I have been a sufferer of CP for approx 5 yrs now...(I am a 46yr old male)

I am a lay person who has no interest in any treatment, medicine sales or
any other theories...I am merely posting my tale to enlighten, and perhaps
help fellow sufferers.

I have been on several antibiotics including a 1 yr stretch of 2 X 500 mg of
Biaxin a day....(I suffer from alergies and found that I could not tolerate
antibiotics in the "floxin" family)...and for some reason, though not the
antibiotic of choice by physicians, Biaxin seemed to aleviate my symptoms
...with the unpleasant side effects of violent diarrhea and the wierd
metalic taste in my mouth.

BTW in the early stages of my affliction I was not aware that perhaps the
antibiotics were not working due to their antibacterial properties, but
rather due to their anti-inflamatory affect...

In retrospect, probably, my initial bacterial infection was treated in the
first few weeks of my antibiotic regimen...and then their anti-inflamatory
properties kept the symptoms at bay. (I am a firm believer in the theory
that the initial infection irritated and inflamed the nerves in the prostate
and now they are hypersensitive)...

Antibiotics would work for a while and then for no apparent reason the pain
and the constant urge to void would return...and I would visit the local
walk in clinic and the Dr and I would pour over his chart of antibiotics and
attempt to find one that I had not yet tried.
(thank goodness for my drug plan from work).

I was seen by Dr. Nickel in Kingston Ont and he prescribed/suggested Prosta
Q. I tried the one month sample he gave me and then got a second month free
sample from the distributer in the U.S.
Prosta Q did nothing for me.

I tried various prostate herbal medications incl Prostease and Saw Palmetto
and they did not help.

I switched to Naprosyn E and that alleviated the symptoms for a couple of
months and then the symptoms returned again.

Thank goodness for our socialized medicine in Ontario, as I was visiting my
local "walk in clininc" for twice weekly prostatic massage by a sympathetic
Dr....this combined with the Naprosyn E and antibiotics kept the symptoms at
bay...however, I knew my ailment has not been cured as the symptoms would
return, within hours of a skipped dose of the aforementioned.

The sympathetic Dr. from the walk in clinic referred me to the "Murray
Koffler Centre for Urologic Wellness" at the Mount Sinai Hospital in
Toronto...
http://www.mountsinai.on.ca/mkuwc/about.htm

Here is the treatment that I have received at Mt Sinai:
My expressed prostatic secretions were examined under a microscope and they
say they saw clumps of white blood cells ie pus.
I was put on a low carb diet and prescribed a fungicide - Diflucan (the one
prescribed to aids patients for yeast infections) - the Dr. suggested I
might have a yeast infection in my prostate which was causing/aggrivating my
condition. I was also put on an "alpha blocker" Xatral Sr 10mg. ..and told
to take the Naprosyn E that I had been taking ONLY WHEN NECESSARY...

I was told to eat lots of plain yogourt with ACTIVE bacterial cultures, as
there was a theory that I had screwed up my body chemistry with the
prolonged antibiotic use.

I was warned that a side effect of a severe yeast infection, was influenza
like symptoms for a couple of days as the dying yeast released toxins into
my body. ( the Dr was correct...within two days of starting the treatment, I
developed a fever and headache which passed after a couple of days)...

I followed the diet and took the fungicide (diflucan) & the alpha blocker as
prescribed...in addition to losing 15 lbs (a pleasant side effect of the low
carb diet)...my symptoms have been aleviated to the point that I am no
longer on Naprosyn E, have ceased taking the fungicide and I have relaxed my
observance of the low carb diet somewhat...

I still take one 10 mg Xatral per day. (which the Dr tells me is no big deal
as millions of men take it for symptoms of enlarged prostate every day)

Examination of the expressed prostatic secretions, now show little if any
abnormal white blood cells...

My symptoms are significantly reduced to the point that I sleep nights with
no urge to void, I have no pain in my perineum, no testicular pain and no
post ejaculatory pain (all previous symptoms)...

I am not suggesting that the treatment I have received is the "be all or end
all"...but no other physician I had seen, has brought me the relief that I
have gotten by following the treatment prescribed by the Dr at the Mount
Sinai.

Best of luck to you all...