Sometimes, you can really put your foot in it. Given the fact chronic nonbacterial prostatitis affects around 10 to 15 per cent of men , the odds of finding yourself chatting to a guy suffering from it is high. And as a chronic prostatitis sufferer knows, when a friend, family member or colleague learns about your condition, the response can swing from bedside nurse to classroom joker. Even a well-meaning comment can hurt deep and light-hearted remarks taken as insults. Here are five statements you might want to bite your tongue at if you feel them slipping out your mouth. 1. 'Oh yeah, I've been kicked in the groin before. Hurts like hell, I know.' A kick to the testicles feels like a rapid cluster headache combined with a sledgehammer to your funny bone. The sensation is intense, disabling yet, crucially, temporary. Chronic prostatitis by its very name isn't going away anytime soon, something which a sufferer is more than fully aware of. Caution trying to associat