More T(rans)MI

Well things are a lot better today. I started with Duratek 1 and that went fine. The last inch was a struggle, but that's life I guess. I went to number 2, which would be a Chettawut 3. Larger than I've ever done and got that about half way. It was pretty painful, so I gave up once I got it past the muscle (which is complicated by having my graft sutures right on top of it), let it rest for a few minutes and then showered.

I'm really wishing now I'd been more aggressive about dilation when I was in Thailand, getting up to the Chet 3. From talking with everyone else, the skin graft really does seem to make an enormous difference in this. Still, I'm not stuck with 4 hours a day like Suporn's poor souls.

It's funny, I remember thinking a bit ago that all the talk about dilation from post-ops was, well, awfully dull. I should probably make a dilation filter. Except I'm writing a lot of this for "posterity" (or possibly just my posterior) so sticking things on friends lists is sort of counter productive. I'll have to think on that and try to keep the stuff short.

More T(rans)MI

Well things are a lot better today. I started with Duratek 1 and that went fine. The last inch was a struggle, but that's life I guess. I went to number 2, which would be a Chettawut 3. Larger than I've ever done and got that about half way. It was pretty painful, so I gave up once I got it past the muscle (which is complicated by having my graft sutures right on top of it), let it rest for a few minutes and then showered.

I'm really wishing now I'd been more aggressive about dilation when I was in Thailand, getting up to the Chet 3. From talking with everyone else, the skin graft really does seem to make an enormous difference in this. Still, I'm not stuck with 4 hours a day like Suporn's poor souls.

It's funny, I remember thinking a bit ago that all the talk about dilation from post-ops was, well, awfully dull. I should probably make a dilation filter. Except I'm writing a lot of this for "posterity" (or possibly just my posterior) so sticking things on friends lists is sort of counter productive. I'll have to think on that and try to keep the stuff short.

alt friday five

 1. At what age, if any, is it no longer appropriate for children to be naked in public (say, at a beach or wading pool)? Is your answer different for boys vs. girls?

That's hard. There's the perfect world where I think nudity is great. And then there's the one we live in where people are so messed up. I probably wouldn't do nudity for a child above 3 or 4. Between the pervs and the protectors of children, it's just an impractical thing.

2. At what age, if any, is it no longer appropriate for children to be naked in private (say, at home with their family)? Is your answer different for boys vs. girls?

I think it's more an issue of temperature, not age. Certainly it doesn't differ by gender.

3. At what age, if any, do you start to feel uncomfortable seeing (other people's) children naked? (*their* age, not your age)

About 65 or so unless they've exercised well for most of their lives. A lot younger if they have let themselves go terribly :-) I'm very naturist but I've never quite gotten that all bodies are attractive thing down. Some just aren't.

In all seriousness, I don't really get uncomfortable because I've seen enough of it. I have been made uncomfortable if I'm the only adult with nude kids because I'm afraid of being thought of as doing something inappropriate. (That would bother me far less now I guess than when I was male.) But it's not the nudity, it's the practicality.

4. At what age, if any, did you become aware of your own nudity? (i.e., at what age did you start to feel the need to have clothing on around other people)

I actually became aware of nudity at probably 6 or 7, but it was in the opposite side. I wanted to run around naked all the time. I had a really phobic upbringing tho. That wasn't on the menu.

5. Have you ever been naked in public as an adult (i.e., post-puberty)? What were (or what generally are, for those of you that barely manage to keep your clothes *on*) the circumstances?

I've been naked at enough Pagan festivals that I can't count them. Outside of a nudity postive space like that, I guess the last time was college when we went skinny dipping at Puffer's Pond. We got caught by the cops too. The poor guy was so sweet. He apologized that it was his job and asked us how the water was.

alt friday five

 1. At what age, if any, is it no longer appropriate for children to be naked in public (say, at a beach or wading pool)? Is your answer different for boys vs. girls?

That's hard. There's the perfect world where I think nudity is great. And then there's the one we live in where people are so messed up. I probably wouldn't do nudity for a child above 3 or 4. Between the pervs and the protectors of children, it's just an impractical thing.

2. At what age, if any, is it no longer appropriate for children to be naked in private (say, at home with their family)? Is your answer different for boys vs. girls?

I think it's more an issue of temperature, not age. Certainly it doesn't differ by gender.

3. At what age, if any, do you start to feel uncomfortable seeing (other people's) children naked? (*their* age, not your age)

About 65 or so unless they've exercised well for most of their lives. A lot younger if they have let themselves go terribly :-) I'm very naturist but I've never quite gotten that all bodies are attractive thing down. Some just aren't.

In all seriousness, I don't really get uncomfortable because I've seen enough of it. I have been made uncomfortable if I'm the only adult with nude kids because I'm afraid of being thought of as doing something inappropriate. (That would bother me far less now I guess than when I was male.) But it's not the nudity, it's the practicality.

4. At what age, if any, did you become aware of your own nudity? (i.e., at what age did you start to feel the need to have clothing on around other people)

I actually became aware of nudity at probably 6 or 7, but it was in the opposite side. I wanted to run around naked all the time. I had a really phobic upbringing tho. That wasn't on the menu.

5. Have you ever been naked in public as an adult (i.e., post-puberty)? What were (or what generally are, for those of you that barely manage to keep your clothes *on*) the circumstances?

I've been naked at enough Pagan festivals that I can't count them. Outside of a nudity postive space like that, I guess the last time was college when we went skinny dipping at Puffer's Pond. We got caught by the cops too. The poor guy was so sweet. He apologized that it was his job and asked us how the water was.