Does self stiumlation help

I can't cite any studies off hand, but lots of ED docs recommend early and frequent stimulation, to orgasm if possible, as a part of the ED recovery process of pills, pumps, and penile injections.  Usually you would start a couple weeks after the catheter is out, or the same time a pump is begun.  M-asturb-ation with or without orgasm should stimulate the blood filling, infusion, and help with stimulating nerve regrowth and healing.  If you can get an erection, I say go for it.  If you can't, then try and keep trying, even if flaccid.  It's all about rehab, exercise and repetition. 

Good luck....

I haven't thought about this before but I will certainly find out if this is a form of therapy the next time I visit my doctor. Actually my wife suggested this a few nights ago and she was willing to help but I refused and told her that with all my research I have not seen any thing pertaining to this and that I don't want to do anything to hamper my progress.

Kris

Good to hear because I was curious about how it felt, minus prostate, and took things in hand four days after the catheter was removed and achieved orgasm. I just wondered if it was good or bad for recovery.

I'll ask my penis coach (that's what I my Penile Rehab Nurse) when we have our first meeting in a week or so.

Well, this one is maybe not for me to get into with the guys but because my husband and I are going thru it now, just thought I would speak....
My husbands surgeon recommended M* for the healing process and "I" honestly think because its good for the guy after he has been thru such an ordeal. Its a release and after a week or so I got involved and it was good. There haven't been any recordable erections but he has orgasms anyway. He says its alittle strange without a real erection but its no big deal right now.
Good luck and I hope all goes well
Cindy

No amount of massage gives me an erection -- self or otherwise. I can massage to orgasm without an erection but it's hard work. I find that a VED (pump) without constriction ring gives a good erection that does not last long enough for sex, but long enough for a good massage to orgasm. Orgasms are every bit as good as before surgery -- if anything they last longer. I'm still experimenting with constriction rings, and once I find something that works, will let it loose on my wife.

I have an understanding wife who enjoys cuddles and things that don't involve penile penetration. She is not fazed by failures, but just the same, I don't want to impose too many on her. I prefer to have my failures alone, and as it turns out, some successes too -- all in the name of therapy.

Three good things about prostate cancer:
1. You can masturb massage for "medical reasons"
2. The biblical injunction against spilling your seed does not apply -- we have no seed to spill
3. Self stimulation does not make you go blind

anglophile said...
I haven't seen this discussed and was wondering masterb massage helps speed or hamper the recovery for ED?

The Dr recommended USE it or LOSE it approach , musterbation and penile therapy can only help speed up matters ..
Good Luck
GB
PS i do it daily if not twice a day at times (as i used to pre surgery) and try ing to use the pump daily as well ....
Good Luck and keep us posted

Anglophile.
Every day...every day. It cant hurt and probably helps keep the blood flowing and re-training the nerves to do what they are supposed to do. After years in Catholic school with the nuns telling us that ********** was a sin, I got a free pass now ! Cant argue with Doctor's orders ! Enjoy yourself. It's a long road back.

chas036 said...
Self stimulation is basically the only way I can achieve a rock solid erection these days. Before my surgery, just a simple thought of sex or a naked woman was all I would need to get a solid woody, but today, all the thoughts in the world do nothing for me. Today the only way I can get a solid erection is with good manual stimulation. But if I stop stimulation, within 30 seconds, I go limp. Then there are other times, like once or twice a week, that I wake up in the morning with a rock solid erection without any self stimulation, so I don't know what is going on with my nerve bundles.

Ditto here, if the manual stimulation stops, the erection goes down. Hell, before surgery, I didn't even need a thought or image to get hard.

To the moderator: I find it interesting and a little inconsistent that in a forum where I and most of us speak freely about sex-related issues, that my use of the M-word got edited out to ************. It's a medical term. We're all adults here.

Well, if we can't talk about m***********, what about Penile Oral Therapeutic Treatment (Yippee!) or P.O.T.T.Y? Isn't there something to be said about the benefits of your wife giving you P.O.T.T.Y. mouth?

Hey guys,
Some key words, such as curse words etc. are automatically blocked out.  Why the "M" word is blocked is not clear to me.  Especially given the nature of our threads.  But none the less, its automatically blocked by the Healingwell web engine and not controlled by the moderators.  None of us blocked it.  The only reason I could find that might apply in the forum rules is:

12. If it shouldn’t be viewed by minors, then it shouldn’t be posted to the forums or chat rooms.  This is a public, family-friendly forum. In addition, if something would not be considered “work safe” (to a boss or co-worker), then it shouldn’t be posted.

I would find it amusing to use this rule for why it is blocked.  Because I already knew what it was when I was a minor...LOL.  But it is well understood in the thread.  The points are interesting...

Tony

When I was in college, living with several other students in an apartment, we all brought kitchen utensils from home and took turns cooking. We found we had 2 turkey basters, but one was larger than the other. It was dubbed the "masterbaster" Let's see if that gets past the censors !