Just got testosterone test results back; I'm just below the minimum normal range for men. It appears that, while the burdizzo didn't entirely kill my balls, it certainly impaired their functionality. That's fine; that's a comfortable level for me, but it means that, from a hormonal perspective, I can't entirely be considered male any more.

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Update on this one; saw a nature show the other day about reindeer and how some tribal herders geld them by biting their scrotums, thus breaking their fairly brittle sperm ducts. Was interested to note that the herders claimed that if the testicles were completely removed with modern equipment, the reindeer would get listless and lose all motivation to do anything, which I've heard of as a side effect of too little testosterone in human men, but if they did the biting method, they'd still have just enough T to stay focused and motivated to help other reindeer. Realized that a burdizzo is just a tool to replace the biting bit, as that's more or less how my castration worked.