tongue piercing write-up
nng and i made plans to get holes poked in ourselves to commemorate our fun and each others' D/s. i've been wanting my tongue to be pierced for a long time... i'm slutty and facial piercings ( and to me, especially tongue or lip) are slutty to me. :-) After our fun little play session (make a link to the post) the shop opened and we got to poking holes. Mike my tattooist and piercer started getting everything ready, double checked that i really wanted the piercing (i love how professional he is) and had me rinse with Scope. He placed small marks on top and bottom of my tongue and gave me a drool rag to put in my lap. i pulled nng to my side and grabbed her butt as i started my tantric breathing. Mike didn't even really ask if i was ready, reading my wind up. The poke started and then the pain ramped up. It started hurting and i gripped girl hard. And then it was over! Mike put a cork on the bottom of the needle and pulled back while getting everything ready. There was an amount of hurt but it was somewhat less than when i had my nipples done, which made me squeak! That or i'm more able to withstand pain now? :) The needle was followed up with a straight piece and then the post of the ¾" barbell. It took a bit of fumbling to screw the ball on.
My rag totally caught all my drool. i didn't even notice at the time, but a goodly amount came out of my mouth.
Immediately after the piercing, the bottom of my tongue was sore… Next up was nng's navel. She and Mike talked about jewelry and they got a cute curved barbell with pretty light blue stones at each end. She felt practically nothing from the piercing or the following couple days. i paid for our jewelry and gave a tip. While nng and mike were going over her aftercare, i walked to a 7eleven and got a big cup of ice.
My aftercare was to keep ice in my mouth all day, not eat much, and any time i do eat to gargle and rinse with H2Ocean oral piercing care or the biotene mouthwash. You're also supposed to brush after any meals. As time passed, the bottom of my tongue really started to ache. It felt like i had been eating pussy for like 3 hours. And then the soreness got worse and it was like i'd been on an all day marathon. It also hurt to move my tongue forward at all. Obviously, talking wasn't easy either. i guess that my tongue was swollen, but it didn't feel it.
ADD isn't really compatible with constant soreness, pain, or fatigue, so nng got kinda pissed at me being whiny while she was packing up. (Remember, she was leaving the next morning) Buuuuut, we talked and she calmed down a bit and i stepped up and focused on being part of the solution and not so pathetic. :) It helped that Daddy came and helped, too. We did our best to help and not be in her way.
i had promised to work the door at the monthly pigs party, so she got 3 or 4 hours without me in her way. That was interesting… i had to talk to people, but the ice and the pain nicely kept me from being too chatty. i finally had some real food when the party served dinner (the other door guy and i rotate) but i really ate slowly and carefully. And barely ate much at all.
Since nng was still in town, as soon as the door closed, i bailed outta there and headed back to be with grrl and help more with packing. Unfortunately, by later Saturday nite, the distraction of the pain combined with eating almost nothing all day made me more self-focused than nng and i were accustomed to, i regressed some, and we had some angst. :( i felt like shit over all that (and still do, really), but i just try not to beat myself up over things. A big part of growing up is to learn from the past and just try my best not to get into those situations again.
Sunday, my mouth hurt less, but was still pretty sore. Thankfully, i didn't have to talk much. i still did some ice. By monday, i was feeling pretty good, but i had to talk on the phone off and on all day and by 4pm or so, my tongue was done. By Tuesday, or Weds, my tongue's swelling reduced a great deal, and there wasn't a divot on the top of my tongue anymore.
The tongue piercing really is a form of bondage. Wow. One never realizes how much the tongue gets used until it hurts. Or until there's this metal ball permanently on top of it that makes you continuously think there's a chunk of food there. Eating is always a very conscious effort. Three times, i allllmost chomped down on the ball that's on top of my tongue. There are some things i eat which has my tongue moving the food all around in order to get the bites between the molars for chomping action. i've learned to be very deliberate with it. There are many activities where i slam my tongue into the roof of my mouth, too! Like when i ride my motorcycle on the racetrack! So i'm pretty often actively trying to relax my tongue. And almost every time i'm conscious of my tongue piercing, i think of nng, bdsm, and to an extent, my role as a sex slave. :)
A week later and i'm a LOT better. Now, 2 weeks later, i'm practically healed. i rarely have any "hole" pain. The last time was when i was careless about sticking my tongue out and pulled it back in my mouth without carefully ensuring my piercing wasn't hung up on my teeth. In 2 more weeks, i can have the 3/4" bar replaced with a shorter one that will be less likely to be on my teeth.
