Vladimir (imported) wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:47 am
I banded myself the first time while very drunk and passed out.
I woke up due to the pain a few hours later and cut the band off.
I had similar pain experiances as Kangan to the point where what I can only describe as a backlash action knocked me out again.
I remember I tried to work the next day but gave up after about an hour due to pain and nausea.(My work mates said I looked totally green though they thought I'd just had a too big a night on the piss).
I'm thinking I may have had some sort of blood poisoning given the way I felt and looked.
I was pretty much fine the day after that just a bit sore round the balls.
I tried banding a few more times after that but gave up pretty soon because of pain.
I have pretty much constant pain in the cords and testes now that ebbs and flows in it's intensity (I'm actually finding it very uncomfortable sitting here writing this).
I also suffered from torsion mostly the right ball from my twenties to my mid thirties which I managed to fix my self.
I was about 21 when I first banded my self I'm now just a few months off 40.I haven't tried any self castration since, thinking there has to be a better way. I'm also greatful that I didn't succeed all those years ago as now I have 3 great kids.
I think you may have placed the bands too close to the balls and involved the structures there. When I have banded too low that has been my experience i.e. it hurts a bit

When I keep the bands well clear of the balls the only pain I feel is in the scrotum from pinching. I have never had cord pain from banding even when I have reinforced the bands with a radiator clip tightened up as far as I could get it to go.
IMHO ball pain can also occur from the bands not being tight enough to completely prevent some arterial blood flow down past the band which tends to inflate the ball (ouch) since it cannot get back up past the bands(s) through the lower pressure venous system. I expect that there is some variation from individual to individual in this respect.