A blog about the trauma of getting prostatitis again, but how I am determined not to let it ruin everything this time around.

Panic

At age 48, my whole world came crashing down around me just before last Christmas time. I got a prostate infection called prostatitis and severe pelvic pain again, for the first time in over 25 years. I thought the living nightmare of this illness was over.

Regroup

Difference this time though is that I quickly regrouped, defiant not to let it destroy my life again. I refuse to let this illness aggressively emasculate me like it once did. I will get better soon, I will move forward with my career, and I will fall in love.

Recovery plan

I am being proactive this time by putting a recovery program in place straight away. Antibiotics cleared the infection. My excruciating burning pelvis will not feel never-ending, because this time I know a heroine in the form of my old pelvic floor physiotherapist.

Fight back

I refuse to suffer in silence now. I ask you, my fellow brave fighters, to come forward and join in the conversation with me. Only with more public awareness can we expect the taboo nature of this male health condition to disappear. No more suffering alone, together it is time to fight back.