Captain's Log

[Edman]

We have same long term goal, nice. What do you measure now?

[Cpt. Jean-Luc Dickhard]

We have same long term goal, nice. What do you measure now?

Hi Edman, so I haven't measured in a while, I don't think progress has been great since the last measurement - I will do one soon, always forget to do it in the morning which for me i think is the best time - before any phallosan or bathmate for the day

[Cpt. Jean-Luc Dickhard]

Happy new year all! Hope everyone is doing well.

So I haven't posted here in a while but I have still been doing some PE - since around 8th December it's been 3x5min bathmate per day, 5 on, 1 off
Sometimes I add in 2x15 min with a cockring on after that, but it isn't every day.

As of today I thought I'd try starting back on the phallosan as well, but only after the daily 3x5 with bathmate is done. Doing phallosan then bathmate didn't work well when I last tried it so I'm trying it the other way round.

Just 3 hours today to ease back in and check for problems. Won't be able to hit big hours like 8/9/10 doing it after bathmate but I hope to build up to maybe 6 or 7, we'll see.

05/01/2021

Bathmate 3x5min
PF 3 hours (346.5 total)

[Cpt. Jean-Luc Dickhard]

End of 2020

BPEL 5.71 (-0.12) (+0.21)
MEG 4.17 (-0.12) (+0.17)

So pretty dire most recent measurement, with apparent decreases seen in both BPEL and MEG compared to the last measure 2 months ago. Still up on starting position and it could be just inaccuracy of measurement, but either way there has been no decent improvement recently.

I guess that's to be expected, last couple of months weren't great, first was having trouble with the phallosan and then was only using bathmate. Shall see how well the current combination bathmate first and then phallosan goes

[Cpt. Jean-Luc Dickhard]

06/01/2021

Bathmate 3x5min
PF 5 hours (351.5 total)

So far the combination of the two is going ok, no apparent problems

[Cpt. Jean-Luc Dickhard]

Think I spoke too soon about the no issues. Got reddening/soreness round the glans similar to what I was seeing in November/December. And that's only after 5 hours.

Maybe I'm doing the tension too high. But it's only been on high green/yellow, doesn't feel painful just tense.

Anyway, going to have to be probably 2 days off now to let the soreness recover before I do either phallosan or bathmate. Very annoying. Can't expect results when I keep stop-starting like this.

Will try lower tension when I resume

[Cpt. Jean-Luc Dickhard]

Update:

Probably ready to restart the bathmate and phallosan, but I've been so busy I haven't bothered yet. All I've been doing is a few 20 minute sessions with cockring, maybe 3 a day. Might up that a bit it doesn't seem to cause any issues

[Cpt. Jean-Luc Dickhard]

25/01/2021

Cockring 2x25min
PF 4 hours (355.5 total)

So I'm still being terribly inconsistent but I'm trying to build back up. Yesterday got 4 hours in and I think a day last week 3 hours but I'm not logging the 3.
I am currently using PF without the protective cap, most of the problems I've been getting I think are down to friction between the cap and glans so I'm trying without it.
You're also not meant to use any oils or creams with PF but I've been rubbing just a drop of bio-oil on the glans before applying to try to help prevent the soreness/redness sort of rash I was starting to get that kept halting my PF efforts. So far it seems to be going better with this method but it's early to say for sure and my daily hours are still very low so we'll see when the numbers get bigger if it's still working

[Cpt. Jean-Luc Dickhard]

26/01/2021

Cockring 25/35/25 min
PF 6 hours (341.5 total)

Just finished the last 25 min of cockring and am seeing some edema around the end. Maybe I've been increasing the times too quickly. Will see how it looks later/tomorrow

[Cpt. Jean-Luc Dickhard]

So I had yesterday off to let the edema subside. Back today but I think just with cockring not PF. I realise I was blaming cockring for the edema but it was more likely from the PF without protective cap. As that was the device with vaccum suction at the tip and it was the tip (and only the tip) that had the edema. So it seems far more likely it was the PF that caused the problem.

Maybe it was the combination of cockring and PF in the same day. I found problems doing bathmate after PF maybe cockring after PF is also too much for my level of experience.

Bathmate and cockring for girth, and girth is my main issue but I'd still like to be doing something for length.