Several questions:
Did your Doctor SURMISE that it was a herpes outbreak, or did he actually take samples for lab testing?
Because unless he took samples, he can only surmise that it’s actually herpes. With the all the strange things we’re doing to our wankers, I don’t think there’s do many people outside of this circle that has seen some of the more intense injuries that can be caused.
Are your lymph nodes in the groin region swollen and or tender? And even then, an injury of this magnitude could cause them to become tender simply due to the normal processes of healing.
How long has this “outbreak” lasted? And what if anything is it responding to? I wouldn’t be so quick to rule it herpes, and without a lab test on fluid from the area you’ll never know for certain.
Let me tell you about my recent injury that I’ve been keeping to myself:
For the last year I’ve been a pretty aggressive pumper and clamper.Never had too much of a problem with it.
Although most of the time I did exceed most recommendations and pump upwards of 8hg, sometimes more.
I almost always pumped with warm water and sometimes I used a piece of spongey foam and velcro as a stayer while in the tube. So what I was doing was doing was essentially clamping while water pumping. I was also aggressively clamping with a cable clamp as well.
A little crazy? Yes I know, but I was getting great results. Using the stayer device while in the tube seemed to produce a lengthening effect as well as the normal girth benefits that pumping produces. I had been doing things this way for more than 6 months with little ill effect other than the occasional diminished erection quality due to fatigue. Nothing a little V didn’t take care of if I absolutely had to perform that evening. Otherwise normal quality always returned in less than 24 hours.
Well about 3 weeks ago I was doing some serious water pumping. My gauge is getting damaged from all the water and I know I exceeded my normal pumping vac. I did achieve a plumpness that lasted several days from it though, but again erection quality declined during that period. Then two days later I had decided to lay of the pump for a while and clamp more aggressively instead.
So I’m sitting there with the clamp on and I’m getting some tremendous girth and stiffness from itwhen i begin to notice a few small red dots on the right side of my shaft. So I figured enough is enough and decide to take the clamp off. Well by the time I removed the clamp, which was no more than a simple click, I had developed a huge blotchy red patch work down the entire right side of my shaft. It extended from the base all the way to the glands. Numerous red spots of various sizes were also all over the blotchiness and the left side of my shaft as well. I think I had a blow out.
Let me tell you, this stuff looked absolutely nasty. I got real depressed real fast and I was starting to worry about if I was going to have permanent scarring. I soaked it in warm water for a few minutes and that seemd to increase the injury. So then I went and got some ice. It’s amazing what you can tolerate when you’re worried about losing a life long buddy.
The ice seemed to help a lot. When I couldn’t tolerate it any more I dried things off and then put vast amounts of Neosporin ointment all over my dick. With in a couple of hours things began to calm down a lot. I actually ended up having sex with the wife later that night although things weren’t completely gone away. She didn’t notice anything because the lights were off. It took about 48 hours for things to completely go away. I had run out of Neosporin (triple antibiotic creme) and used the only other thing I could find. Which was A&D ointment. A&D is most well known for treating diaper rash in children. It worked better than the Neosporin did.
The whole point of my story is that this injury looked absolutely nasty. If I had seen this on some one else’s dick, my response would have been; Wow, nasty case of herpes dude. Because that’s what it looked like to me also. But I have no history of ever having herpes. I’ve also never heard of a herpes outbreak going away in less than 48 hours by using topical creme. Actually I’ve heard you’re not suppose to use this type of stuff on outbreaks. But I was freaking out big time.
I laid off of all PE for about a week and a half. Then I picked up the pump again tried a little 2 to 4 hg pumping.
Wham! with in 30 seconds of being in that tube, it happened all over again. Except that the blotchiness took on a different appearance and I was able to get rid of it in less than 24 hours this time. This doesn’t sound like herpes to me. But it does look like it to a degree.
Well now I’m paranoid to do any PE at all. I tried to do some light PE a few times.Every time I do I can see the red dots start to form again and I give it up before I have another blowout. This sucks big time. I was starting to finally break the plato I had been on when all of this happened. So now I’m on an extended break of undetermined length. I still tug and jelg lightly though.
Since this occurred I’ve noticed that I’ve developed a lot of very tiny blood vessels a long the shaft that are very close to the surface. So close that I can see them. I’m wondering if the pumping and clamping led to their being so close to the surface, or exactly what’s going on. Everything still works. I have to scarring or discoloration going on. I just can’t get back to my favorite 2 PE pastimes as it is right now. Don’t know if I’ll ever be able to or if my PE career is over for good.
What I wanted to impress upon you, is that I’m not entirely convinced what’s going on with you is actually herpes. Mainly because I don’t think what’s going on with me is either. But if anyone else had seen this stuff they would have thought it was herpes. I think we’re pioneers here in some respects. So we get to take the good with the bad and learn from experience. That’s the whole point of THUNDERS in the first place - collective experience. Well that’s been mine. I’m interested in hearing about others. As good and well intentioned as the Doctors out there are. There’s no one out there that really has all that much experience with PE. Even if there was, they couldn’t possibly have seen it all - the good, the bad, and all the ugly.
Keep us informed of how it’s going. I’m also curious to hear DETAILS (signs, symptoms, duration, etc.) of experiences from those who HAVE had herpes outbreaks as a result of PE’ing. I think it would be a benefit to some people.
-RC
