I'm getting a PA and I'm not sure why

Everyone's experiences will be different. Which is why I started documenting this process.

I have been playing the 'what if' game based on other peoples experiences.

What if I had been pierced initially at 10 or even 8ga?

• I wouldn't have had the discomfort I have been feeling from the narrow jewellery.
• It might have bled a lot more.
• The original piercing may have been more painful.

What if I had waited another three weeks?

• Three more weeks of cutty pain.
• Three more weeks of worrying that my urethra was being split (it wasn't!)
  
• The stretching may still have been very painful.

At the end of it I still love having this piercing (and I still don't understand why!)

 

I can pee normally standing in front of the bowl...

... except for the last dribble!!!!

The CBR is better sitting down. It depends where the ball is as to how far the stream follows the ring. Twisting through 90 degrees can help.

 

Of course, the other reason that sizes are in millimeters is that that is what they are made in. Both pieces of jewellery that I have had have been within a couple of hundredths of a millimeter of a whole size, and nowhere near the AWG sizes.

 

So this barbell was only supposed to be in for a week, but it now looks like it will be a long time before I'm able to visit the piercer again.
I'm frustrated because the barbell is sliding through the piercing, one end disappearing up the urethra and the other coming out and catching on clothing.
I have ordered a new CBR of the same gauge as the barbell, should be here at the weekend.

 

New jewellery arived today. Installed without drama.

I decided I wanted something pretty so got iridescent blue that migrates to gold.


I'm not sure it doesn't just look like verdegris over copper.

 

From another thread...

and I thought why not.

I'm now wearing the longer of my two steel cages. It feels sooooo good to be encased once more.
Normally i wouldn't wear this one as it has few holes for hygiene . However, it isn't a problem as I still need to soak my piercing twice a day so cleaning the cage is just another maintenance task.
I'm not sure I will wear it at night because an erection could catch the ring awkwardly.

 

Today's learning point....
Peeing when in a cage with a PA ring is very messy. The wee sprays around the inside of the cage, exiting through more than one vent!

 

So, eight weeks on from the first stretch and with the current situation there is no sign of being able to get to the piercer's any time soon. DIY time! I can see the logic mentioned up thread, that if I'm not ready I can always put it off for a few days
Googles 'Stretching taper UK' and find the delightfully named 'Ouch Body Piercing Jewellery' and few days later the taper and a 4mm screw ball ring arrive.
A long warm saline soak, some lubricant and first try. The taper only goes halfway through. Wait, more lube but no further progress. Back to the 3mm ring.
A week later I tried again with the same result.
I'm now trying a slower approach, with the barbell back in, I'm putting a wrap of PTFE tape around the bar and if it is loose the following day, I'll repeat. Two days of this so far and the digital caliper says the bar is now 3.5mm diameter.

 

Yes, but I don't know why I want to!

 

That would be a no.
When there is the feeling that skin will stretch, may be more force will help.
When the feeling is the taper has come to a halt and there is no movement - I don't want to rip things open. I'm content to wait.
I ain't no pain slut!
Measuring the taper I have found it is almost a millimeter oversize to allow for the pocket in the back for the jewellery.

Added more PTFE tape to day and its around 4.5 mm, but tighter than a tight thing. Getting close though.

 

Big day today - Jewellery changing day.

What had been so tight on Friday had eased off over the weekend.

I had had an uncomfortable situation yesterday when even the 8mm ball on the barbell had slipped back up the urethra and the other end was catching on my underwear and trying to lever itself out! Not sure why people think barbells are a good idea for a PA.

Anyhow the discomfort of that had eased overnight, and I felt ready. After a good soak and removal of the bar bell (some signs of blood on the PTFE tape ) a squirt of lube down both ends the taper whizzed through. So, couple the ring onto the end of the taper and... oh. this isn't going to work. The taper completely blocked the opening of the ring - fail! Next is a fishing expedition, I pushed the taper through into the threaded hole of the ring and very carefully pushed the ring back following the taper. It took a couple of attempts, but eventually I felt the ring engage on the inner opening of the piercing and through it came.

I've gone up a size on the ID of the ring to 19mm. I would value your opinions if this is the right size?

(photo maybe awaiting moderation)

The looseness of the taper did have me thinking about going straight to a 5mm ring, but like all good things, that can wait.

 

One week short of six months and I've achieved the target of 5mm gauge. Whilst only 5 weeks after the last stretch,due to the oversize 4mm taper and the 5mm taper being on the button, I felt the time was right. Well lubed up,the new taper glided straight through. I finally pushed it through with the jewellery.
I've noticed a significant increase in the weight with this change - almost twice as heavy and now think twice before giving my willy a quick flick after peeing.
Whilst certainly not an anti-climax, I do wonder what next?
I'm testing some Locktite Red on a previous screw ball with regard to making the fit more permanent (as in I can't just take it out any time I want).
I need to finish the modifications to my cage to use the piercing, as that IS the reason I went for this.
I could go up one more size to 6mm/2ga, though I can't say that the aesthetics of large jewellery in this location does anything for me.
I have found the process of getting pierced quite compulsive. I might get another genital piercing, but it would need to be compatible with wearing a cage and cycling.

 

This may be a little controversial.

For me wearing a chastity device isn't about chastity per say, but more about bondage and being locked in a form of bondage 24x7.
I'm finding that the 5mm steel ring that is in my piercing is satisfying that need. I can't lock the ring in place, but I have just done the next best thing: added some medium strength locktite to the thread. I know this isn't permanent, but it will stop casual removal.

That also happened today. Another trip to the lovely Anne Gare at Oooky Spooky piercings with the intention of just getting info about a Hafada or scrotum piercing.

Anne: Shall I do it now? I have the jewellery in stock.
Me: Oh, ahh, err.... ooookay.

Fifteen minutes later I walked out with the piercing in place.

I'm not sure how compatible this will be with a cage, time will no doubt tell.