Question: i have dealt with what doctor's inititally said was chronic prostatitis for 7 months now (i thought inititally it was a UTI - bladder, urethra burning). i took doxycycline for 2 weeks, then ciproflaxin for almost 3 weeks, then went to a urologist who put me on septra. i quit taking the septra after about 10 days - felt a little worse while taking that. since then i have done alot of reading and look at this as a pelvic pain condition so have been doing pelvic floor physical therapy for about a month - no improvements yet. still have discomfort after urinating, hate sitting very long - rectal discomfort, and sacrum area is irritated. i do have a few lower lumbar bulged discs... To add to all this, my wife has complained of burning discomfort in her vagina. she went and got tested and they found gardnerella. well after doing a few self medications she went back about 2 months later and tests showed nothing. but now her pain and sensitivity is at the entrance of vagina. she says coloring is different and it appears swollen. Her gyno had no answers. She told her dr about my issues too and wondered if they were related. Her initial symptoms are within a week or two of my initial symptoms. We both got tests done for STDs, standard urine test indicated nothing, and she even got tested for herpes which was negative. We dont know where to go from here. the discomfort is everyday and varies in severity. i feel best when up moving around or laying down. She wears loose fitting clothes and is also doing stretching exercises for problem. she thinks it might be vulvadynia....