Only 1 ball of mine dropped and somehow medical professionals and my parents never caught it or maybe cared enough to “fix” the other one so it just atrophied in the inguinal canal. DESPITE this I still masculinized like normal and I’m mad abt it. Not that I’m sad about being trans I’m very proud and getting happier as time goes on about it but it’s still a shame, could’ve been a luckshit
I might be intersex but i got a job so i cant worry abt that right now. Any other failed half-eunuchs out there?
well you know my parents didn’t catch it either, and in their defense (hate saying that), inspecting your child’s genitals post-puberty is a bit odd.
Also, I’m in the same boat as you with the cryptorchidism but I’m reserving my intersex judgements until I’m able to get a karyotyping done. Reason why is the cryptorchism isn’t the intersex, it’s just an indicator of de la chapelle syndrome which is the intersex.
Not accusing you of lacking medical diagnosis, just recounting my interior mechanism.
Would seeing a urologist be a proper diagnosis? I’ll be honest I’m too afraid to talk to doctors so I spend much of my thought towards cultivating my body in ways that don’t require their consultation.
Also not to say noticing the cryptorchism hasn’t massively influenced how I conceive of myself in my head. the second paragraph here is more or less just the little prayer I say to tamp down on being too hasty with sharing the hypothesis with others, even though the thought itself is basically true in my head.
Most drop during infancy actually, at least that’s what my sleep deprived self is understanding.
I could see a urologist, I have a bajillion things wrong with my body (autoimmune, allergies) and small abnormalities (growing hypermelanation, cryptorchidism), so it’s low on my list of priorities. What I’d LOVE is if I could get a gene test, because all of these things, including my autism, could at least have a source in something concrete.
Even if I’m not intersex, maybe it caused a hormone disorder that influenced my gender? Idk, nice to know I’m not the only one on this small board and I’m sure it’s quite common in trans populations compared to cis ones