Thought I would share my experiences over the last 4 months.
In March, I had an episode of blood in my urine. (hematuria) It was not alot, more like pink urine. I drank tons of water to flush my bladder. And it went away after several hours. Since I am a guy, and a Registered Nurse, I just ignored it and waited to see if it reoccurred.
In June, it reoccurred with a vengeance. Lots of blood and many clots. I remembered the advice I got once from one of the doctors I work with. If you have something that looks like it should hurt, but it doesn't. You need to get that checked out. I promptly made an appointment with a urologist to get it checked out.
Abdomen pelvic CT showed nothing, which was expected. Urologist performed a cystoscopy which revealed two small tumors on the lining of my bladder. One week later I had a transurethral resection of bladder tumor procedure. I know, sounds horrible.
This afternoon I had my two week follow-up with the urologist. Pathology confirmed that the tumors were "low grade". Plan of action is 6 rounds of chemo. On per week, done at the office via catheter directly into the bladder. Followed by quarterly cystoscopies for a year to monitor for reoccurrence. This was absolutely the best news I could have gotten!
Why do I share this? Men, and women, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HURT, BUT DOESN'T. GET THAT S**T CHECKED OUT.
In March, I had an episode of blood in my urine. (hematuria) It was not alot, more like pink urine. I drank tons of water to flush my bladder. And it went away after several hours. Since I am a guy, and a Registered Nurse, I just ignored it and waited to see if it reoccurred.
In June, it reoccurred with a vengeance. Lots of blood and many clots. I remembered the advice I got once from one of the doctors I work with. If you have something that looks like it should hurt, but it doesn't. You need to get that checked out. I promptly made an appointment with a urologist to get it checked out.
Abdomen pelvic CT showed nothing, which was expected. Urologist performed a cystoscopy which revealed two small tumors on the lining of my bladder. One week later I had a transurethral resection of bladder tumor procedure. I know, sounds horrible.
This afternoon I had my two week follow-up with the urologist. Pathology confirmed that the tumors were "low grade". Plan of action is 6 rounds of chemo. On per week, done at the office via catheter directly into the bladder. Followed by quarterly cystoscopies for a year to monitor for reoccurrence. This was absolutely the best news I could have gotten!
Why do I share this? Men, and women, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HURT, BUT DOESN'T. GET THAT S**T CHECKED OUT.
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But, it's still on the list.
