One week later...
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When A week ago Artist Mike at Shrap Metal in Colorado Springs Studio Shrap Metal Location Colorado Springs, Colorado OK, it's been a week now and I'm doing ok. I'll try to give the day by day account as well as I can remember.
Day1 – I wrote about day one previously. It included getting the actual piercing done and a few hours afterwards. The rest of the day was fairly uneventful until I got my first minor hard on. Women may think us nuts but it doesn't take much for a guy to get excited. My piercing was only 4-5 hours old and I had absolutely no pain. At the time I was thinking this would be a walk in the park. I had no pain, no swelling, no problems and it was brand new. Then my wife came home and immediately asked to see it. I went into the bedroom and pulled out Mr. Winky so my wife could check out the handy work. Needless to say this got my blood flowing a bit and Mr. Winky decided it was time to get up. This was a unique feeling. While my dick rose, I could feel the bar applying pressure to the inside of my shaft. It wasn't really painful but it was very strange. I was scared to get a full blown woody so I immediately put Mr. Winky back in my pants and tried to walk it off, which I did successfully. I had escaped without much irritation or problems. That was going to change soon...
Day2 – I was really amazing myself with my ability to heal at this point, a whole friggin day later, and I thought this was no big deal. I still had no pain and I hadn't even bled a drop. I went thru the normal routine of washing with anti-bacterial soap and using saline to clean around the piercing holes. Things were good. It was the weekend so I didn't really have to concern myself with doing anything but lying around, which I did. Nothing eventful occurred that day and I experienced no problems, except for one. Word to the wise... If you have children and a fresh genital piercing of any kind, watch yourself around them. My daughter likes to jump on me and do normal kids stuff like that but she accidentally made slight contact, thru my pants of course, and I nearly flipped out. I can say that it wasn't as non-tender as it had been the day before. Or, I hadn't experienced even the slightest impact until then, which really woke me up...
Day3 – It was Sunday. The day went ok, but that night I experienced a full blown hard on while cuddling next to my wife at bedtime. In reality, the hard-on wasn't that bad. I mean I felt the same pressure, slightly enhanced, and when it got really super-hard there was a little pain. Now I was sure that sex was out of the question and I figured the pain would eventually make it go away. I was wrong. I don't know if I am some sort of sato-masochist or something but the pain or excitement or whatever kept me hard for a while to the point I needed to release to get rid of it. My wife being the understanding soul that she is, rubbed my dick, staying clearly away from the piercing, until I was able to release a huge load. Then I got up to make sure I kept everything clean. What wasn't as much pain during the hard-on turned into the most violent ache when I went soft. My entire dick hurt all the way up to my balls and it seemed all the way up into my gut. Wow, this was new. I also spotted my first few drops of blood seeping out around the piercings openings. I cleaned it up with saline and went back to bed. I suffered for a while but was able to get some sleep.
Day4 – Back at work today. Good thing I'm not in construction or something. I do have the benefit of sitting at my desk for most of the day and possibly walking to a few meetings. I did ok but when I did walk, I felt like I had a weight attached to my head that kept slamming my dick into the front of my pants with each step. I should have worn some baggier pants or something because by the end of the day, my poor Johnson felt like it was Oscar De La Hoya's speed bag or something. It was sore and the loose skin around the head, foreskin stuff, had begun to swell. It was a little puffy but not red. Now when I touched my dick I could clearly feel a little pain where the barbell traveled thru the shaft. I was actually a little worried at this point.
Day5 – It was another rough day at the office. I couldn't find the right position to sit at my desk in. It seemed like no matter which way I shifted, the barbell was pressing on something it didn't like. Now I could clearly feel the coldness of the barbell penetrating my shaft. It was cold outside and when I went to lunch, the barbell got colder and caused my dick to ache. This kind of aching seemed to be the norm now and the puffyness around the head got worse. I also had frequent spontaneous hard-ons which left my dick mortally spent and aching. I had begun to question how things were really going now. Had it become infected? I didn't think so because I still didn't have any redness around the openings and I had been very careful to keep it clean following the aftercare instructions to the letter. I called the guy who did the piercing and he told me he expected all that I explained to him and that it was perfectly normal. What a relief but hell it was really sore now.
Day6 – This is the day I discovered the magic that is Ibuprofen. Normally I am not the type to take pills for headaches or just about anything but my dick was taking a beating when I walked and after my random hard-ons. After another painful woody session, which my wife had to help me with again, I got up and took some Ibuprofen because the ache was not going to allow me to sleep this time. I dropped about 600mg of the stuff and fell asleep shortly after. I think I found some relief.
Day7 – Wow, what a huge difference pain medication makes. I was able to work all day without too much discomfort. I still had to be careful how I sat. I still needed to adjust myself more than Michael Jackson in a video but the real bad ache was not so bad anymore and I almost felt like I was going to be ok. The swelling was still there and hadn't subsided even a little bit but for the most part, I was ok. I can deal with the spontaneous hard-ons now and I just keep popping some pain pills every few hours to keep things under control. I also tried some aspirin because the aftercare instructions mention that aspirin may help with swelling, which is completely normal.. I have yet to experience any oozing or weird stuff that they say could happen. I suppose we'll see. I am still a long way from healed.
Day8 – Without writing too much B.S. this day hasn't been much different than the past couple. Still had a couple hard-ons today that left me a little sore but I am getting used to it now. The Ibuprofen and aspirins take the edge off so I can deal. Still a good amount of swelling too.
Day9 – I'm not sure but I think the swelling is actually going down. It flairs up a little after a raging woody but it doesn't stay as puffy as long anymore. It was really starting to look like the "stay puffed marshmallow" penis for while there. I had a donut ring that was pretty damn puffy going completely around engulfing the barbell ends to where they were leaving indentions in the flesh. I think I may have turned a corner.
Day10 – I'm definitely feeling much better now. The swelling has gone down dramatically and is staying that way despite the recent erection activity. Of course, when I get kicked in the groin by one of my kids, it still is some mind splitting pain but it doesn't hurt just to hurt anymore and I don't have the problem of it taking as severe of a beating walking around in jeans. I should have included pictures from day 1 but I really didn't get around to taking any until now. From the pictures, you can see some of the swelling but it was twice as bad two days ago. The swelling started around day 3 or 4 and is just now subsiding at day 10. Also, I bought a pressurized can of eye wash, which is a sterile saline mixture, that I have been using to spray the wound off with. It's a lot cheaper and more volume then the Wound Wash saline which sells for about $8 a can. This stuff works just as well and sells for $2 something a can and the can is much bigger.
I can't believe I have come this far.......
more to come... I'm only 10 days in and I haven't had sex yet!!!! I'm not sure I can make it three weeks...