Fifty Plus (50+) - Prostatitis --- Yuck!!!!

Just ordered two anatomical seats from Nashbar...

Nashbar F2 Comfort/Touring Saddle
http://tinyurl.com/ybh878c

or the F1 seat
http://tinyurl.com/y9mhvhv


thanks

Sorry the old links did not work, tinyurl seems to link up good.

Hoping that someone may have some experience with these economical seats?

Sorry the old links did not work, tinyurl seems to link up good.

Hoping that someone may have some experience with these economical seats?

The F2 seems to have really helped. Nicely padded to my liking and a bit wider than the F1

B... Finally, I guess I could learn to ride a bent. I don't consider them bicycles at all, but very interesting pieces of human-propelled machinery that have a penache of their own.

Funny, I consider them bicycles. They have two bicycle wheels, chainrings, cassettes, derailleurs... in short they have all the pieces and parts that a Safety bicycle has, except the saddle. Exactly why aren't they bicycles?

I think recovery from prostate cancer depends on the individual and the type of procedure. I had robotic surgery that is not as invasive as some other techniques. I was back on the same saddle on the road in 3 weeks. Certainly cured the prostatitis I had.

This male illness can be a real bugger to cure often with poor results.
I've had Prostitis for 20+ years controlling it with Sulfa drugs & Saw palmento
supplements. There were times when it was so painful at the start I stayed
doped up for pain all the time. Now with the sulfa & palmento I keep it under
control as my doc says once deep into the prostrate organ itself it's can't be
"cured". :( See if your doctor (you are seeing doctor aren't you??) about
putting you on sulfa drugs to manage the infection.

The good news here is that bicycles DO NOT cause this illness. An infection that gets
into the blood and settles in the prostrate gland tissue DOES. Hell, you could have
had a cold a long time ago that "went down" on you cause your illness. DON'T GIVE
UP ON BIKES, MATE. Just adapt your saddle and meds.

Best of luck mate with a very painful personal illness.

What kind of Saw Palmento is best to take, as there are two kinds. Would the extract be best or the whole herb?

thanks

Guys,

I was a little surprised to see this 3-year old thread re-emerge. I was the Original Poster. Thanks for all the informative posts and suggestions. Fortunately, my issues cleared up with antibiotics relatively quickly (2 weeks or so). I have had no more problems, if you don't count breaking my upper arm in a fall off my tri-bike a year ago. I still ride a regular type Sella saddle.

I hope others have gotten some good use from the personal and informative posts to this thread. It shows once again that the 50+ Forum is a great community full of interesting and knowledgeable people.

Thanks to all,

TysonB

Hey guys--

Thanks for the great thread. I'm currently in the middle of flare up, I guess. I was diagnosed by a doctor with prostratitis last month. I'd been having trouble urinating for a week, and I went to the urgent care center, and one digital rectal exam later, I was on a two week course of cipro. I stayed off the bike for two weeks, and I got better.

But now, it's back. The doc attributed the original flare up to my saddle--I'd just gotten a new Brooks B-17 to replace the one I'd been using, which was 30+ years old. I stopped using that one after the flare up, and have been using a Brooks Imperial, with the cut-out. I thought it was fine, until I started feeling this way about a week ago.

For the record, I'm 32 years old, and I don't experience any of the pain that a lot of you guys report. It's just the strained urination that bothers me. At this point, I'm pretty bummed about what this could mean for my future on the bike. Anyone able to share some experiences? Should I stay off the bike longer? Get a new saddle? Thanks, guys.

Sory to hear about your bout with prostatitis. Don't be discouraged, just give it some time. I first got prostatis after using a new saddle and attributed it to that. However, I stayed off of the bike for a year and still had symptoms. So, I figured it was not that. When I started riding again I tried a combination of saddles and suspension seatposts that I thought would alleviate the problem. Now, several years later I have found the Selle An Atomica watersged saddle to be just what I need to ride pressure free. They are expensive, but if you google them and go to their website they have a video that shows how the saddle moves with you during the pedal stroke and eliminates any percieved pressure on the soft tissue.

after trying one, I now have several mounted on each one of my bikes and still manage to get about 4,000 mies in per year. I still get flare ups about once or twice a year, but I have not had to stop riding other for a week or so after the prostatitis kicks in.

Check-em' out and don't get discouraged.

I am 60, & have had a little problem off & on over the past few years. We know the typical symptoms ! This is a plan I started a few years ago, & has relieved ALL symptoms. It should start helping within a couple of weeks, for most. Herbs & vitamins are from " Dollar General " store.
Take everything TWICE a day.

8 oz Cranberry Juice
1 Ginseng 600mg.
1 Men's Formula Multiple Vitamin
3 Saw Palmetto 320mg.

Once per day, [ I do this in the morning ] add 1/2 oz. apple cider vinegar to cranberry juice. Remember, the above is taken TWICE per day. You can cut everything to once per day after " pee-pee " symptoms are relieved.

BE SURE to talk this over with your Dr., first, & have him test your PSA levels, & yes,,, do a finger-wave, too.