Stress & prostate signals

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jimrich - 19 Mar 2004 08:04 GMT

Ever had the feeling/idea that your prostate gland is trying to tell
you something's wrong BEFORE it's too late? Ever thought that the
gland is trying to tell you that emotional stress is the problem? I
don't know exactly how stress is connected with the enlarging of the
gland but I believe the gland (in my case at least) is desparately
trying to get my attention so I will stop thinking/feeling all those
ordinary-never-examined things which have caused seemingly acceptable
levels of stress for as long as I can remember - but are now showing
up as physical problems in my old (66) age! I've been suffering with
slow flow for some time and have been using V.A. prescribed meds.
Just the other day the doc. told me they'd do a TURP so I wouldn't
have to stay on meds. At first I thought it was ok, but then, I got
to thinking about what my gland has been trying to tell me all this
time and decided to work with emotional/mental processes to relieve
the gland before leaping to a surgical solution. Since I've decided
to stop or confront the many mental/emotional stressors I've always
had, it seems the gland is relaxing and flow is getting better! I
studied psychology a lot and worked with emotional recovery, & I'm
pretty sure there is a dead on connection between stressful
attitudes/behaviors and most illness. Now it's my turn to finally
know if it's true and repair or help out the little prostate gland
that's been screaming at me for help for so long or face the dire
surgical solution.....LOL...to a mental/emotional problem! I wonder
how many others out there have made the choice to work on their
stressful emotions instead of submitting their gland to an
irreversable surgical fate? I'd like to know how you and your gland
fared. I'll let you know how my gland does with this new, stress-free
approach.

jim

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c palmer - 19 Mar 2004 18:03 GMT

jim - what you said has an interesting approach, but why stop at the
gland. the heart shows more stress than the gland. if fact, if one
stays in tune with life's energy forces, either through TM, religion, or
any other form of focus thought, stress has been shown to greatly reduce
the stress.

i went to a stress seminar and right up front at the beginning, they
wrote it on the board, which i agree with 100%.

"stress is the wear and tear on the human body"

your post reflected that statement and if you can get a handle on your
situation and if that provides relief, then i would say great, but if it
doesn't, then one want to other means of stress reducers.

and i am also living proof of stress management. one year ago, my blood
pressure was running as high as 165/113
and yesterday, even at the doctor's office, it ran 102/60. i'm still
over my weight and will address than next. but you are right, we do
have to take an active part in our health maintenance.

~ curtis

knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional

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Stav - 20 Mar 2004 03:49 GMT

You're not the first one to think about this, and your thoughs may well
be legitimate. There are some doctors in the urology department at
Stanford University who have developed a theory that stress-induced
tension and knots in the complex muscles in the pelvic floor is the
real causes of "chronic pelvic pain" in males and females. In males,
one of the symptoms can be lower urinary tract problems like frequency
and urgency. They've published an excellent book entitled "A Headache
int the Pelvis" (by David Wise and Rodney Anderson) which explains their
theory and their treatment approach, which involves relaxation
exercises, stretches and (yuk) internal physical therapy. I highly
recommend it.

Provided your symptoms aren't acute, I would agree that you can deal
with the stress with any method of choice: meditation, yoga, religion,
etc. And the set of 8 abdominal stretches is easy to do, and would be
harmless at the very worst, but may do some good.

I found this book because despite having a TUIP (which I believe was
necessary), I still had a lot of pelvic pain. I can't say for sure, but
the stretches plus daily meditation may have helped make the pain go away.

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