Eroset,
Here’s a weird update; woke up this morning with the problem about 97% gone!
I assumed that it was a blockage that cleared. I don’t know if it was an actual object in the lymph vessel or some damage to the lymph vessel resulting in constriction and congestion of lymph.
I think it was the latter, because of how it REAPPEARED!
Since it was gone, I thought that the low vacuum approach had been what had helped.
So naturally I did my 2 in hg for 3 sets of 5 minutes again. It became slightly congested again, but really, minor.
So, trying to get back into my routine that was working so well, I finish the 15 minutes with a wide cock ring type constriction (1/2 in wide velcro strap) to keep max engorgement, then into the shower for a cold rinse to bring down the tissue temperature (kept elevated during vacuum with IR) in the expanded state. I was using the clamp and neoprene strip, for 5 minutes under the IR then into the cold shower. By the way, this works really good!
So far, so good. I then follow with a thera-p wrap tightly around the base, and 1-2 pe wts (Monty’s) worn the rest of the day.
About an hour after the wraps and wt, I checked and the lymph vessel was swollen and hard again.
This makes sense, because I think this is what went wrong the first time. I was using a vacuum hanger to hold on 4 pe wts for about 6 hours. It seemed to really draw a lot of lymph to the glans, and I think that is what inflammed the lymph vessel.
Even though I didn’t use my vacuum hanger, I tend to get some lymph congestion when I wrap the thera-p band tightly around the base. I think this caused the congestion to re-appear.
Later today, I used the vacuum again at 2 in hg and followed with EVO and massage and that made the vessel go down about 80% again.
As of right now it is again about 90% better.
Conclusions;
(I will continue with the vacuum, heat and cold routine, but skip the ADS and thera-p wrap for several more weeks to let the vessel heal completely.)
1 Don’t keep lymph vessels engorged for any long period of time.
2 Mild vacuum MAY help pump lymph vessels (for short periods of time).
3 EVO and castor oil have healing properties,and are certainly worth applying while trying to heal blood vessels and lymph vessels.