CaTh ~*DoubLe TroubLe*~
Having that *Piercing Urge* once more , I headed off to see Richard again to have more sensiTive body parts pierced!! This time I decided on my right nipple and my navel. I wasn't totally sure if I would go through with the nipple, knowing how I react to piercings.
My friend also came along again ... but this time she was getting a hole too. *yay* Sitting in the waiting room she was *eXtremeLy* nervous, yet, it didnt really faze me until out came Dr Dick beckoning us in.
Richard applied some Emla cream to both my nipple and navel then proceeded to mark my friend's eyebrow and she OK'd the placement. Watching him inject the anesthetic and seeing the piercing I found myself feeling lightheaded and dizzy and on the verge of fainting before Richard had even started on me!!! So he finished off my friend, mopped up the blood and she was stoked ... no pain or anything *yay*.
Then I stood up so he could remove the Emla cream and he marked my navel for placement when yet again I almost fainted. I laid down on the table and there was no looking back now.
Richard injected my belly with anesthetic, moments later he began prodding around with the needle which I was unaware of ... so he proceeded to pierce my belly ... I didnt feel pain as such although I felt the dull sensation of touch .. I was also aware of him piercing my flesh and that there was a needle under my skin and it was at this time and for this reason that I began to again feel sick.
Its so hard to explain how I felt ... I was nauseous, cold yet sweating, and I couldn't stop yawning!! It was at this time that Richard decided to put in a smaller ring. He changed it, inserted the ball, and I asked him to cover it up cause I didn't think I could handle the blood. At this stage I was ready to get up, pay my bill, and be off.... however my friend and Richard made me get over the first piercing before deciding to wimp out on my second. In the end I decided to put up with the nausea for the duration of the next piercing.
Richard removed the Emla cream, then injected my nipple with anesthetic, from memory close to 4 or 5 times, and I did feel it each time, however it wasnt agony, more of a sting. Then he pierced my little boobie, which like my navel I was aware of him doing, yet not so much as my navel. There wasn't a lot of blood I was told, because I asked him to cover it up also straight away. The nipple seemed to be heaps quicker than my navel, but it actually probably wasn't. I stayed laying down for a few more moments, then I got up, paid my bill and we were on our way *h00ray*.
I was discussing with Richard my reaction to piercings, this being the second time Richard has pierced me, and apparently maybe 1 in 10 people have the same reaction as me. I find it quite bizarre actually. I have a fear of pain, and I think what makes me uneasy is knowing that my flesh is being punctured by a foreign piece of metal. I get extremly nauseous and yawn and sweat. Its horrible, then I get all embarrassed about it. But I'm usually back to normal the next day .... a little tired ... but oK!
Well it's day 5 of my piercings and my nipple has given me no grief whatsoever. When my mother had hers done hers was painful for close to 3 months and she had to wear a bra to bed for that period of time. However, the night of the piercing I felt a slight burning sensation in my nipple, yet it was in a way pleasurable too!! No discharge or bleeding and quite easy to turn. I found it a bit weird in the shower the first time *I had a shower that night even though Dr Dick advised not to and I ended up nearly fainting twice* and as for my navel I thought I would have a heap of problems being the *curveY grrL that I aM* *winK* no pain really .... I did aerobics 2 days after ... the day after I had a slight whitish discharge ... which I'm not worried about at the moment!! The top hole on my belly is a little red ... but I'm sure it's all normal!!
I'm more than happy with my new additions!! Im glad I went through with both!!!
ThanX heapZ
CaTh
Revised 22 August 2004
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