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ProtagonistLily -> Needle Play and Bloodsports (1/15/2006 4:56:30 PM)
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Hi all,
I was very fortunate to go to a workshop this weekend on bloodsports and needle play. I know this is very 'edgy' for some people, and I'm not really looking for people to agree or disagree with it as a valid form of play.
This was never something I was interested in on the 'SM continuum' and medical play has never really been my 'bag' so to speak. I've done a lot of knife-interrogation scenes, but I've only been cut intentionally during one of those scenes. (my reaction was 'OMG I didn't know what I was missing...) Sir and I try to avail ourselves to every opportunity to learn something new and that was one of the reasons why we went.
The presenter was fantastic and as a medical professional, extreamly knowledgeable. She covered the topic very throughly, talking about the practice from a RACK perspective with particular attention to risk management, keeping a steril field, discussing medical issues/history with someone you are going to do blood sports with and specifically about the needles themselves. Once she covered all the important talking points, she started a demo with needles, both perpendicular and parallel insertion, did a butterfly board demonstration and then did a cutting demo using a scalpul. Although at times I was queezy and had to back away from being close up to the subject on the table, I could see Sir's eyes dancing as he watched what was happening.
This was not something I was jumping at the chance to do either before, during or after the demo, but it was clear to me that Sir had more than a passing interest. One of the things that was exciting for us is that it was something neither of us have ever done. Often, due to my years in the scene, I am exposing him to things that I like and setting up learning opportunities for him in order to perform them on me. This was a whole differant ball of wax. We were both novices here.
After the demo concluded, I suggested that we approach the presenter to ask if she might work with us during the party the same evening and she said yes.
The presenter was ready to work with us toward the end of the evening and as she and Sir discussed things, I was instructed to strip and wait. When they were ready, the had me get up on the table and they both started to warm up my skin was some light sensation play. They started me on a breathing regime, taking deep breaths and letting them out. A few minutes later, Sir began to clean the areas where he was going to place the needles with Iodine and then alcohol and instructed me to take the deep breaths and let them go. Then he told me to hold my breath as he inserted an 18 gauge needle into my abdominal flesh. The sensation was like nothing I was prepared for. It was painful, but at the same time, the rush of neurochemicals flooded my body and I felt as if I was floating several inches off the table. Sir and the presenter had decided that they would do 4 placements, which took about 10 minutes or so to do. Sir did 2 and the presenter did 2, so that he could watch her technique and learn. Even though I was orbiting somewhere around Jupiter, I could tell the differance between Sir's needles and the presenter's. Because she is experienced, her placement was much smoother and hurt less. But all in all, the neurochemicals were racing through me and at that point, 4 needles could have turned into 400 and I would have been perfectly happy.
It was around this time that I started to get giggly. I had so many endorphine's running through me I was down right looped. I reacted like I'd never dreamed; I was totally and completely high (and unbelievably horny). They did 4 straight in placements of 28 gauge 1/2 inch needles, 2 on my abdomen and 1 in each nipple at that point. The nipples hurt much more than I'd expected them to, but again, I was flying so high the pain didn't really mean much.
We just sort of hung out for the next 20 minutes, me flying and Sir talking with the presenter, both of them constantly checking on me. Apparently, as I too joined in the conversation, telling sort of weirdly nonsequitorial stories to the presenter and generally enjoying the hell out of life.
There was very little pain when the needles came out, and after they cleaned the insertion points, Sir took me to the 'quiet' area for aftercare.
I continued to be 'loopy' for the next hour, and finally started to come down once we were headed home. The presenter instructed me to eat some chocolate and cautioned us that because my high was so high, I might end up crashing and having an out of the blue crying jag, which happily did not happen to me.
All in all, I'm usually not the girl who signs up for this kind of play. However, if I had let my fear of it dictate, Sir and I wouldn't have had the wonderful experience that we did, we would have missed out on something new to add to our cadre of things we enjoy, and we would have missed the opportunity to get even closer than we already are.
For those of you who have an opportunity to try this kind of play, I highly (no pun intended) recommend it ~grin~
Kassie
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