For the past year I have suffered from Prostatitis. Every single test and culture I've done (and I've done a whole lot) has turned up negative. I was beginning to think I fit into the Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol profile. Last week I started taking any accredited quercetin product or however you spell it. This past weekend I also did weights (and did a few too many solo sessions). One monday needless to say I was (and still am) feeling like I am wanting to die. It feels like sandpaper in my prostate, so me, being the curious person that I am...I did another urinalysis.
Now heres the question, is Quercetin supposed to clear up whatever gunk is stuck in the prostate/urethra? Because my urine was not only positive for protein, it had a buttload of gunk as well as a moderate amount of bacteria. This gunk, mind you, could have been anything from protein, to clumps of bacteria, to...well anything. The thing was though it didn't look like it was an open and shut case infection. That is to say it was mostly just gunk and some bacteria (and yes I did clean, void, pee).
Anyways, a urine culture is in the works and I did speak to and "see" a Doctor. She suggested (and I had already thought this as well) that we should wait for positive cultures before she starts throwing antibiotics at me since....
1. 3 months of Cipro didn't work
2. Undiscriminatory use of antibiotics could help build up the resistance and...
3. Some antibiotics dont kill but simply stop bacteria from growing. This could lead to a false sense of being "cured".
Anyways, I just took two tylenols and some Pyridium. I still think I may have not only chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome but it definitely could be just an infection.
Pray for me
