate that this journey becomes much more challenging when one is in a relationship and enjoying intimate pleasures.  We've heard from a number of men navigating this territory and clearly it becomes easier when one's partner is accepting of the physical changes happening.  Every relationship is unique and two people sharing a life inevitably have to negotiate differences as they arise.  Since I've lived alone for many years the changes in my body have only posed  problems between my ears... most of which have been resolved through my involvement on this website.  Acceptance is the key.  From that place I'm free too live this adventure one day at a time.  At the moment I'm wearing a brassiere that does wonderful things with my breasts.  I've shared photos of the brassiere before, as I'm inclined to do... that is the showoff in me.  But I have errands to run and will spend some time with a banker this morning... I think I'll forego wearing a brassiere for that meeting.

I wish you well Dude.  I think about Sophie who married as a man and though he is now a woman, is still married to the same woman.  That sounds like a faerie tale but it is true.  I know that path is not on the agenda of men here, at least most men, but it is heartening to know two people who love one another can find a way to make life work for them. Finding creative ways to enjoy sexual intimacy may be a bit frightening at first, but where there is a will... there is a way...  

[WPW717]

All this gives gravity to the axiom ‘ It is what it is’. 

The work to find new ways to enjoy and satisfy a partner’s needs & wants is minimal in a strong relationship.
I say this because it has been our path.  For us it was not frightening, but then the future became obvious early on. 

Our journey is unique , as are others, in that we understood the medical issues were profound long before the doctors and the diagnosis was made.

I pray & hope others will understand that the path they are on get the clarity they need to be accepting and happy.
Stay strong, all.

[oldguy]

All going well, I am 75 & been married 40 years. Lots of water under the bridge.
The orchiectomy was due to the syndrome.

Intimacy is the most important
remnant of wild youthful exuberant sexuality we shared. Dang, we both had libidos that took control often.
Age can be a cruel mistress but we manage joyful moments still .

I hear you.  No surgery, so still active.  I get this will change at some time.  Steady at 17 and married at 21.  Still the love of my life.  Sometimes, we get lucky.

[Johndoe1]

For me, I have never been well endowed below, just above. And as time has marched on, and things increased up top, below has slowly receded. Cause and effect of a life time of elevated estrogen. 

[WPW717]

Oldguy, Sometimes you get lucky and find a great partner or sometimes God smiles on you and gives you a gift.

[42CSurprise!]

My FOURTH former wife called last night and asked if I'd be willing to spend time with her to write eulogies for ourselves to be read by the one who survives.  I mention that simply to say she and I have a very intimate relationship though we have not had a sexual relationship for decades.  I read this thread and feel a great deal of sadness simply because the sexual trauma I experienced as a boy really messed with my sexuality.  It has always been feast or famine and the famine was always associated with fear of intimacy... a remarkable thing to understand when one has been married four times.  I always longed for intimacy and seducing women was about as close as I could get.  When that stage of the relationship was over, so was my ardor.  I wish I'd had the capacity to work through these end of life issues of physical intimacy with a partner but that was not to happen in this lifetime.  But emotional intimacy seems to have come at last.  My fourth wife knows all about my confusing sexual journey, including the fact I've at times turned to crossdressing.  I've mentioned gynecomastia within the last few years and she is doubtless aware of how my breasts have grown.  But I don't share my participation on this website, or my adventures with brassieres like the one I'm wearing at the moment.  I believe I've worn an unlined bralette I occasionally sleep with on one occasion... never an underwire brassiere.  So we love one another probably to the end of our lives, but the rest is ancient history.  I'm so happy that those of you who are in relationships are finding ways to share intimacy with your partners.  Diminished libido and atrophying genitals are not a problem.  Meanwhile I WILL enjoy my breasts.