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

With a fixed number of turns in a session, I think the optimal heating choice is the one which gives the most perceived relaxation at the end of the session.

Regarding the blister, how close is the Total Man heat pad to your glans?

The blister is unrelated to heat. It’s just tissue conditioning. I advanced the tension faster than the tissues are ready to handle. It was a long deconditioning period, 240 days.

6/6/2023 p.m.

36half turns @ 60 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 6 half turns
12.5 add 6
15 add 6
17.5 add 6
20 add 6
20 add Total Man heat pad medium
22.5 add 6
47.5 low heat
50 turn off heat
52.5 remove pad
55 minutes end session

Cut it short a little uncomfortable there at the end. Almost 2 full sessions today.

6/7/2023

42 half turns, 60 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 6 half turns
12.5 add 6
15 add 6
17.5 add 6
20 add 6
20 add Total Man heat pad medium
22.5 add 6
25 add 6
52.5 turn off heat
55 remove pad
60 minutes end session

42 half turns was easily accommodated today. Do the double sessions have utility? I do not have the knowledge to explain if they do, but it seems like. At least they do not seem to deter progress.

Thinking tension increases every 7-10 days from this point forward but it will be dictated by the observed tension as to whether there is accommodation which will allow for it. As was the case today.

Glans condition was very good at the end. Blister site is healing nicely. Tissues at attachment site are becoming more resilient.

I found this on PubMed:

"There is broad agreement between in vitro and in vivo studies for superficial burns. There is clear evidence that the perception of pain in adult human skin occurs just above 43°C. When the basal layer of the epidermis reaches 44°C, burn injury occurs. For superficial dermal burns, the rate of tissue damage increases logarithmically with a linear increase in temperature."

6/8/2023 p.m.

42 half turns @ 60 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 6 half turns
12.5 add 6
15 add 6
17.5 add 6
20 add 6
20 add Total Man heat pad medium
22.5 add 6
25 add 6
47.5 low heat
50 turn off heat
52.5 remove pad
60 minutes end session

Seems like the heat tolerance is a little less on the evening sessions? Things went well though. I gave it 36 hours since the last session as we increased the tension and wanted to give the tissues a little time before pushing them again. Thinking to go again tomorrow morning and then give it a rest for the Saturday night hookup - hopefully. Can’t say for sure how these things will go.

I have to say the shaft feels pretty damned warm with the medium heat afterwards.

Glans excellent condition at end.

6/9/2023

48 half turns @ 60 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 6 half turns
12.5 add 6
15 add 6
17.5 add 6
20 add 6
20 add Total Man heat pad medium
22.5 add 6
25 add 6
27.5 add 6
50 turn off heat
52.5 remove pad
61 minutes end session

Well for sure the heat tolerance is better in the a.m.. And was able to up the tension rather easily. I’m expecting progress to slow as much of this is just regaining from the deload.

I am already enjoying the improved flaccid hang, a nice visual to start the morning.

Glans condition excellent at the end.

For some reason after this deconditioning period, the glans condition is much improved and evening sessions are no problem, whereas prior to the deconditioning getting an adequate head swell in the evening was a challenge. So with that, my concern about only getting 3 sessions per week is alleviated as I can get evening sessions without a problem.

Feeling pretty optimistic right now, for sure we’ll find out if we’ve hit the wall, just got to be patient.

6/11/2023

54 half turns @ 60 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 6 half turns
12.5 add 6
15 add 6
17.5 add 6
20 add 6
20 add Total Man heat pad medium
22.5 add 6
25 add 6
27.5 add 6
30 add 6
52 turn off heat
55 remove pad
60 minutes end session

Decent tension increase during the cooldown.
Will have occasion to get more sessions in this week.
E.Q. is staying strong so far.
Glans condition excellent at end of session.
I’ll need to add length(5mm) to the extender but will wait till have realized the max accommodation with this length first.
Note that the rapid increase in half turns is because we are regaining previous ground.

6/12/2023

56 half turns @ 50 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 7 half turns
12.5 add 7
15 add 7
17.5 add 7
20 add 7
20 add Total Man heat pad high
22.5 add 7
25 add 7
27.5 add 7
40 turn off heat
44 remove pad
50 minutes end session

Pressed for time so increased the rate of tension increases and used the high setting on the Total Man heat pad. Was only figuring 20 minutes of heat and that’s about what I can tolerate on the high setting.

Half way there but the heavy lifting starts now, long way to go still.

It’s crazy how much shorter 50 minutes feels compared to an hour.

6/12/2023 pm

36half turns @ 56 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 6 half turns
12.5 add 6
15 add 6
17.5 add 6
20 add 6
20 add Total Man heat pad medium
22.5 add 6
50 turn off heat
52.5 remove pad
56 minutes end session

Cut it short a little uncomfortable there at the end. I think the evening sessions are fine.
BUT I am not a fan of the double sessions. It’s just too much time.

Nice work. I upped my hanging sessions by 5 min. From 20 to 25 because I believe time is the key. 5 more minutes at first was a big mental barrier but somehow its part of the recipe. In a perfect world 30 min. Would be the time frame but Im working up to it, maybe another month or so.

6/13/2023 p.m.

48 half turns @ 60 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 6 half turns
12.5 add 6
15 add 6
17.5 add 6
20 add 6
20 add Total Man heat pad medium
22.5 add 6
25 add 6
27.5 add 6
51 turn off heat
54 remove pad
60 minutes end session

Went well. Definitely prefer the 50 minute session, but am thinking the 20 minutes at the max tension under heat, may be more beneficial. Which is entirely an anecdotal conjecture. Longer sessions in the morning are better tolerated mentally.

Single evening session, still goes well, post decon.

Glans condition very good at the end.

6/14/2023

49 half turns @ 55 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 7 half turns
12.5 add 7
15 add 7
17.5 add 7
20 add 7
22.5 add 7
25 add 7
25 add Total Man heat pad high
45 turn off heat
47.5 remove pad
52.5 minutes end session

Was distracted and was late applying the heat pad so went with the high heat option for the session. With the high heat we’re only applying it for 20 minutes, based on tolerance experience.

Wasn’t really paying attention but at exactly the 20 minute mark the heat tolerance attenuates sharply, which prompted me to check the time. So anecdotally the 20 minutes high heat gets us there.

Glans condition excellent at end.

6/15/2023

48 half turns @ 55 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 6 half turns
12.5 add 6
15 add 6
17.5 add 6
20 add 6
20 add Total Man heat pad high
22.5 add 6
25 add 6
20 add Total Man heat pad high
37 turn off heat
41 remove pad
42.5 minutes end session

Only tolerated 17 minutes on the high and decided to shut it down.

6/16/2023

56 half turns @ 55 minutes

5 minutes lower to down position
7.5 reset attachment to gain forward position
10 minutes add 7 half turns
12.5 add 7
15 add 7
17.5 add 7
20 add 7
20 add Total Man heat pad medium
22.5 add 7
25 add 7
27.5 add 7
47.5 turn off heat
50 remove pad/manual stretching
55 minutes end session

So at 47.5 minutes in I noticed moisture on the glans and was concerned that a blister popped. Turned out it was just sweat, so ended the session a little early out of an abundance of caution. Glans condition excellent at the end.

Off till Sunday in case we need to put the instrument to use tomorrow night.