Masturbation after urethroplasty

I received the first stage of a two-stage urethroplasty 4 weeks ago more or less, to remove a 2-3 cm urethral stricture near the tip of my penis. The urethra was excised and grafts from inside my mouth/cheeks were put onto the site. I was in the hospital for a week, had a Foley catheter in for two weeks, and then had the catheter removed. I've consistently been told the graft looks very healthy and is healing very well. After a few days, it stopped hurting to urinate. A couple of days later, I decided I had had enough waiting and have masturbated once a day for the last three days. I don't touch anywhere near the site of the graft and have been extremely careful and light. Masturbation occurred with a little bit of pain and there's a little bit of bleeding, but my surgeon told me that a bit of bleeding is normal and that erections are also normal, so I didn't really think anything of it.

I've been thinking about it since and I'm not sure if that was a good decision or if masturbating at this time is okay. My surgeon said I should avoid "major sexual activity" for 2-4 weeks post-catheter removal, but I would describe my activity as extremely minor. I figured that if just getting erections/having orgasms would be damaging, I would have gotten more warning from the surgeon. I was wondering if I could have some advice on this. Could I be damaging the grafts? Is there something I should do?

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