Love it.
Tell me this. I recall you saying you had dramatic penile shrinkage. How are you in that respect? Thanks.
For any of the guys who are interested in the Tuscon Prostatitis Center.
I talked to Dr. Polacheck, I may actually have another conversation with him soon. He does what sounds exactly like the doctor in Kos, Greece does. He isolates the organisms/infections, daily prostate massage/drainages, and anti-biotics. On average, patients stay there for 3 weeks of treatment and then continue the treatment themselves at home. But he stated that the longer the patient can stay in Tuscon to see him, the higher the odds are of successful treatment.
He also said that most patients from Western countries need longer treatment periods than those in Eastern countries, most likely because we have use anti-biotics so liberally. So do not take anti-biotics before treatment the infections can can build resistance.
He does not accept insurance, but does give a slip that you can submit to insurance. I am not positive on this, but it looks like total treatment costs is more than the $3,000 Kos treatment. However, for Americans, the flight costs are MUCH cheaper and the lodging is fairly cheap as well and surely your insurance will cover anti-biotic costs.
Does anyone have any question you want me to ask him the next time I talk to him??
Thatās good for you guys, though someone has to be the guinea pig to get thru that treatment first time. Iād suggest staying at least 5 weeks and if even for longer time the better - it doesnāt sound like the recovery is guaranteed/they have as much expertise than Georgiadis but maybe itās worth a try? Idk itās your guysā money.
Ask him how they diagnize the prostatitis, what steps there are in that. Ask them how they detect/can tell the inflammation. Do they use TRUS and can they uh understand those pictures? How long are the treatments and how many treatments per day? IDK this is what comes to my mind.
Yes ā¦ I would be interested to know what his opinion is about āvibrating prostrate massagersā as a form of āpost-therapyā maintenance.
(I am thinking of buying a vibrating prostrate massager as i have seen them mentioned a few times on different prostatitis websites).
My prostrate therapy in Kos finished around 4 weeks ago and I have not noticed any huge differences unfortunately ā¦ but I only had 26 prostrate therapies and was only there for 3 weeks. I am hoping that the other guys who are staying longer will have more success.
I have noticed a lot of itching around the front of my forehead recently.
Since quiting finasteride around 10 months ago, I have not had much itching on my forehead until now. Maybe this is DHT starting to return ā¦ i donāt know.
Regardless, I will keep this thread updated if i have any news to report and Iām hoping that the other guys who have been treated in Kos will do likewise.
P.S. Since quitting the anti-inflammatories, the problem with blood in my stools has now gone.
I am sure its prostate realted. After all fin was initally used to shrink prostate cancer but shrinking the prostate by 75%.
Wih the sudden quit of fin i am sure my prostate has bounced back and become diseased. I also hope it has enflamed so much its trapping a nerve and hense why i have penis numbness. I am going to ask my dr for antibiotics and see if this helps as on times it feels like im sitting on a golf ball. Infact i can no longer sit on hard surfaces for more than a few miniutes.
So what are you going to do now that the therapy did not work for you? What does does Dr. G suggest?
I do know that his patients continue to use self-prostate massages when they return home. He has them use certain one that he designs. 2-3 times a week is how often he has them continue to massage.
mm so we have to buy an aneros ā¦ 
Someone sent me these links regarding inflammation and autoimmunityā¦ thought Iād post them if anyone is interested in readingā¦
Hey solon:
You say that we have bacterial/protozoa prostatitis. However, I was checked for bacteria a ways back and it was no where to be found. I also did a round of doxycycline (and I know others have) and saw no improvement. According to a headache in the pelvis, most cases of prostatitis are nonbacterial prostatitis.
Not shutting down your theory or anything, because what you did with the massages on a daily basis is the treatment for it. The book said its a pelvic floor muscle dysfuntion. Propecia def. did whatever it did to the prostate, and Iām guessing causing it. The treatment said daily massages and releasing trigger points.
Anyway, the people over @ www.hardflaccid.org have many simliar problems to propecia sufferers and many of them saw relief through pelvic floor muscle treatment, and their problems were started by over masturbation or from ājeglingā (spellingā¦ its where you workout your penis).
So anyway, good for you man. glad to hear you are good. iām going a similar route to you very soon, just need to find the right doctor to diagnose it.
glad you are doing man!! good for you bro!! thanks for your posts here. 
First of all, you might want to get multiple cultures done if you can. They are not always accurate.
Also, if you are sure that it is not infection related (and really even if it is) you should check out the role of prostaglandin e2 in prostatitis.
Did solon get test results saying he had some prostate bacteria?
I might be thinking of a different user, but I think he or another person stated that they had 5 total done. 3 showed infection and 2 did not.
The vitamin D receptor is located where? Where else, but THE PROSTATE!
Im just reading now that Vitamin D is linked to:
Gynecomastia
Joint Pain
Muscle Twitching
Muscle weakness
ā¦as well as prostatitis. I have all of these symptoms. Damn. I know Crisler met another Doc in Brazil and they agreed that Vit D is playing a big role in PFS.
sceanyboy,
you meant a deficiency of Vit D is linked to prostatitis etc. not Vit D itself.
Yeah.
noniman, are you still around 60%?
I know 60% isnāt quite near the 100% we would all like to be at, it is still enough of an improvement to have a substantially better quality of life. I personally would love to have a 50%+ improvement.
Iām curious to see how you are doing, would you mind giving us another update?
About vitamin Dā¦
Who on this board lives somewhere hot and gets a lot of sun?
I spent a month in a very hot country recently and made a complete recovery for roughly 1 week and a half. That feeling of arousal traveling through the prostate area and even thick semen which i havenāt seen even in other good periods. There must be people on this board that actually live in hot countries and get sun often. It may have just been a coincidence.