Preparing a big hard xxx-mas package...
...so I can bring joy to my girlfriend.

At first this week I continued doing jelqs as I remembered them from several years back. But on tuesday I tried doing them very slow and it felt better. So I took a look here at the jelq article to check what the recommendations were nowadays. And read that each stroke should take 2-3 seconds, a little faster than the slow ones I had done, but a lot slower than the ones I had done before. Good, I do them slow for now on.
https://www.pegym.com/penis-exercise...q-instructions

When I had read about jelqs, I continued reading about Ulis. Sounded like a good exercise. A more prolonged version of the kegel-and-sqeeze routine I try to do whenever I visit a private restroom.
https://www.pegym.com/penis-exercises/uli
Will try to do these also. If I am going to disbandon the idea of vacuum pump as the only exercise I might just as well try this one also.

BTW... very close to 8 inches in the cylinder now...

* NOTES for week 17 *
Monday afternoon: Jelq, 300 fast strokes (150 reps).
Tuesday morning: Jelq, 300 fast strokes (150 reps).
Tuesday afternoon: Jelq, 80 slow strokes (40 reps).
Wednesday morning: 10 minutes at 6 inHg, 20,0 cm (7.87 in) in cylinder. BPEL = 19,5 cm (7.68 in) directly afterwards.
Wednesday afternoon: Jelq, 50 slow strokes (25 reps). Then Uli, 3x30 seconds.
Wednesday night: 20 minutes at 5-6 inHg, 20,3 cm (7.99 in) in cylinder, longest so far.
Thursday morning: 10 minutes at 5-6 inHg, 20,2 cm (7.95 in) in cylinder. BPEL = 19,7 cm (7.76 in) directly afterwards.
Thursday afternoon: Jelq, 50 slow strokes (25 reps). Then Uli, 3x30 seconds.
Friday morning: 10 minutes at 5-6 inHg, 20,2 cm (7.95 in) in cylinder. MSEG = 13,6 cm (5.35 in) directly afterwards.
Friday afternoon: Jelq, 50 slow strokes (25 reps). Then Uli, 2x30+1x60 seconds.

Remark: 4 mm has been added to all in-cylinder measurements since they have been done with an extra latex sleeve mounted on the cylinder. This adjustment gives values consistent with measurements made before this extra sleeve was mounted.