I had my Apadravya for a week or so, but the jewelry was too short, while trying to switch the jewelry, I lost the piercing in the urethra. Although I didn't have it for long, it was still a bothering loss.
At A Glance Author kyo Contact kyo@bme.anon IAM kyo When A week ago
A few weeks later I tried it again, but it failed. So I changed my plans: Do a PA, then move on to an Apadravya. It sounded like a good plan, but didn't turn out that way.
I know what I've done is not the best thing to do... yet I cannot change the past. This should only be read for the information. Please don't do this at home... you might not be as lucky as I am! I also have a lot of research and several tricks up my sleeve that, I think, helps me to stay on the safe side of DIY.
I did the PA old school technique since I had done such a piercing before, and I was more comfortable to do it that way. I cleaned a work station, put some Emla, washed my hands, prepped the supply, washed my hands again, re-gloved, and moved on with the Prince Albert.
I put the Angiocath needle on my urethra, pressed down, line it up on the left side of my frenum, since my 4ga PA is on the right, and proceeded. It first pinched a bit, but nothing major. I was moving inward, thinking I was moving fast, when I realized I was barely moving, it was my gloves that were sliding down on the lubed needle... I repositioned my hand, and pushed from the hub attachment so I wouldn't slide down at all. Slowly the needle started to show up in the receiving tube. I took a deep breath, and finished it off. I took the core out right away so I wouldn't do a needle stick. Although it's my own contamination, I'd rather not have an unnecessary injury. I put the PTFE barbell in the Angiocath, and pulled the plastic sleeve out. And like snow in the spring, it started to drip... yet it was blood. So I took the gauze I had prepared for this, and compressed it to slow the bleeding. It took about half an hour. I cleaned my work station, had a shower, and went to bed. Overnight I bled more than I expected! I stained my sheets badly... I was really not expecting this after my previous PA experience, or my Apadravya experience. Yet I had to get new sheets.
The healing went perfectly, and I didn't have any problem beside having the PTFE jewelry wrapping and twirling around the 4ga barbell... I kept it this way for a month or so, giving it plenty of time to heal.
I finally decided to move on with my PA conversion. So I prepped a work station, got everything ready. I took the core of the Angiocath needle out, lube the sleeve, slide it in the PA, and then inserted the core. This way I wouldn't pierce or injure what was already healed. It was quite tricky to slide the core and lock it in place since they were not perfectly lining up, yet I twisted the plastic sleeve so the notch meet and it locks. I slowly pushed, and about half way in, it didn't feel right. I had 2 choices, keep going on and ignore what my body was trying to tell me, or back up, and deal with the blood. I couldn't take the chance, so I backed up. It wasn't something I was daring to do. I'm glad I did back up, since I'm not sure what could have happened.
I'm sad I backed up before it was over, yet I wasn't half way in, and I could have done more damage than I can deal with. I didn't reinsert my PA since I'm thinking about going pro, I do have walls to get over before I can manage it, yet I know it will happen some day.
Once the needle was out, it started to bleed, quite a lot compared to my previous attempts. I took out the gauzes, and waited, but the gauzes started to be overloaded with blood, so I took some more out, and some tissue paper over it, and slowly the bleeding slowed down. I can say, I started to be worried... but yet it wasn't gushing blood, there was no blood coming out of my urethra, and I didn't felt light head or anything. I stayed sat for an extra half hour, just to ensure it wouldn't start again. I made a bandage with a latex glove, cleaned the room, and went for a shower. There was no subsequent bleeding afterward, and the pain dissipated overnight. I didn't bleed overnight like I did with my PA, even though I was really expecting such a thing. I finally hanged my sheets the next morning.
I'm deceived I failed, yet I think that it's better this way. I rather stay on the safe side than try something stupid, and get a problem for the sake of jewelry. I've learned a lot about me in this experience, and surely I will put my knowledge in good use in the future.