My first experience with KY - Infection or the body's defensive reaction?

[Kovu]

Hi!
First of all, excuse my English, but I'm from Poland and I'm not really an expert in this language - Google Translate helps me a lot.

Now to the point. I've been following various threads here for a few years and after a long time I finally decided to try KY. I tried to be as sterile as possible - I washed myself, disinfected my hands with alcohol, disinfected my scrotum with alcohol, I didn't allow myself any contact with anything that could harm. On Thursday at around 11 am I did the injection - it was one of the most terrifying moments in my life, I had to change the needle several times due to unsuccessful injections. But in the end I managed - I added 10 ml from both sides, so 20 ml in total. It swelled up very pleasantly, I was fine all day. Then I did something not very wise and, under the influence of emotions, added another 20 ml. Everything was fine, I went to bed. In the morning the bottom of my scrotum was sore, and by the end of the day almost the whole scrotum was sore. At first I thought it was the effect of skin stretching and bruising, but no, it was clearly some kind of reaction. I stayed in touch with just4me, who gave me valuable advice, but I started to get really scared. I walked around all day thinking "Infection" and thinking "If I go to the doctor, Jesus, what a shame it will be" "Everyone will find out because it's a small town" "I'll lose my testicles" "I'll die". Then I started to think that maybe it was just the body's reaction to the first dose of KY, which was too much for my own good and the body didn't know what to do with it. I didn't have a fever the whole time - the temperature reached 37 degrees, the highest 37.4 when it was hot and I got hot. There is no sweating, no fatigue, no other symptoms except pain in the skin of the scrotum. Today is Sunday, the scrotum seems less sore, although it still hurts, it's not as red as it was on Friday, although it's still all flushed. You learn from your mistakes and I know that in the future the additions can't be as big and frequent. As a preventive measure, I've been taking immunity, anti-inflammatory, and anti-allergic medications since Friday, and I've been applying anti-allergic and antibiotic creams to my scrotum. I hope that everything will calm down in time and end well, because the last few days have been terribly stressful for me.

And now I have a question for you, because you are mostly much more experienced than me - how can I distinguish and determine whether it is an infection or a defensive reaction of the body to KY? How long can such a state last? I would be very happy if I could get advice from more experienced people. Yes, I know, I screwed up, I shouldn't have added KY so quickly. I would like to finally stop worrying and function normally. I count on your understanding and support.

Peace!

Condition after the last injection

Condition on Friday morning

Current status

[acm136]

Hi, hope you are doing okay still and things are continuing to feel better.
I can relate to your experience. Each time I've injected either my cock or scrotum I've had a fever like reaction and local discomfort and pain to some degree.
I also started of with bigger amounts than I should have done, but not as much as you.
An advantage of doing a smaller amount for your first session and building up is that you get to feel how your body reacts and therefore what is normal for you.
That way if, in future, something feels different from your own experience then you might realise something is wrong.
It is likely that injecting a lot has caused a bigger immune response from your body, which you felt or are feeling.
Being shivery with cold like symptoms the night after is normal for me, it might or might not be normal for you.
One problem here is that many people, myself included, are going to be reluctant to say "you'll be fine" for what should be obvious reasons in terms of, what if we are wrong in your case and us saying that meant you didn't get help.
I get feeling embarrassed seeing a doctor, but if I got to a point where I thought I was seriously ill then I would absolutely suck up that feeling and go talk to them, it wouldn't be pleasant and id expect a lecture from them, but I would rather not be dead.
A lot on here have experience of a very niche experiments, we are not, in the main, medically trained.
That said, the last photo of your sac looks absolutely awsome to me and has inspired me to enhance mine again now.

[Kovu]

Thanks a lot for your reply! Things seem to be improving for me - today is Monday, the pain is still there when touched, but today for the first time since Friday it has weakened enough that it does not interfere with my functioning during the day. The circumference of the scrotum has decreased from 26.5 cm to 25, the color seems to be slowly returning to normal. Very slowly, but still. There is a slight asymmetry, but from what I have read here, it is very common and can be corrected. So yes, it seems to me that the situation is stabilizing.

Haha, I am glad that my photo inspired you, I did not expect that

Tell me something, because I have such concerns. Will my body not react like this to each subsequent addition? If so, I do not know if it is a sacrifice I am ready for, haha.

[gijoejw]

You over did it for the first time time. You haven’t hit encapsulation yet. You’ll know when you do cause you’ll swell up ALOT and get a “low grade fever. Keep it under 10-20 per side for 2-3 more times if you continue, then bump it up to 30-40. Don’t exceed 50 each side, that is a lot. Your skin has to adjust and grow with new veins and capacity, go slow.

[Kovu]

Thanks for advice!

Yes, I know I overdid it. Emotions overshadowed mu common sense and the result is what it is. I understand that the time when encapsulation begins is an individual matter for everyone, right? To tell the truth, I don't care about the fever when I know what it's caused by. Right now, the only thing I would like is for the skin of the scrotum not to hurt when touched.