Tips on Long-Term Chastity?

A while ago I bought myself a chastity cock cage as it was something I wanted to try and my Mistress liked it too. However, the ring part of the cage was too small which meant that after one a few minutes it would have to come off due to lack of blood! I have now sources a larger size ring that will be arriving in a couple of days time, hopefully this will be big enough to allow for long-term wearing of the cage.

I am to lock myself in it and keep the keys for 7 days to ensure that it is comfortable to wear for long periods, obviously having the keys enables me to take it off if I have any problems.

After this 7 days, I will be released for a couple of days, after which I will be locked in by my Mistress and She will then have the keys, and I am quite sure I'll be locked away for at least a month.

Are there any tips for living with semi-perminant chastity? I think the longest I've ever gone without cumming was a week and I felt like I was going to explode after that! And my Mistress knows that's the longest my self-control can go, so this cage will give full control to Her.

Safety first kinky second.

If something is being locked into place on you and your expected to wear it about town and what not, make sure you can remove it just in case, or that the person with the key is physically present while it's being worn the whole time.

Chastity devices often have hard or semi- ridged parts that like rope and leather bindings when used incorrectly can result in unwanted damage ( such as when placed over boney protuberances or other regions where nerve damage could result); Even then if used correctly, one still needs to take into account that extremely long term conditions where not in the original design...so although it's properly applied and then additional pressure from some kinds of clothing or positions is added...some devices and bindings etc can end up digging into the skin real quick and or making a pressure ulcer in less than 20 minutes or cause irreparable nerve damage.

Good tips. I would paint or mark a spare key you can keep for emergencies but will show that it has been used. Yes that isn't foolproof but safer for you.

There's no worries on the safety aspect, I'm a very 'sensible' person and as such ensure everything I do is safe and doesn't cause me any (unwanted) pain.
As for the spare key, the plan will be to place it on a peice of paper that cannot be copied (like my Mistresses handwriting, or a snippit from a magazine (I wouldn't know where it came from), and then sellotaped around completely. That way the only way to get the key is to tear into it, with no way of putting it back as it was.

I just don't know how I'm doing to handle no masturbation or contact on my cock for a month, although I'm interested what it will be like...

Obviously you will need to have contact with your cock regardless (or your mistress etc will)...it will still need to be cleaned after all. I dont know which specific type of device your using, but you will also need to be able to have an erection from time to time, its natural and can be detrimental if its inhibited or if circulation is being denied to it etc.

The reason I mentioned the key and safety issues is because you excluded any mention of such things in your original post and even though some of these things one may think are simple common sense especially amongst the initiated...you would be surprised at how often one finds people acting as if they are oblivious concerning them.

As for coping with no masturbation or being allowed to cum...lol...suffer.