hello lonelytraveler, i am writting to you personally because i have recently been diagnosed with bacterial prostatitis and read all your post. i hope it is ok for me to ask you a couple questions here. i took septra ds for 45 days and all the pain went away, but my ejaculate volume has been reduced to about half and it doesn't shot out like it used to just as you posted. was it the prostate massage that got you back to normal. i have been very depressed about this as you were way back so i know what you went through. i have asked my doctors and they do not seem to care. i pray to god that i will have my health back and get out of this depression. i am glad you quit drinking. my father was an alcoholic and it affected my family greatly. i have a friend that is an alcoholic and can not convince him to stop. i have posted under the name chukien under the prostatitis heading. any encouragement from you would be greatly appreciated. i wish you well.