so let me digress…. i’ve stretched a couple of piercings….i stretched my 12g navels to 8g rings now, i like the look, it looks a bit painful and red right now though. i’m hoping they hold up and don’t migrate like bastards. i also found the time and emotion to stretch my apadravya…and omg i thought i was going to pass out…it’s excruciating and exquisite all at the same time…the pain is so intense i started feeling faint and had to go lie on my back for a minute to catch my breath…the hardest part is going through the urethra. i finally managed to taper down to an 8g (from 10g) but i had a lot of trouble going through the bottom…i felt like i was just digging into skin and it wouldn’t come through, i finally just grit my teeth and started wiggling it and gently pushing until it found it’s way through…and finally it did. i used a 1″ barbell in case there was any swelling, but there hasn’t been, just slight discomfort. i also had oversized beads, like 10mm ones that were hanging pretty heavy, i ended up replacing it with a 7/8″ barbell and 5mm beads until the soreness goes away. among other things i went to a friend’s wedding on saturday, had a good time there of course, got pretty tanked