Hey, its Bill again. Yes the things you say are basically what the two extremely good docs I found told me. I used bromelain, fenugreek, probiotic, tumeric all the time (still do) and echinacia some times. Life style changes like sitting, driving, underwear type, NOT stepping off curbs with a thud, etc have all made a huge difference. As I wrote a few days ago, I had a big week, and flew home and had a very active weekend. i am a little tired today but hey! Maybe I would have been even if I never had the EP stuff.
You are correct about Cipro. Calcium, milk, and antiacids can render it fairly useless. My Urologist said also that there is very little to do for the chronic cases. He said they treat all like short term infections and then can only try other things. He was interested in knowing this group is trying to work on a protocol on what to do for chronic EP. Email me for more info.