Lymph Blockages with Extender

As those of you who have read my thread know, I can’t seem to use an extender very long because after a few days I get Lymph fluid blockages mostly along the sides of shaft closest to the base.

They go away after a few weeks if I don’t use the extender. The thing is that I really want to use the extender, so in some desperation I’m posting here to see whether anyone has had a similar experience and how you solved it.

I use a Quick Extender Pro with an AutoExtender Vac Mod.

Is it possible that the base of the extender is causing this?
Is it too much tension (don’t think this is it)?
Angle of wearing it (mostly down)?
Maybe I’ve got the base upside down?

Perhaps it’s just about using a lot of heat during and after?

Anyway - thanks for any ideas and have a nice Friday…

Hello Willis, I hope you get to the bottom of this as your extender progress is very motivational.

I don’t think I’ve experienced the lymph issue so I don’t have a solution unfortunately. Do you think it may just be the amount of time you can spend in the extender that can push you into having the lymph issue and you just need to find the sweet spot? If you can manage 2/3 hours a day without it flaring up then that’d still be decent extender time and making progress but does it happen even at lower hours?

That’s a great suggestion - it takes some discipline to stop when it’s feeling so good. I think maybe I will try two hours split into 1 hour sessions at low tension and see how that goes.

I definitely understand the frustration when you want to just go for it but it’s worth a try. If you find the 2 x 1 hours works for a couple of weeks then you could very gradually increase the duration until you figure out where it maybe tips over into too much and then you may have an idea where to dial back to and remain in the sweet zone and still able to progress. I also wonder if maybe a wider base might help as I think I might have read you mentioned it’s a bit tight. I don’t know what options there are around base sizes but I think I’ve read about there maybe being larger ones for some extender brands.

Keep up the good wood!

Excellent - I might have to buy another setup, but it would be worth it to me if it works. I’ve always hated the design of the base in the QEP. You should be able to take it off and put it on without removing the vacExtender tip if you want to. It is also very tight at times, not always and lastly the underside presses very hard into the bottom base of the shaft when in down position.

The SizeDoctor base looks awesome - have to think this through since it would be another 190 bucks.

If anyone else reading this thread has any suggestions on wider bases, please chime in - still searching for the thread where I read about that some time ago.

I am also now realizing that I may have been using the base upside down as they are not the same on top and bottom - perhaps that’s the issue. I also regularly go 2h and sometimes 4h in one stretch which could very well be the issue.

Like you said Jigolo - I should do minimal tension, maybe an hour, and put the base on the right way then see what happens - if that’s good then change only one aspect and continue on to see where the daily limit is. Ideally, I could get 3-4h per day.

Check out the Penimaster Pro.

Best of luck with testing the parameters and finding the sweet spot. I’m not familiar with the QEP base shape but if it’s possible to check you have it the right way around then it’s another factor that could help as may be some pressure is being applied in some way or place where it won’t be when worn correctly.

On the Andro extender that I use, the bottom part of the base, ie the part touching the underside of my wiener, is thicker than the top part.

Actually I’ve just checked and I think I might have been wearing it the wrong way around! Now I have a quandary though as it’s been comfortable the way I’ve been wearing it so now I need to decide whether to switch it around or just continue as I am….. it shouldn’t be this complicated!

lol - if it’s working don’t mess with it!

$$$$ - is it worth it?

Back when extenders were very expensive, cantlook came up with several DIY extender designs using common hardware-store items. The forum has a “find all threads started by cantlook” function; use that, and his thread titles are descriptive.

If you’re happy with your vacuum cap, you could adapt one of cantlook’s base and rod designs easily enough. Since my Size Doctor base still pinches sometimes I made a trip to the local hardware store to get some PVC fittings for a cantlook base, only to find that they’re out of everything useful and have no idea when or if they’ll restock. They’re blaming it on the ‘rona, of course. You might have better luck.

I looked hard at it, but the “sluice” diaphragms are a regular maintenance item and not cheap. I went with a Size Doctor, which uses a simple round gasket/collar instead of a sluice; no additional bits to keep buying.

I’m happy with the Size Doctor, but I suspect the large bell volume makes it easier to pull a vacuum blister than with the Penimaster’s sluice, or even a tight-fitting ordinary vacuum cap. I’ve pulled a few blisters at what I thought were very low tensions, but after a few months my glans toughened up and it hasn’t been a problem. It’s probably just me, but blisters hurt, so I made slow, small steps after the second one!

Yes it is definitely not cheap but it is the most comfortable one I’ve owned.