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My lack of stretching progress

Written by Greg at 08 Apr 2002 00:02:21:

Hi all,

About two months ago I posted about my progress using rubber stoppers to stretch my phimosis. Then, about a month ago, I wrote in that I was getting minor tears during the stretching. I let them heal, I then started stretching again using a smaller stopper. Well, this has been happening for a month now. I get to where I'm almost done with a particular stopper (still only about 3/4 of an inch diameter - I have a long way to go) and then it tears again. It is so tender now, and the ring seems tougher than ever. In fact, I may be back to my very first stopper size now. That's two months 100% dedicated work on this, using the cream, too! (sometimes a week on, one week off, as suggested here). I beginning to have my doubts. I don't want a circumcision, and I am willing to see this through, but I can't seem to get past this particular size. What am I doing wrong? If I have a stopper in for 12 hours a day is that too long? Should I take other days off? Maybe I have been trying too hard. I want to believe that I've done something wrong because I want this to work for me. Still, I didn't move to a bigger size unless it felt like time to. Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated!
-Greg


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