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13 years 10 months ago #32617 by New Diag 7
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Please do not wait....don't walk...run to your nearest UROLOGIST!
Hematuria (blood in the urine is nothing to fool around with!
Just do it and you will have relief that you will know what it is.
Keep us posted PLEASE!

Cheryl

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13 years 10 months ago - 13 years 10 months ago #32333 by Alan
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I do not want to imply that this hematuria could be innoccuos (I can't seem to spell it LOL at myself). I actually know 2 people that have had microscopic hematuria off and on for years and no known causes! That being said, Mike is 100% correct. You need to have a cystoscope and probably a CT scan reading the kidneys, bladder and prostate. Those both usually go hand in hand to try and determine the cause. Also, as Mike said, I add "run to your urologist". This disease is treatable is handled early.
DX 5/6/2008 TAG3 papillary tumor .5 CM in size. 2 TURBS followed by 6 instillations of BCG weekly with a second round of 6 after a 6 week wait.

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13 years 10 months ago #32331 by Andy
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Definitely see a urologist - everything Mike said is right on the money. Don't wait - do it now!! Bladder cancer responds very well to treatment if caught early.

Andy

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13 years 10 months ago #32317 by mmc
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Could be benign tumors also. Go to a urologist. Can't imagine why your doctor hasn't already sent you to one.

Call your doctor, insist on a referral to a urologist.
He/she should do a cystoscopic exam (look in there) to see if anything can be seen.

Until he/she determines you have cancer, you don't. Let's not get ahead of ourselves right yet.

HOWEVER, the symptoms are worthy of concern and you should be seen by a urologist post haste! That means like this week!

Let us know what the urologist says.

Mike
Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...

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13 years 10 months ago #32313 by jimmy7777
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I have been having a constant urge to urinate for minths now and hematuria, it is microscopic but it is at the highest on the stick, I have been tested several times and I have NO infection I have had ultrasounds of my kidney's and bladder and I have NO kidney stones
I am almost 100% sure it's cancer I really dont thing it could be anything else, can someone please please reply

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