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I am 55. I have had an enlarged prostate beginning at the age of 46. Did 33 biopsies over a 5 year period and all negative. Use 2 Flomax per day since I was 46. I woke up 2 weeks ago and had a difficult time urinating, which isn't unusual sometimes. As the day wore on I was unable to urinate at all. I was out of town and scheduled to return later in the afternoon. Got on the plane and the 2 hour flight was pure hell. Got into town, made it to my car and had an incredible contraction that dropped me to my knees and took my breath away while I screamed in pain for about 2 minutes. Had 4 more of these in the next 30 minutes. Never urinated. Incredible pressure and pain. After about 8 more episodes of this and 2 hours later went to a local ER. They immediately put in a catheter. First time for that. I evacuated 850cc which is twice my normal bladder capacity. The catheter stayed in for 10 days. My urologist took it out a week ago and I felt great! I could pee again. But, this lasted for 1 day. That night I had the chills and a fever of 103. Started the cramping again put could get a small amount of urine out. This went on for 4 days and I went back to the urologist. They put me on Levaquin 2 days ago. I am still cramping intensely and still getting small amounts of urine out. I am scheduled to go back tomorrow for results of urine test. Symptoms include pain between my testicles and anus. Burning in penis. High fever, chills, intense cramping that takes your breath away, generally uncomfortable to sit. I find that standing and moving around sometimes help the uncomfortable feeling. I tried to reduce my liquid intake to stop having to pee. Didn't get dehydrated, just took in as much as I thought I was expelling in urination and sweat.

My name is Kim. I am 67 years old. The last 2 years I have experienced a problem with my prostate. My doctors have diagnosed mu case as an acute prostatitis. Over this period it has often been repeated with the same symptoms. This is my experience: It all starts with a common cold: soar throat, running nose. Symptoms: a few drops of blood in the urine ( the first drops in the early mornings, but this time every time I urinate during the day ), a burning sensation in the tip of the penis after urination; sometimes a little pain or discomfort at the lower part of my back. I have no pain when I urinate and no urgent need to visit the bath room.,etc. During this 2 years period, each time I experience such problems I have consulted the specialists. I have been treated with Bactrim, which has been quickly effective (with the first 2 days of treatment with this medicine, blood in the urine stops. also the little pain in the tip of my penis. But I have realized that Bactrim causes me a serious side-effect, rash and terrible itching. This time I discussed this allergy symptoms with my doctor and he prescribed to me a cure with Cephalexin (Karalex Phama) for my infection or inflammation. I take one capsule every 8 hours. Throughout this period I am taking saw palmetto twice a day as well as AZO Cranberry pills. This is my second day that I have been taking this antibiotic but the blood drops are still as well as the pain in the penis.

I have experienced blood in my urine on four occasions over the past ten years. No pain or fever nor inflammations of any kind. All tests were negative. These events occurred years apart and lasted about a day or two until this pat summer when they persisted for 5-6 days. Most recent cystoscopy revealed as I was told hematoma prostatitis. Levaquin prescribed caused severe pain in both Achilles tendons and was stopped after the fourth day. Some stiffness persists after a week. All bleeding has stopped also.

I am 58 years old. I had prostatitis on and off for seven years. I'm in the U.K. so treatment may be different to that in the U.S. I was given trimethoprim for the first few episodes, but I became allergic to it (hives and swollen throat), so I migrated to ciprofloxacin. Currently, I have perineal pain (hard to sit). I also have pain in my pubic region, at the front of my abdomen, and burning when urinating. It makes it hard to sleep, and of course, there's the worry of "something worse." I'm now on my second-week course of Cipro, and it returned with a vengeance after a couple of days. I have a fever as well, so I'm feeling pretty low.

My symptoms began as acute pains in my lower back (kidney region). I went to the emergency room and was diagnosed with kidney stones. A few days later, a CT scan showed no stones. The sharp pains in my lower pelvis and penis continued for another week before I visited another doctor. At this time, I was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. A few days later, those results came back negative. I began to get frustrated. 3 weeks had passed, I was in extreme pain, and had no answers. I had been to the ER twice, one urgent care clinic, my regular physician, and a urologist. This is all from a guy who never goes to the doctor unless it's a last resort. After three weeks and another visit to a different urologist, I'm given a rectal exam (probably one of the worst pains I have ever felt). This is when I was diagnosed. I was prescribed doxycycline for two weeks. One week has passed and the pain is mostly gone. I can still feel it slightly and, as a result, I am afraid it isn't going to go away completely.