From what I've read, there is no connection.

Hi Ben...I've never seen anything suggesting that PCa may cause
prostatitis.  On the other hand, there has been considerable scientific
speculation about repetitive prostatitis causing PCa.  It seems that
inflammation (stones, etc.) or infection play a role in an
ever-widening variety of illnesses...Best wishes and good health, Ron

(ka-snip)

This is an example of the kind of post (I call it posting in a vacuum) that
drives me bonkers.

To what is Ben responding? What did the previous poster write? Who is it?
When was the post published?

In the name of Heaven, people, when you respond to a post, CITE IT! Sorry
to shout, but I'm feeling very annoyed by people who seem to think that,
notwithstanding that they are posting to a public forum, only they and
their correspondent are participating. They know who they are.

I now yield the floor to those who claim that anything goes, however rude
and inconsiderate, and that those of us who protest this abuse are somehow
trying to censor the rude and inconsiderate. On the contrary, we are (or I
am) trying -- against the odds -- to establish a sense of comity, however
hopeless appears the task.

(stifle the rest of the rant)

Regards,

Steve J

"Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive
wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub
together. Often the very young, the untraveled, the naive, the
unsophisticated deplore these formalities as 'empty, 'meaningless,' or
'dishonest,' and scorn to use them. No matter how 'pure' their motives,
they thereby throw sand into machinery that does not work too well at best."
--Lazarus Long

You probably had prostate cancer for quite a long time before it was
detected.  Prostate cancers grow very slowly.   Prostatitis tends to
come on suddently, although it can become chronic and last for a while.
  A man with prostatitis will often have high PSA values, and that
could lead to a biopsy which would discover a prostate cancer which had
been there for a while.

Ben, other than the Cipro and your statement, I really don't see
anything in your posted history that indicates you had prostatitis. Did
the doctor tell you you did? I think it is unusual to have an infected,
inflamed prostate and it not be palpable or at least "tender." How was
it diagnosed? Is is not possible you picked up an infection from the
biopsy? And where did the infection in the seminal vesicle come from?
Your uro might be slanting the truth a bit.

Bill Denton
RP 2/12/02
PSA .6
Memphis