Not a problem Bert. You were complaining about not being able to get your weights back on after pumping. Unless you have a bigger set and depending on how long you pump there's nothing much you can do until they settle. I'd forgotten a bit myself having not been able to pump because of a hernia. Yesterday after the stretch tube and a rest i hit a 3 1/4 tube for an hour, a first big pump for a long time. They lasted long enough to get some pics then started cooling and pulling back. No way where my biggest ID weights going on. Wrapped them in a wheat bag on the way home and a soak in the bath before we went out it was still a battle to get them on. I had a 40 and a 20, both 46 ID. couldn't get the 40 on, just too much fluid in the sac but i did get the 20 on and then used that to pull the balls down and thinner to get the 40 on. We went down town last night to visit a few hostelries and then back to our local bar. Turned into a chilly night with temps around the zero mark and being prepared with an allen key in my pocket took the 20 off late on to give the balls some extra room. Once home i got some more oil on and noticed a bit of bruising, probably from me trying to get the 40 on first earlier. Silly mistake but when you havn't pumped in a long time and are used to the weights everything was on the table. I should have left them really but didn't have the patience last night. School boy error but we all do it sometimes. That meant no repeat today which i had in my head yesterday as a possibility and only myself to blame. So, the moral is, just be patient and let them come to you, you'll know when they're ready with experience, getting carried away isn't always a good idea.
So. In a pump tube for an hour, and possibly 10 mins..... Trying to think how long it's been. Must be 3 years at least. I had the hernia for 2 years2 months from diagnosis to op'. did manage the odd short pump early doors but gave up on it and the op' was 12 1/2 months ago and much worse than the first one i had.
Luckily, i think, there was a big silicone seal in the box with Salguy's tubes, not used one before, my tubes were always fitted with a cushion ring and stepped out in size as they went down the tube to stop the top of the sac from bloating too much. With this tube once i'm through the seal it's straight into a 3 1/4 tube so i ended up bloated from top to bottom. In the end i didn't really care, i was back in the tube...
End of the session and straight out of the tube.
Strange how you can still see the ring around the sac where the seal rings sit in the stretch tube.
Not the best looking set of balls after the pump but they did settle quite quickly and looked perfectly normal after being in the bath. The balls were absolutely massive inside which probably didn't help the drop there being so much sac around them. No late night pics, the cold saw to that but they're now on the warm and i'll see how they are in a bit. Still some ball size this morning which was good and probably back to my normal by tomorrow but it was just wonderful being back in a tube. More to come.
BnL
