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Well, my septum is at 4g right now. I stretched it up finally last night. God did that fucking hurt. I got a taper in with little problem and only slight stinging. Then I got a plug that went in after it and it only got through about 1/2 way. How fucking lovely. On top of that, it was grooved for o-rings, which is undoubtedly why it got stuck. So, either I push it one way or the other and feel pain due to the groove, so I decided to push it through.

So, after it was finally in my nose fuckin’ hurt and was running like nobody’s business. No real surprises though. I just hope it stops hurting sometime soon. I made up some sea-salt-water and did some rinsing. Hopefully it’ll go a ways to keeping it less sore and relax a lot sooner.

And, as to be expected, my nose is sore this morning. That’s not the worse part by far though. What’s happening is that since my nose has a constant ache, it’s making my eyes water a bit more than normal. Then, with my eyes watering, it makes my nose run more than normal. And with the constant running of my nose, I have to wipe it rather frequently, thus making it ache more, perpetuating the circle. What a pain in the ass!

I wish my nose wasn’t ALL cartilage, giving me some sort of ease with stretching. Oh well… I’ll just have to make due with it for now. Though, I’m expecting my nose to be hyper-sensitive and sore for at least 4 weeks, maybe as much as 8 weeks, which was how sore it was when I stretched to 6g from 8g.

Well… it’s Friday, so that’s one thing to look forward to!