It has really been an awful week. Jamie and I got a weird back thing (I think mine was started by badly done yoga) that put both of us prone on the bed for a couple days. Luciklly, we were able to stagger the days we were down. I have stopped doing Yoga to let my body recover and am really missing the daily practice. It was so weird for both of us to have done nothing in common and right after I started recovering, he was affected. Too weird.
We are completely and utterly hooked on “Six Feet Under”. Unfortunately, we have to wait til all the kids are asleep to watch it and this means that we are regularly up until 2am. We’ve got to find another solution. I’m pretty sure, from doctor visits and Internet research, that Jamie has Prostatitis. I found a really good support website and have a plan. The antibiotics don’t seem to have helped him with the majority of his symptoms but that seems typical for this condition. He’s going to have a urine culture and a DRE (just can’t get enough of those) for a second opinion on enlargment (thus far, he has been found to be inflamed but not enlarged, which is an important distinction). We’re hoping that bioflavanoids ((Prosta-Q) will be the “magic” cure it has been for many other men, but have a laundry list of many other treatments. For many men, this is a chronic condition that they simply “deal with” until they find a treatment (some pharmacutical, others dietic) that works. I am hopeful
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1 jody2mas // Dec 19, 2005 at 9:08 pm
Can you get your hands on some Nettle leaf capsules too? Natures Way is a good brand, and the capsules are certified 435mg of Nettle per cap.
When I was having my miscarriages, I found numerous medical papers that pointed to Nettle leaf in the treatment of prostatitis and prostate cancer (it was also shown to be effective in treating immune disorders of pregnancy, which is what I have).
A few web sites:
http://www.herbsorganic.co.za/pages/working%20on/Nettle/Nettle%20info.htm
http://www.greenbush.net/prostate.html
Here are a bunch on medline:
http://intapp.medscape.com/px/medlineapp/meddirect?searchstring=nettle&cid=med
It is quite effective in reducing cytokines and TNF-a (I had high levels of both). Here is an article that explains it somewhat. I can’t find the medline study that I based my dosage on….if I find it I will e-mail it to you:
http://www.calvizie.net/documento.asp?args=1.1.898
I took 6-8 435mg capsules each day. I was on it for about 6 weeks before I got pregnant with Mia, and took it until I was about 6-8 weeks pregnant…then I weaned off of it. I was also on high doses of fish oil. I swear that is why I have her with us today, and the m/c that I just had really enforces that for me (by the time I started the nettle etc., things were already going bad).
Your dad could benifit from it as well, as you can see from the articles above.
Hope you don’t mind the links and unsolicited advice.
2 Administrator // Dec 20, 2005 at 8:24 pm
Thanks SO MUCH jody! I have a list of items; fish oil is one and I’ll add the nettle and copy Dad on this. Again, THANK YOU!
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