Interesting topic. I don't know if I should post here because I had no hematuria. I did have pain and frequency issues, both of which continually increased. Because of my fibromyalgia both my Internist and I thought I had IC. I asked to be referred to a Uro. I was taking the pain meds for my fibro for the bladder pain and my Dr. knew it. She also knew I smoked. When the pain in my bladder became so bad that I needed stronger pain pills, I finally got my referral to a Uro - 6 wks later. Dr. did some tests for IC. 4 wks later looked in bladder. Saw cancer and schedued a TUR. Diagnosis, T1G3 and CIS. I had 6 weeks of BCG, then RC. If I had been referred when pain started, who knows what the diagnosis would have been. Couldn't have been worse. Yes it is the Internist we need to target. Just because more men than women get BC, doesn't mean that we don't get it also. Kathy