Hi,
He's a relatively healthy man, 54 years old, has mild asthma, non-smoker, drinks beer, but it's rare to exceed 2 in an evening, moderation is his guideword. Good physical shape. Somewhat high cholesterol, BP, but not scary. Sorry to be graphic here, but I'm guessing y'all have heard this stuff before...
We just moved - we're doing it ourselves, so lots of lifting and carrying. Three weeks ago there was blood in his semen. (Verified as his.) Then three days later (after the lifting) he has blood in urine. He went to internist the next day, had DRE, basic onceover, simple blood tests, scheduled urologist, full physical, etc. Since then he's had blood in urine on and off, not a lot, but visible when it happens - like a spurt at beginning, not mixed in with urine. Once he had mucous (he insists it wasn't pus) in urine. Blood in semen several times. No pain, not tired, no loss of appetite, all functions normal. Everything fine except upset over the blood and somewhat stressed over the moving. Now that he's going for tests, there's no blood in the urinalysis they've done, and he's been clear (peeing) for days. His original fear was prostate, but that appears to be just fine. (Still waiting on I think cytology urine test.)
He saw the urologist, PSA came back fine, DRE was fine, IVP was fine, waiting on full bloodwork still. But today during the Cystoscopy the urologist saw "edemous tissue" at the floor of the bladder. He reassured him that it doesn't look like cancer - it's not red or tumorous, just "puffy" and contains fluid, but is scheduling a biopsy next week to verify everything. Uro says it is likely that it's some sort of infection or inflammation that is in the final stages. (WBC is fine.) My poor guy is going for a colonoscopy too before the end of the year. He's not happy to be a guinea pig, but is taking it reasonably well.
So, a few questions from those who have been through all this:
- I can't find any info on "puffy" or edematous bladder - ideas?
- Is there any reason (his idea) to wait for a week or so and re-do cystoscopy Iin case it is some sort of infection resolving and therefore all gone in a week) rather than a biopsy? He's a bit weirded out over general.
- Any other questions we should be asking? Other tests that should be run?
- Does this sound like it could be bladder cancer? The dr didn't seem to think so, but my husband is kind of thrown for a loop at the word "biopsy".
Thanks in advance for any ideas. And thanks for this forum. I read a bit and you folks are pretty amazing. Thanks for the resource and opportunity to ask questions.
"the wife"