Update: My Story
Lou Colomba
Well, I have 1 more day of antibiotics to go and I have finished the 3
week Feliciano treatment. After a promising first week, this 3rd and
last week has not been a good one at all. I have developed, what I
believe to be, seminal vesiculitus. My wife says my prostate seems much
harder than when we started but she is unable to extract any EPS. We
have decided to not massage any more. I speculate that all the massages
(15) have partially clogged my seminal vesicle duct since my volume has
decreased significantly.
My current symptoms are discomfort during sexual arousal and sex, sharp
picking sensation in my right testicle which at times develops into
slight pain, strong burning during urination, no libido, very low semen
volume, and thick, cloudy semen (first week was very clear and never
been this thick and cloudy). These is by far the worst I have ever
felt. Anyone care to speculate what went wrong? From a lot of the
material I have read, I tend to believe that the sexual problems are a
natural progression of the disease and are inevitable. I just wonder if
I cut years from this progression by aggravating the prostate further.
I am very depressed at this point and have decided to go back on
Doxycycline since it has been the only drug that seems to give me
relief. I have scheduled appointments with 2 urologists to run
additional tests and discuss my current situation and medical options.
I don't know where else to go from here. Last year when my symptoms
where very tolerable, I had a fertility test which came out normal. I
have scheduled another fertility test but am afraid of the results. My
wife and I are trying to become pregnant. My biggest fears are now
reality and I am not looking forward to the rest of my life. However, I
still remain hopeful and determined to find a cure for myself.
I strongly caution anyone on trying the Feliciano method. I was
confident that this approach would at least make my symptoms better if
not cure me. This obviously hasn't happened. I now will be reading up
on Dr. Tarfusser's techniques. Since I have relatives near Morano, a
trip to see him is a definite possibility.
Any comments or suggestions are always welcome. Please send all
personal e-mail to lcol...@wincom.net.
Thank you,
Lou Colomba
lcol...@wincom.net
Ken Smith
> Well, I have 1 more day of antibiotics to go and I have finished the 3
> week Feliciano treatment. {goes on to describe symptoms as worse]
Sorry to hear you feel worse. I find myself wondering if you had lab work
done with each drainage and had the bacteria tested for antibiotic
resistance. If not, the antibiotics you have been taking may have been
worthless in treating your infection. The way antibiotic resistance work,
is the bacteria pick up a piece of DNA (plasmid) which gives them the
enzymes they need to literally digest antibiotics. They can actually live
off the stuff! I can't emphasize enough that if you are really going for
a cure, you need the lab work done with every drainage and the proper
cultures and analysis provided.
Dr. A.N. Feliciano
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I agree with Ken below and would like to add the following information for
patients using the protocol.
ARTICLE 10
TECHNIQUE OF PROSTATIC MASSAGE IN RELATION TO THE CONSISTENCY OF
THE PROSTATE
Position of the patient during the massage varies depending on the doctors
preference. I prefer the standing position on a platform, with the patient
bending forward. Many first time patients are tense, expecting a painful
procedure. At this point I assure the patient that I will inform him in
advance of what I am going to do and for him to expect some degree of
discomfort but not an intolerable pain. This will ease his tension and he
will cooperate better.
The gloved and lubricated index finger is inserted gently into the rectum,
and the prostate gland explored. I generally go around both lobes of the
prostate and note the consistency, before I begin the massage. Beginning
with the superior border of one lobe, I gently apply increasing pressure as
much as the patient can tolerate. In certain cases when the prostate is
enlarged and boggy, a slight pressure will begin to drain the contents and
it will drip like a faucet. This maneuver is continued slowly towards the
midline, and repeated until the prostatic massage no longer yields
prostatic fluid. The same procedure is repeated on the other lobe. The
consistency of the prostate varies in different individuals. We classify
the consistency as follows;
1. FLAT AND FIRM:
we refer to as normal in size and consistency.
2. CONSISTENCY:
is further noted as rubbery, soft or boggy, hard or stony hard.
3. FLAT AND SOFT OR BOGGY:
prostate beginning to be enlarged due to accumulation of prostatic fluid.
4. SLIGHTLY ENLARGED, BOGGY, TENDER OR NON TENDER:
depending on the amount of fluid retained by clogged ducts. This
enlargement is further classified as 1½ +, 2 +, 2 ½, depending of degree of
enlargement, tender or non-tender.
5. AMOUNT OF EPS IN RELATION TO SIZE AND CONSISTENCY VARIES:
A normal uninfected prostate will yield 2 to 4 drops of clear or slightly
opaque fluid, which the doctor should be able to express without difficulty
and causing discomfort at most.. The more boggy the prostate feels, the
more EPS is obtained. However in certain cases, we would be able to express
only a few drops and we attribute this to clogged ducts. Succeeding
massages usually done daily would gradually increase the drops, up to a
teaspoonful or even a tablespoonful. These are the prostates that we
massage daily, or even twice a day. After the 4th or 5th massage, the
amount of fluid expressed would gradually go down to a few drops. At times
the release of EPS would be followed by a drain of gelatinous materials and
maybe accompanied by precipitates (stones due to bacteria). If we continue
the massage up to a 12th time, the fluid will clear up and pus cells will
no longer be seen by the microscope if the antibiotics are effective, or
will level to a low count for 2 or 3 succeeding massages and cultures are
sterile. By this time the patient is asymptomatic and will be declared
cured provided the semen is also uninfected. In certain patients, the
amount of EPS would remain consistent draining a few drops each time. We
would be guided by the movements of pus cells and improvement of symptoms.
We noted that if there is a sudden increase in the numbers of pus cells,
this is often followed by improvement of symptoms and erection. In rubbery
or hard prostates, we usually drain a few drops with pus cells and go
through the same procedure, and most patients would have improvement of
symptoms. If the consistency persists, and obstructive symptoms persist, we
will then refer the patients to the urologist for management, or administer
hytrin, a muscle relaxant, or proscar, to reduce the size of the Benign
Prostatic Hyperplasia. No two patients will fall in the same category and
respond in the same manner. There are patients that we massage every 2nd or
3rd day, and this will depend on individual cases.
We do not go beyond 12 massages except in some individuals.
Antonio Novak Feliciano, M.D., F.P.C.S.
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> Date: Sunday, April 12, 1998 1:26 AM