Buckfever's Post Collagen Remodeling Theory with Heat

7/26/2022

79% @32.5 minutes
5 minutes manual stretching
21 minutes VED @ 4hg

More problems today. I did wash with a wash cloth, but I noticed when working the extender that the skin on the glans was so slippery that I could not get a hold of it. Afterwards I washed the noose well with soap and water and for tomorrows session I’m going to shower and lather up real good so that the skin is sticky so that I can assess what is going on.

I know for sure that I lost a good bit of muscle with Covid so I’m wondering if I’m still just recovering from that impact.

VED is going great, more length was gained in the tube and it is tolerated well. The top of the base does show considerable blanching at the end of the session, which makes me think that a 2-1/8” tube will probably need to be acquired, but overall this tube is working out well for now.

7/27/2022

79%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
50 minutes turn off heat
55 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

24 minutes VED @ 4hg

So everything went pretty well today, I think I’ve just lost ground. Never a good time to get Covid but I guess it was inevitable.

Just because it’s the Trendy New Thing doesn’t mean you have to follow along, you know.

Like my mother used to say, “If everyone else was jumping off a cliff, would you jump too?”

7/28/2022

93%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
52.5 minutes turn off heat
56.25 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

This went much better. Backing off the tension yesterday and getting the duration seems to always be the key to regroup and regain momentum. Hopefully no more setbacks and we can get this wrapped up in the next month.

7/29/2022

93%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
54 minutes turn off heat
58 minutes remove pad / end session

25 minutes VED @ 4hg

Things seem to be back on track.

Had a pretty good week here. But looking at the log, a short vacation and then contracting Covid and I lost a month. A 5 month campaign for 5-6 mm and then a hiccup and now it’s a 7.5 month campaign. Is it any wonder that most fall off?

Sorry to read about the COVID Buck, hope that you are on the mend and off to a date night in the near future my friend.

7/31/2022

100%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
53 minutes turn off heat
56.5 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

This went well. I just need to have the discipline to back off the tension tomorrow and then the rest of the week should go well.

8/1/2022

107%!!!

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
40 minutes add 7%
54 minutes turn off heat
57 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

This went unexpectedly great. The second day after a day off I usually have to back off the tension but not today. Could be the unexpected intimacy yesterday helped the glans condition? Also I did not use the VED since Friday? In any event glad to see the Max tension achieved and we’ll see how it goes from here.

8/2/2022

100%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
42 minutes remove device
10 minutes manual stretching during cooldown
52 minutes end session

27 minutes VED @ 4hg

8/3/2022

86%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
53.5 minutes turn off heat
57 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

28 minutes VED @ 4hg

So today exerted some discipline and backed the tension off to 86 half turns to ensure that we got the duration. This should set us up for success for the rest of the week. Tension at end wasn’t bad. Forming a donut now with the increased duration on the pump. I want to see how this resolves today, was only going to take it to 30 minutes, will see about backing off depending on how it goes. I really don’t like seeing the edema.

8/4/2022

07%!!!

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
40 minutes add 7%
54 minutes turn off heat
57 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

We were able to get to max tension again so a good sign. Trending higher highs and higher lows in terms of the tension or half turns. Goal is to solidify the progression next week and then take 3 weeks to consolidate before going to maintenance. Not sure what I’m doing with the pumping regimen. I don’t like the edema at all so for sure so that needs a more conservative approach.

I’ve been pumping for a couple of years now, on a pretty heavy schedule. I use a 30 minute timer, close enough to the 27 and 28 minutes you mentioned above. I don’t get any edema at 30 minutes pumping cold. With the RLT light, I get slight edema, even though it’s just barely warm. With the heating pad wrapped around the tube, I’ll get a moderate-size donut. I’m pumping at 4”, which is all my little electric pump can do.

If you’re getting a donut at 28 minutes, with heat, at 4”Hg, I’d consider that normal.

I generally use the Red Light Therapy light twice a day; once on top side, once on the bottom. Every couple of months I’ll try the heating pad to see if I still get a big donut. I still get it almost every time. Lots of stretch though.

I’m not using heat during the pump but right before during the extending. It’s weird because I was getting nothing and then all of a sudden. I think that is was the time off and then going right back to the duration I was up to before that was the mistake. Probably just need to back off and then ramp up slowly again.

8/5/2022

107% again!!!

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
5 minutes add 8%
7.5 minutes add high heat TherMedic pad.
7.5 minutes add 8%
10 minutes add 7%
12.5 minutes add 7%
15 minutes add 7%
17.5 minutes add 7%
20 minutes add 7%
22.5 minutes add 7%
25 minutes add 7%
27.5 minutes add 7%
30 minutes add 7%
32.5 minutes add 7%
35 minutes add 7%
37.5 minutes add 7%
40 minutes add 7%
42 minutes low heat
50 minutes turn off heat
56 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

Another great session. Ended in a good forward position in the cradle and the glans condition was excellent at the end. Heat tolerance was attenuated but not bad. Looking at 4 more weeks to consolidate this and then go to maintenance. Still need to get the picture for any future effort for definitive comparison of progress. I’m still undecided if I go again, but for sure I am in the long deload camp. I will still explore the VED but I’m unsure about a long run effort there as I dislike any edema, so it would have to occur below that threshold. Hopefully nothing sets me back and we wrap this campaign up soon.