upsized

So I had to go back up to an 8 gauge, my ears were just not ready to be stretched. :( When I took out the right plug it was bleeding. So I let them rest over night and put the 8s back in. I ordered a SSS (surgical stainless steel) 8g because I was advised to by a few people. Hopefully it will be here before I leave to NY on Wednesday morning. My last order came fairly fast so I'm hopeful. Anyway yea the fact that they were so overly sore, swollen and hot I took them out before it got infected. I will probably end up using SSS for my next 2 stretches too. My next stretch wont be for awhile, and I may actually go to the the piercing place to do it, we'll see what the outcome is.

6g...part 2

Oh the pain! LMAO this by far has been the hardest, most painful stretch yet. Again the left was the easiest of the 2 ears, within 2 minutes it was in. The right ear uhm yea it took me 17 minutes to get the taper in. And that's the only thing I could get in. For some reason I could not get the plug to go through, so I'm leaving the taper in for an hour or so and see if I can get the plug back through. I don't want to sleep with it in though so hopefully it works.

6g...part 1

I attempted on the next stretch from an 8g-6g. Yea that didn't go well. I don't think my ear was ready for the next stretch! Even though I think its healed, I'm just going to wait til next week. It burned too much, and will all the research I did before I started my stretching it said that if you feel pain, stop. Stretching shouldn't hurt. :( I was hoping to go down the next size already. Oh well, I'll try again in a few days.

8g

Stretching is far too easy now I think. LMAO I just started on June 27th and now at 8g!!! I didn't think this was actually going to go so fast. LOL seriously I think I will go through like withdraws when I reach my 4g hole. :( only 2 more sizes to go too! I have a feeling that by the end of this week I'll drop down to a 6g. The 8s just slipped right in like the 10. Again the right was a little harder than the left though. Again here are some pics. :)

10g hole

8g plug

All done. No thumbs up today :(

3rd stretch

I did my 3rd stretch today, I'm now at a 10g. This is actually addicting. LMAO The right ear is a little sore right now, it took a bit to get it in. The left ear didn't take much but a push.

My 12g hole.

10g plug

:)

I approve!

Crazy last few days.

On Wednesday night I broke out in hives, no clue what could have brought them on. I didn't eat anything out of the norm, and no soaps etc changed. So I washed the areas that were broken out in dial and took a shower. It seemed to fade a little and I went to bed. I woke up Thurs morning and it was 10x's worse. So I took some benedryl and it went away. I was fine all day thinking ok I just needed this dose. Nope, it came back that night. Fri I went to urgent care and was given a script for prednisone. I never got it filled that day, because it just never happened. That night again I broke out. So I went to bed (fairly late...lol 5am!) and when I woke up my tongue and throat were swollen. And my throat was itchy. So I went back to urgent care and got a shot of the prednisone....holy painful! My hip actually still hurts in that area. Anyway the swelling was gone in an hour or less. And I have now been hives free for over 24 hrs. I took my first dose of the pills today, and got high. LOL The only side effect I have is my joints hurt. The femur that connects to my pelvis hurts and my left elbow hurts. I could't even pick up my blanket because it hurt. Stupid medicine! So anyway hopefully all will be ok with that now.

Good thing is I went to the 12G this afternoon. It slipped in, in about 3 seconds. I tried going to the 10g but that hurt a little. So I'm going to wait til Thursday since its the 2 weeks. I won't force it, if it hurts I know its not a good time to start that size yet. I notice going from 12 to 10g is a jump and same from 6 to 4g, and then again 2 and 0g. Here are two pics. They really don't look much different.

Thumbs up again! :)

As close as I could get it. Its with Kiarah's itouch, the camera battery is dead and I can't find the wire.