Overall, i think this piercing is going to be ok with my teeth. i rarely tap the balls on my teeth. Only really when i annunciate L sounds. And i'm careful not to get in the habit of dragging the piercing around my mouth or teeth. i'll have to keep observation on the roof of my mouth. i do press it into the roof of my mouth a lot and don't want to wear a hole in it or something.
My rag totally caught all my drool. i didn't even notice at the time, but a goodly amount came out of my mouth.
Immediately after the piercing, the bottom of my tongue was sore… Next up was nng's navel. She and Mike talked about jewelry and they got a cute curved barbell with pretty light blue stones at each end. She felt practically nothing from the piercing or the following couple days. i paid for our jewelry and gave a tip. While nng and mike were going over her aftercare, i walked to a 7eleven and got a big cup of ice.
My aftercare was to keep ice in my mouth all day, not eat much, and any time i do eat to gargle and rinse with H2Ocean oral piercing care or the biotene mouthwash. You're also supposed to brush after any meals. As time passed, the bottom of my tongue really started to ache. It felt like i had been eating pussy for like 3 hours. And then the soreness got worse and it was like i'd been on an all day marathon. It also hurt to move my tongue forward at all. Obviously, talking wasn't easy either. i guess that my tongue was swollen, but it didn't feel it.
ADD isn't really compatible with constant soreness, pain, or fatigue, so nng got kinda pissed at me being whiny while she was packing up. (Remember, she was leaving the next morning) Buuuuut, we talked and she calmed down a bit and i stepped up and focused on being part of the solution and not so pathetic. :) It helped that Daddy came and helped, too. We did our best to help and not be in her way.
i had promised to work the door at the monthly pigs party, so she got 3 or 4 hours without me in her way. That was interesting… i had to talk to people, but the ice and the pain nicely kept me from being too chatty. i finally had some real food when the party served dinner (the other door guy and i rotate) but i really ate slowly and carefully. And barely ate much at all.
Since nng was still in town, as soon as the door closed, i bailed outta there and headed back to be with grrl and help more with packing. Unfortunately, by later Saturday nite, the distraction of the pain combined with eating almost nothing all day made me more self-focused than nng and i were accustomed to, i regressed some, and we had some angst. :( i felt like shit over all that (and still do, really), but i just try not to beat myself up over things. A big part of growing up is to learn from the past and just try my best not to get into those situations again.
Sunday, my mouth hurt less, but was still pretty sore. Thankfully, i didn't have to talk much. i still did some ice. By monday, i was feeling pretty good, but i had to talk on the phone off and on all day and by 4pm or so, my tongue was done. By Tuesday, or Weds, my tongue's swelling reduced a great deal, and there wasn't a divot on the top of my tongue anymore.
The tongue piercing really is a form of bondage. Wow. One never realizes how much the tongue gets used until it hurts. Or until there's this metal ball permanently on top of it that makes you continuously think there's a chunk of food there. Eating is always a very conscious effort. Three times, i allllmost chomped down on the ball that's on top of my tongue. There are some things i eat which has my tongue moving the food all around in order to get the bites between the molars for chomping action. i've learned to be very deliberate with it. There are many activities where i slam my tongue into the roof of my mouth, too! Like when i ride my motorcycle on the racetrack! So i'm pretty often actively trying to relax my tongue. And almost every time i'm conscious of my tongue piercing, i think of nng, bdsm, and to an extent, my role as a sex slave. :)
A week later and i'm a LOT better. Now, 2 weeks later, i'm practically healed. i rarely have any "hole" pain. The last time was when i was careless about sticking my tongue out and pulled it back in my mouth without carefully ensuring my piercing wasn't hung up on my teeth. In 2 more weeks, i can have the 3/4" bar replaced with a shorter one that will be less likely to be on my teeth.
Overall, i think this piercing is going to be ok with my teeth. i rarely tap the balls on my teeth. Only really when i annunciate L sounds. And i'm careful not to get in the habit of dragging the piercing around my mouth or teeth. i'll have to keep observation on the roof of my mouth. i do press it into the roof of my mouth a lot and don't want to wear a hole in it or something.