A Turning Point in My PE Journey? Which Way Should I go?

I’ve almost reached my length goal (I currently have just about a BPEL of 8” with vasodialators and viagra etc., but my regular day-to-day average erection is still about a quarter inch short of 8”).

My pinch-pulled flaccid bone-pressed length is 8.25” but I need it to be 8.5”

It seems that my gains may be slowing but I can’t say for certain unless I continue hanging at least until the end of the month.

What I’m wondering is, would it not be better just to keep hanging regardless of the slowed gains?

If I take a three month decon break followed by another two months of hanging (at a gain-rate of one eighth of an inch per month), that’ll be a total of five months, not including cementing, to get to where I want to be (i.e. a pinch-pulled bone-pressed flaccid length of 8.5”).

So If I were to continue hanging, could I not reach the pinch-pulled 8.5” in less than five months?

But then I’d need to cement my gains…

Is it possible to cement gains without gaining extra length? If, after reaching an 8.5” pinch-pulled measurement, I were to hang for another three months so as to maintain that 8.5” pinch-pulled measurement (without producing extra gains), would that 8.5” pinch-pulled measurement then be cemented, or would I have needed to gain extra length so as to maintain my ideal length after the retraction that occurs when stopping? My feeling is that I need to make extra gains to sacrifice to the retraction so as to maintain my ideal length.

To add to the dilemma, I just got a t-vein from my hanger due to having increased the weight I’ve been hanging. It’s painful, but the pain probably won’t stop me hanging, especially since I need to hang at least until the end of the month to get a good idea of whether or not my gains have slowed.

What should I do?

You sound like you need a break. Take a relaxing vacation from PE, and then come back and get those gains!!! I say this from the point of view that I take which is the “Less is More” stance. Whatever you do, good luck!!!

Hi MrF,

I’d for damn sure take a break. Thrombosis is nothing to screw with. You are so close to your goal why risk everything with a worse injury than what you already have. I’d be reading Erocet’s thread on vein oil, too. Vein oil, heat, light massage, and rest. Lots of rest. Once you’ve healed up, then you might wrap and/or do some light ADS work after a few weeks. You might be surprised to find that just that combination alone will get you to your goals. And, congratulations on the gains you have made :)

Cheers,

MrTiPS

Thanks for the responses and thanks for the congrats re. my gains.

I’m not sure now if it’s actually a thrombosed vein. I think it might be my lymph vessels/nodes(?). I tried to resume hanging but it was too painful, so I’ve switched to my autoextender which is allowing me to at least stay stretched.

I’m going to visit my doctor since it seems it might have got a little worse. I know I’m being pig-headed and should probably take a break, but if there’s any way I can continue I’m probably going to keep on (Is that really dumb?).

Mr. Fantastic,

I am gonna say something that may seem strange but, it’s not worth it. If it’s getting worse, then stop. There is always the rest of your life to gain some more. I know it’s like the goal is within your reach but you want to stride across the finish line, not limp.

Plus, in my opinion, a break to heal will let you see what is actually cemented. That was you can take stock and really think about your next move.

You only get one cock in life, that’s it. Why injure it unnecessarily?

But it’s your call boss. Good luck with whatever you choose :-)

Take a break, you deserve it. I haven’t hanged in 2 years and I haven’t lost any of my lig gains.

I think you should listen what all have to say. Just stop man. You can always resume when your dick is up and running again :)

Break time Bro and than come back all refreshed:)

That sounds like good advice.

It sucks, but I’ve decided to take a break.

I’m anticipating loosing about a quarter inch to the retraction, but I should be able to make it back up pretty easily.

But I must say I’m tempted to pick up a vacuum hanger so that I can keep going (but the ridge of my glans is stinging at the point where whatever it is I’ve developed runs into it, so I’m not too sure it’d be any use).

Hey Bro don’t worry lost gains come back really really fast almost like muscle memory when working out:) . Get healthy

Dino is right! Infact, I would almost bet a dollar that you start gaining quickly after you come back from your break. The dick is tired right now, your choice of breaking is wise my friend. Keep us posted if you notice any losses. I must say, you will never know if you are cemented if you don’t take some kinda break.

I say “no”.

I say get out the old waffle iron, get a raging boner and press the living daylights out of that sucker.

Who knows? It just might work.

Why would you care about your bpfsl? Maybe you should just work on girth, girth excercises will probably increase length a little as well.

Hahaha! you butt head! Maybe we can get a torch to it too.

I was thinking more along the lines of a steak tenderiser (that way I can also work out my frustration with the thing) ;)

I was getting ruler shy, due to the fact that every time I got fully erect I’d shove a metal rule into my ligs, sometimes hard enough to draw blood. I’ve ended up with a negative stimulus response where I don’t get fully erect, and even loose wood as soon as I think about grabbing the ruler. It seems that with the pain of measurement I’ve conditioned myself not to get fully erect. So I’ve basically taken a range of results bp, nbp, fbp lbp (‘lazy bone-pressed’) so that I can extrapolate my bone-pressed length from the figures and so avoid causing myself any more pain.

I do want to start girth work, and am concerned about whether it might extend my length, but at any rate I can’t really do anything until I’ve addressed the injury issue (I have no idea what effect girth work might have on the injury). I’ve made an appointment to see my doctor and I’ll keep the forum updated as to how it’s going and what the diagnosis is/results in/means etc. Meanwhile I’m going to attend to all the basic day to day life stuff that I originally shelved so as to make the time for the length work I’ve been undertaking.

As far as loss of gains is concerned I’m anticipating a loss of a quarter inch (that’s what it was before (when I took my last deconditioning break). It took me less then a month to get those lost gains back). I should be able to compare the retractions etc. to get an idea of just what it takes and how long it takes me to cement gains and so get a better idea of what I’m going to need to do to maintain my gains (I’ve still not done any reading on maintenance routines and I’m not exactly sure how necessary they are. I guess I’ve got some reading to do.).

I am expecting faster gains after the break, since that seems to be the trend amongst thundersplace members. My own graph shows much faster gains after a break, slowly dropping off over a period of about five to six months also, although for reliable figures it would have been better to have kept my routine up until at least the end of December, so it’s a real shame that I should have experienced injury at this time, but on the brighter side I was about due for a deconditioning break.