So in lieu of all the time that I've taken off from the gym as well as PE I have realized a few things that I'm going to start doing differently.
Kicking Porn
I was masturbating once a day because I had nothing else to do with my dick, and because it feels awesome naturally, but dry masturbation. The problem with this is that I was doing it to porn just to get off quick. What that's left me is an addiction to porn that I have to quit and kick. Once in awhile in my books is fine but on the daily like how I was doing it is just too much. It affected me in the bedroom ever so slightly, not much to make a huge impact, but little enough for me to recognize the need that a change needs to happen.
Discoloration
So my hematoma has turned into just an area of discoloration on the underpart of my shaft by the coronal ridge. Rather than viewing this as a bad thing, it is just a reminder that my penis while being a tough organ, it is not invincible. I can still injury myself as bad as anyone else. It is also a brutal reminder of the need to keep pressure off the glans when going in weights higher than 15 lbs.
Measuring
I have maintained my not measuring for the longest time. I'm pretty sure my last measurement was in September which had me around 7" BP/NBP. From then on I just gauged growth on how effectively I could hit my girlfriends cervix. I was still hitting it pretty decently until this last part of the hiatus. Now in the positions I was able to hit it at 3 weeks ago seem as if its a little bit further out of reach. But regardless, instead of using the ruler I've used for the 8 months I've been PE'ing I'm going to use a tape measure, that way to get a better measurement. This will also make it easier for me to measure and not have my curve take anything away (or add) from the measurement.
Hanging
I still have my old hanger, but I think that I'm going to hang it up for a long while now. I'm going to use the new style of hanger that I'm still designing which incorporates Andy's idea of using two rubber erasers on the sides to take pressure off the glans and apply more stress to the sides of the penis. This is the only hanger I'm going to use and I am going to make efforts to complete its design so I can start again. When I do start again I'm going to test the waters with 5lbs, and then gradually go up from there to a maximum of 10 pounds before going back to my routine of weight increases every 2-3 weeks. The angle I'm going to hit for now is BTC, and after I reach a certain weight limit, I'm doing to switch to OTS, and then if necessary I'm going to do fulcrum work. Also, if all else fails and I injury myself then I will just invest in the Bib and go from there.
Target date to resume hanging is Thursday of this week (Oct 28)
Extender Usage
It has been in my upper drawer collecting dust for the last long while. I don't plan on using it again with hanging until I am at least a month or so into hanging again, maybe even more depending on how my penis reacts to hanging again.
Cheers all who have been following and continue to do so, I promise I will get back to my old ways soon.