Alexeris Starting PE

Hi everyone. I just wanted to introduce myself and say thanks for this great forum.

I’ve been aware of PE for at least 20 years, since I was pretty young. I actually bought a pump from the Newart website many years ago and used it some, but never in a consistent manner. I would always get a huge doughnut. I eventually gave up and kind of decided PE was more of a fetish than a reality.

Anyway, over the past few weeks, I started thinking about PE again and found Thunder’s Place. After reading the testimonials and some of the theories of how PE works, I decided it did seem to be possible. I started the Newbie routine about 3 weeks ago.

So far, I haven’t had any definite gains in BPEL or EG, but something did happen that blew my mind. I had checked flaccid stretched length before starting. It was slightly over 6”. After doing manual stretches and jelqing for about 2 weeks, I decided to measure the stretched length again. When I measured it was 6.75 inches! I did it right after a stretching session so probably not “permanent.” Still this was shocking to me. I measured again a few days later and got 7” FSL. Hopefully this is a harbinger of gains in BPEL that will come soon.

The increases in stretched length gave me a lot of optimism, which may have been a double-edged sword. I think I started overdoing things and got a minor injury.

A few days ago, I noticed some pain in the top of my penis when stretching. When I investigated a bit more, I noticed a small “bump” maybe 1-2 mm in diameter. It was under the skin on the top of my penis in the area of the sulcus between the glans and the shaft. I don’t see any definite thrombosed veins or “cords” under the skin. At first it was pretty tender. Not entirely sure but I think it’s a small lymphocele.

I stopped all PE and the bump seems to be getting better. It’s no longer tender and also seems a bit smaller and softer.

Now I’m trying to figure out what caused this and how to prevent it from happening again. Here are my theories:
1. I started doing a one minute stretch every time I pee’d followed by some flaccid jelq’s I was doing this with no warm up. I started this maybe 3 days before I noticed the bump. Maybe stretching with no warm up was a bad idea.
2. I built up my stretch time from 30 sec to 1 minute over about 2 weeks. I usually grip just behind the glans. I had noticed with the longer stretch times that there would be some swelling/puffiness around the urethral opening and some discoloration of the tip of the glans. I did some massaging of the glans after each stretch and this would get better. Maybe the grip and length of the stretch caused the problem.
3. I started jelqing for 5 minutes and built up to 20 minutes. Usually 18-22 strokes per minute. Not sure if jelqing contributed to the problem. My intuition is that it was a combination of 1 and 2 above.

I hope to get back to PE in a few days. I’m going to wait for this bump to resolve first.

Does anyone have advice or feedback on what I may have done wrong?

Thanks
Alex

Welcome to Thunders and happy gaining!!

My guess is your jelq speed and likely grip caused the issues you saw. Ease up. 22 jelqs a minute needs a lighter grip or you’ll get a friction or force issue with surface blood vessels.

Please stay with 10 minutes of jelqing. You are scaling your durations up way too quickly.

You can apply some good oil to it like castor oil.

Whatever you did it was too intense for the time being.

I would wait a bit longer and only ramp up intensity slowly and avoid that spot for some time. You dont want to create a weak spot the flares up everytime.

Warm up and easing into any exercise is always good PE. I do fairly heavy stuff but always start with very light jelqs and heat to prime the tissue.