Buckfever's "It's The Final Countdown" Journal

12/20/2023

120 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
36 Low heat
53.5 turn off heat
60 end session

So we regained the lost ground. Going to take this to 132 half turns so if no more hiccups, then 3-4 weeks to go.

12/21/2023

120 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
36 Low heat
54 turn off heat
60 end session

2 days in a row at 120, making progress!

12/22/2023

132 @ 55.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
34 Low heat
49.5 remove start manual stretching
55.5 end session

Maxed out on tension today. There was slippage at 49.5 minutes so almost there. Might lose some ground here as I have company coming for the holiday, but we are getting close. That said a small break here will help the attachment tissues heal up for the final push.

60 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
34 Low heat
54 heat off
60 end session

Light session to get it going again.

12/27/2023

96 half turns @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
36 Low heat
54.5 Turn off heat
60 end session

Some pinching of the tissues at the attachement so stopped the tension increases at 96. So far so good!

12/28/2023

108 @ 61 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
36 Low heat
57 remove heat pad
61 end session

12/29/2023

120 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
34 Low heat
55 turn off heat
60 end session

It’s going good.

12/30/23

132 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
34 Low heat
54 Heat off
60 end session

So the second time at 132 half turns which is the max length we can back out the tension screws. This time we made it to full duration. We just need to get the accommodation, at this tension level and we are done with this campaign. Probably a couple weeks to go.

Almost there!

12/31/2023

132 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
30 add 12
32.5 add 12
34 Low heat
55 Heat off
60 end session

Two days in a row with 132 half turns for the duration. The terminal perceived tension was lower for sure so that is progress. However, the attachment tissues are getting beat up so I need a day off.

Progress continues.

This past year my physical condition has deteriorated because very simply I’ve been working too much. I had a meeting about this on 11/30 so the team is aware that I’m going to be backing off, but I’ll be pushed. Too much of too many peoples livelihoods rely on me and well that’s jut too bad when it affect my health. Only working 3 days next week and am off for 2 days in a row here so we’re going to get a jump start on this starting in about an hour.

It’s kind of an overall theme. As I’m finishing up this campaign the PE component is shifting to a mindset of maintenance of penile health and enhancement of EQ against the ravages of time.

I definitely don’t need more size as the gagging and being pushed back because the depth is too painful is all too common.

This dovetails nicely towards a shifting focus towards overall health and appearance. I am not happy with the appearance of my physique and that changes now!

I just sort of… lost momentum over about ten years. Arthritis advanced to the point I sold my motorcycle because it sucked to ride. My workdays got shorter and shorter because I couldn’t stay on my feet, until finally I shut my business down. I wound up retiring a lot earlier than I expected, because I wasn’t mobile enough to do much of anything.

The majority of it turned out fo be various food allergies. I’d been on meds to deal with that for most of my life; those meds, in turn, had their own side effects. It was a nasty positive-feedback cycle. Memento persuaded me to try keto. That got me out of the loop, and far enough ahead I could start exercising a doing mobility work.

The point of the rambling is that this shit will creep up on you bit by bit. You’ll be dealing successfully with each day’s requirements, and then something trivial will come up and you just don’t have any gas in the tank to deal with anything extra, no matter how small.

A friend of mine got off work one day, drove home, and couldn’t make it up the steps to his house. He didn’t feel bad, he was just "out of go." After a while he had rested enough to crawl up the steps. He called his doctor’s office the next morning after telling his employer he’d be off for a few days. He never made it back; it turned out he had Stage 3 lung cancer. He had never felt weak or short of breath, until one day he needed a little extra oomph and it wasn’t there.

Overwork isn’t lung cancer, but it can still be debilitating. And long-term debilitation can take a long time to recover from. Don’t be That Guy.

1/2/2024

96 half turns @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12 half turns
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
34 Low heat
53.5 Turn off heat
60 end session

Blood blister formed on glans after last session, so 2 consecutive days of 132 half turns was too much. The goal for this week is to just progress a bit better than the last 2 weeks and that is all. We are very close to getting this done, no reason to push it and have a set back.

Came into the office and blocked off a half day every three weeks. 17 afternoons off for the year. 17 additional work outs for the year. We’ll start with that.

I’ve always been a proponent of ‘paying my future self first.’

This used to mean my first move with each paycheck was pouring savings into my retirement and investment accounts, but as I’ve gotten older it more and more means time off from work, during which I’m totally unavailable for anything except the most dire emergency. I see this as paying my future self in health, wellbeing, and both personal and professional longevity.

Being in a position of leadership at work can make this hard at first, but it doesn’t take long for everyone to know this is how it is and to plan around it.

Congrats on doing some of that for yourself, too.

It’s interesting, the changes to my schedule we noticed immediately and were just as quickly accepted. I’m sure there will be some push back at some point but it will be okay. I appreciate your perspective.

1/3/2023

Did not sleep well. At 25 minutes I did not like how things felt so I shut it down. If necessary we’ll take tomorrow off too.