I have tried leaving the Helix in when I go to sleep and so far the first two nights: about 3 hours later, I wake up and my rectum is feeling tired.
The first night, I just felt like I had to move my bowels, so I removed the Aneros, and did. THe second night, last night, I walked into the kitchen to check on something I had simmering and on the way back, my rectum just pushed it out as I was walking and I caught it by the handle as it came out. Then I went to the toilet and had a bowel movement. Aneros came out way easier when my rectum was pushing it out, as if I was having a bowel movement, instead of my pulling it out (except thatI never shit while I walk now that I'm an adult). There must be a reflex there that coordinates sphincter relaxation and pushing contractions that makes it so easy.
I'm concerned that I'm building an association between the Aneros and simple eliminative bowel function instead of between the Aneros and erotic stimulation. I guess the answer is to pay more attention to it and try the contractions while I'm awake, and not rely on just the simple presence of the unit in my anus to stimulate the prostate.
The first night, I used cocoa butter on the helix and 1/4 teaspoon of cocoa butter pushed into my anus along with 5 cc of olive oil from a syringe, and only cocoa butter on the unit and pushed in (a little less total amount) last night. Without the olive oil I felt a more direct contact with my whatever's in there, I hope it's my prostate I'm feeling. The unit came out very easily without the olive oil, so I'll keep it simple and skip the oil from now on ( I was scared of having the thing "welded in"). This morning laying in bed I could sense my prostate, I mean I was aware of some sensation there. It felt like a slight pressure, with a radiating sensation of physical tension along in the plumbing there somewhere leading to my penis. Pretty underwhelming but it's more than I've had before. This sensation also feels like it's located off to the left of my body's midline so I wonder if my prostate has a non-standard location. My penis curves slightly to the left... I wonder if there's any connection.
It seems that my rectum is filling ( or trying to) as I sleep and wants the Aneros out to make room. The ANeros comes out completely clean, just the cocoa butter on it. I will try this some more and post back because leaving it in and going to sleep is the only way I can afford the time to experiment with this. I want to move myself along the learning curve without wasting time. Last night as I was drifting off, I tried just appreciating the sensations for what they were and that seemed to take away some of the psychological urgency by helping me to focus on the journey, not the destination.
Side effect: slight hemmorhoids are feeling way better.