kazinja
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During recent years the old adage that nerve tissue will not grow back gets refuted more and more. Severed neurons do try to regain contact with the opposite end of the interruption.
In the skin the sensory neurons end in different kinds of receptors that convey different kinds of perceptions to your brain: touch, heat, pain and vibration. They have impressive names like corpuscles of Meissner, Pacini and Ruffini, and Merkel’s disks. Some of the receptors come in slow and fast type, relaying either the absolute state of the stimulus or the change in its state (remember the removing of clamps being a whole different sensation from what you feel when they’re on for a while?). The signal is conveyed through the axon of the neuron; you may see it as the wiring that connects the sensor to the central nervous system (passing a few relay stations).
Now there are a few possibilities for what has happened. First, the axons can be severed. Second the sensory receptors can be severed, or both due to lack of oxygen. Try to find out more about the kind of damage. Apply different stimuli (don’t overdo it): heat, vibration (which includes gentle masagng strokes), touch (steady pressure and tapping) and pain (needle prick). If any sensation is perceptible, you might start from there. There is a phenomenon called ‘nerve sprouting’ that enhances the innervation of area’s that are stimulated more and longer. If you would apply regular (mild!) stimulation to your nipples (heat, or rather warmth, etc.) and focus on it to make the sensation more important to your subconscious, then you have a chance that some sensory capacity can be regenerated. Remember that the buzz-word is: mild, otherwise you would give the wrong message, like “you better adapt to this unpleasant sensation by toning it down, because it’s not going to get any better than this”. The mental focussing is no spiritual thing, it’s pure psycho-neuro-immunology: what you focus upon, will gain more neurological attention from the focussing part of your central nervous system (remember that in some emergency situations you can be virtually oblivious to pain stimuli).
In view of more recent ways of trauma treatment, very slight stimulation is preferred over prolonged inactivation, which can impair the recuperation capacity of tissue. Form follows function, and when the function is suppressed, the repair system gets too little clues as to what is the best way to do the repairs. I would have suggested very gentle stimulation in an earlier stage than the six month delay. Don’t blame the nurse though, these insights have not reached all of mainstream healthcare.
My advice would be: read whatever you can about sensory neurology, there’s plenty to be found on the net. This helps you to make an informed decision if and when you get professional advice. Then go to a neurologist, preferably someone who is specialised in trauma care (as opposed to specialists who look at neurology from a metabolic-disease, genetic or similar non pertinent viewpoint). If what you hear makes sense, follow the advice, if not, get a second opinion.
In the mean time adopt a daily stimulation routine with all kinds of stimuli and don’t give up hope too easily. If it works, it will take time (remember what Aswad was saying). Another point: try not to feel guilty about it and try not to blame anyone. These things happen, we all make mistakes. You don’t seem to do this, but this is important. If you would feel guilt or blame in any way, this would send the wrong message to you subconscious, like you don’t deserve your nipples to heal (or the other person should be put into a guilty position, for blame can be a strong –subconscious- emotion).
Also remember there’s some hard evidence from psycho-neuro-immunology research that things like focus, attitude and visualisation do make a difference. Visualisation meaning anything that works for you: from little repairman creatures at work, to nerve ends that tentatively try to find their way to be reunited again. It’s the ‘feeling’that goes along with it, that does the work.
I hope you will feel safe to take up playing again some day soon. You obviously have learnt from this experience, so you’re more aware than most of us where it comes to safety. I would advise against ever again engaging into painplay involving your nipples (no need to say that, probably) and instead focus on delicate, erotic sensual nipple play, which will only enhance any amount of sensibility regained over time.
I really wish you all the best and would like to get some feedback eventually.
Ron
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