Yesterday was Day 30 of the deconditioning break. I’ve done nothing other than a few edging sessions.
After a couple of weeks my shaft became very loose and stretchy; I don’t recall it ever feeling that way before. The aggravated sensitivity of my glans faded. The formerly-scarred areas didn’t try to harden back up. I did keep applying the Glop regularly, though. Night and morning wood were the same as while doing PE; night wood 5-6 times a week, morning wood 4-5 times a week. Considering my age, not bad. Flaccid length stayed good during the decon; no turtling. I was very happy about that.
This morning I got the Froehle ‘anatomical’ tube out, lubed with coconut oil instead of my usual water based lube, and left the pump set to 2.5” Hg, which is what I’ve been using on my balls for the last month. I had previously been pumping at 4.5”, the max the little pump would do, but I figured I’d restart easy and work back up. I punched the button for 15 minutes, seated the tube, and put the Red Light Therapy lamp to shine on the top part of my shaft.
The coconut oil worked great. It’s probably going to be my go-to lube in the future. After more than two years of a heavy pumping schedule, I’d missed the feeling of being in the tube.
I definitely felt a stretch, where I’d been so used to it before I barely noticed. More for girth than length, pretty much the entire forward third of my shaft felt it. At ten minutes it started feeling slightly uncomfortable, with discomfort slowly increasing as I approached the end of the 15-minute cycle. I was about ready to reach over and punch the Off button when the timer ran out. I guess there was some shrinkage in that area during the decon. I had been developing a baseball bat shape, which slowly went away during the decon cycle. I don’t know if it was non-cemented girth or if it was just swelling, aggravated by my heavy PE routines. I’m not particularly worried about it. There was no sign of the old “wedding band” internal scar when I exited the tube, and no edema.
At 4.5”Hg for 30 minutes the corona of my glans was just past the corona molded into the tube. This time, 2.5” at 15 minutes, it was about 3/4” short of that. I didn’t do a BPFSL measurement beforehand, but when grabbing the glans and pulling, I don’t feel like I lost any flaccid length. I’ll do another measurement today, and get back on the skin stretching exercises for the shaft. *Someday) I’ll be able to get a proper BPEL measurement.
The big win here is the glans not being so sensitive; taping is now on the table. I was able to get up to 4 pounds of tension when vacuum hanging - and it took a year and a half to get there - but more than that would always raise a blister. Though I might ought to see if it can tolerate more weight now that it has had a break. Decisions, decisions…