UCPPS - Prostatitis, Interstitial Cystitis Forum

I think it would depend on what you are riding in. If it is a car, I don't think I could ever use the 3 inch and I am a lot heavier than you (unless you are not driving).

What you do need to understand is that the cushions change a huge amount during the first 8 odd hours of use. They all feel ...

I think a problem with Australian urologists and medical practitioners are that even though they never agree with each other, they are always right.

Hi,

I use these cushions both for computer work and driving. I have found that in my particular case, even though my body weight suggests the 2 inch firm model, I am happier with the 3 inch firm model. Some of this has to do with the fact that I have trigger points just inside the anus (so very ...

Are you using the Theracane internally as well?!

btw, I can vouch for those cushions from the IC shop in your link (maybe you can update the link title, since they aren't really donut cushions).

Anyway I bought one for the car and one for my computer chair and now have more on order so I don't ...

It's pathetic to see someone who is completely clueless yet tries to maintain an air of having a clue.

So true, and an experience we have all had, I'd say.

I think for you the answer is self-treatment with some implement using the A HEADACHE IN THE PELVIS book, relaxation tapes, benzos ...

I had actually considered going to the US, but it would be absolutely impossible for me to fund it. I had to retire from full-time work due to long-standing health issues (nothing whatsoever to do with CPPS) and my self-funded income does not do much more than pay the bills and keep me fed. I ...

There does not seem to be any cohesive and self-contained body of information at present regarding options available to Australians who suffer from CPPS. We've all read about the various treatments but inevitably unless you are lucky enough to live in the US, finding access to such treatments is ...

Hi Carl,

Good to see things are going well, but I am sure you would agree that long term results are what matters. I've gone through periods up to three or four weeks when I was tempted to post her and say "I'm cured - this is what I did!!!". But I have been all to aware that just as the problem ...

I am sure that the cure to this thing consists of:

1. No work ever again
2. And endless supply of money
3. Living in a warm climate all year round
4. No stress, no worries, nothing, like peace and quiet.

I am sure given these "conditions for our bodies to heal" we would all be back to normal ...

Thanks for all the replies. I think I should move to the far North of Queensland - much warmer than down here! But yes, I was going wonderfully in late Summer and through Autumn. I'm actually feeling a bit better having started to do TP therapy every day (rather than a couple of times week - which ...

Over the last 5 months my condition had really been improving. On a good day I would have rated myself at perhaps 90% - 95% pain free and on a bad day perhaps around 75% - 80%. That has been a huge improvement compared to last year and the beginning of this year when I would have rated myself at ...

Here are a couple of links that might be food for thought.

http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/editori ... pageid=936

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2003/s796549.htm

I know I had heaps of success with TENS with my tennis elbow years ago. I still have my old unit in the drawer. Sounds like the trickiest thing is where exactly to put the 4 electrodes though. For me that was always the most difficult thing - and they can come lose during the day because of friction ...

JonP,

I did the 8 day fast with the lemonade and cayenne when I thought this was all my prostate.

Yeh..after reading that first book I thought it was all in my prostate too :-| I am glad that diet helped you a little anyway. It really worries me though - practically all the energy intake for ...

At one point I was about to start that lemonade diet variation proposed by an author of a prostate health book. This author advocated adding cayenne pepper to the drinks that form the basis of the diet. As it turned out, after researching the diet I decided it might potentially cause me more ...