Health Organization for Pudendal Education

I suspect a lot of men diagnosed with non-bacterial prostatitis have PNE and do not know it.

I can drive my van comfortably. I only drive minivans with captain's chairs. I place a piece of plywood that has a block attached at the top behind me. This forces me to sit forward on an angle that relieves pressure on nerves. I also put a piece of wood under each thigh so my butt is raised at all ...

I am retired now and do not have to work, so it is easier to make the life style changes. I am going to do some experimentation with exercise too; I joined the YMCA and do mostly upper body conditioning. This site is great and there is a lot here to explore. I suspect other nuggets of wisdom are her...

Thank you very much for the replies. They are very informative and give me insight I did not have before posting.

Karyn, I no longer see Dr. Antolak because the nerve blocks were ineffective and I chose not to have surgery. He is a nice man but when I looked at the surgical procedure it looked barbaric; he cuts through so much tissue to get at the nerve I did not think the risk was warranted since I am not in c...

I was diagnosed with PNE by Dr. Antolak in 2006 and have been doing self care very consistently for five years. My primary symptom now besides erectile dysfunction is rectal numbness. I also have peyronnes which can cause erectile dysfunction so i cannot be sure if the ED is due to PNE or peyronnes....

I have numbness in the rectal area but not the genital area. I have erectile dysfunction and weak ejaculation; semen just oozes out. In the past I had painful ejaculation and occasional penile pain but that is gone now. My symptoms have improved because I have not sat down for five years.

I was diagnosed with non-bacterial prostatitis twenty-five years ago. I went to several urologists over the years and never received any treatment or information of value. Eventually I dismissed the diagnosis of prostatitis as meaningless; it is just a name urologists give to symptoms they are unabl...