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Morning

"My boyfriend said before we moved in together he needed to tell me that he masturbates every morning either before he gets out of bed or in the shower and he wouldn't change that He says it's good for his health I think he's bsing me"

No, he is not bullshitting you. It is a fact that frequent ejaculations help men to maintain a healthy prostate and lower the risk of prostatitis and/or prostate cancer. It also lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and increases the heart rate so it's like doing a bit of cardio every morning.  Bravo to him for jacking off daily. Bravo to him for telling you. He won't have to hide it like so many men do.

Allow me to add: every once in a while, you might offer to lend a hand.

Try to have a great weekend!

A Full Monty

 

Morning.

Did you catch The Real Full Monty last evening? Anthony Anderson did this as a fundraiser and awareness campaign for Prostate, testicular, and Colorectal cancer research and encourage early detection screenings. He, Tyler Posey, James Van der Beek, Taye Diggs, Chris jones, and Bruno Tonioni did the strip number from the Film / Stage version, choreographed by Mandy Moore. And, yes, they bared it all --- though the cameras were panned out so far nothing is seen (it is broadcast TV, after all).

Paramount's The Full Monty

Each of them talked about how cancer has touched their lives; van der Beek revealed his recent bout with colon cancer. Replaced by Posey, Dwight Howard backed out after three rehearsals. The through line really was pushed to the forefront: Men need to stop being embarrassed by the dangly bits. 

Even when the bit isn't dangling.

Especially when talking to your doctor.

No Cancer

 

Good morning.

I love it when folks bring us follow-up information.

"You may recall that I emailed asking how to clear blood in my ejaculate more quickly following a transperineal biopsy of the prostate, and that the original biopsy was positive for prostate carcinoma with a Gleason score of 3+3=6, but my PSA was high. Thus they wanted to do a repeat biopsy.
 
The repeat biopsy was thankfully done under GA. It came back negative for carcinoma. The blood in my ejaculate took three weeks to clear again at 4 to 5 solo sessions a week.
 
However, the PSA was still high at the 6-week post-surgery mark, but not quite high enough to have a funded PET-scan under the rules in my country. After discussion with my urologist we decided to see if I could push my PSA a little higher so as to qualify. So, after an enjoyable solo session with ass toys knocking on my prostate, I got the blood test done. Exactly the same PSA score!
 
Urologist decided that we could round the number up (it was only 0.2 off the minimum) and he took my case to the appropriate team. The PET-scan provider in my city only does one session a week, so after a three-month wait I had the PET-scan. The results are that there is no avidity anywhere in my body—including the prostate. So, it looks like the biopsy took all the cancer cells. There’s also no prostatic inflammation.
 
The present diagnosis for my PSA levels being high is that I just have a large prostate. The main problem with that is that I sometimes have problems urinating—particularly at night. He doesn’t want to do reduction surgery as that is likely to leave me with permanent retrograde ejaculation. So, I’m on a medication called Tamsulosin to help with urination. It has a side-effect of partial retrograde ejaculation—so I am periodically pausing the medication for a few days to enable a couple of full ejaculations.
 
Thus, I am now on the active surveillance programme ordered by the Urologist (rather than my GP)."

The best news is that there is no cancer present. Surgical reduction of the prostate can cause a myriad of problems. If you recall (from years past) Lord Patrick (a faithful reader until his death) dealt with them. Loss of solid erections, incontinence.... it's good your doctors have opted out of that. Nice to know there is a work-around for the ejaculation side-effects of the Tamsulosin. Retrograde ejaculation (where the semen is sent backward into the bladder) is nowhere near as satisfying as a normal one.

Best of Outcomes

 

The follow-up appointment went good. All cleared.

But if it ain't one damn thing, it's another. We discovered water dripping from the ceiling in the living room and a large patch of wetness. Either the A/C condensation pan busted, or the roof leaked during the storms we got from the outskirts of Hurricane Hilary. A/C guys are on their way and we shall see. 

In the meantime, a follow-up email:

"It’s taken three weeks to get back to a normal ejaculate (and very nice it was too). The first two were bright red, which when I asked the original question. A couple of dull red, then dark caramel gradually lightening across the ensuing weeks.
 
The Gleason score for the sample was 3+3=6, which is the lowest score for the test to be cancer. These days they don’t jump to treating these quickly and prefer to do active surveillance—regular PSA, DRE and scans. Once it moves beyond that, they treat. I’m not happy about this and will be having a robust discussion with the Urology team when I can.
 
However, they tell me that the high PSA I had doesn’t really match with a low Gleason score, so they want to do the biopsy again—this time under GA. At least this time I’ll know what to expect with ejaculations." ~ BWC

I know we all wish him the best of outcomes!

And that --- if there is surgery involved --- function returns.