Hi - I'm new to this forum, here's my story ...
1) Everything was fine until three weeks ago, I casually went into the bathroom to urinate and there was blood in my urine. I mean lots of blood! It looked like a war zone - thick, red, BRIGHT red blood ... and lots of it!
2) I went to the emergency room and they took a urine sample (more like a blood sample) and they drew blood ... then they sent me home. I had blood in my urine that night, but it had stopped by the next day.
3) Saw urologist, had a CT scan, cystoscopy this week showed a tumor.
4) TURBT is scheduled for March 3rd (5 weeks).
5) My question is about the amount of blood that I passed in my urine - does that indicate anything? Is it unusual to pass a lot of blood? My doctor gave me the standard answers "A little bit of blood can look like a lot". I'm not sure that I was able to impress him with how much blood there was and it did not seem to be diluted by urine, it seemed like all blood. I'd just like to know if this is "normal" (not unusual for lots of blood to be the first sign of any problems).
6) I feel good, I'm a bit anxious - but I'd feel better if I was more informed. I wouldn't go on vacation without investigating the area and making plans, but I'm going to have a medical procedure based upon the recommendations of a doctor that I don't really know. I'm going to see my GP but I expect he will just defer to the specialists.
7) Sorry for the long winded post ... but information would help me and reassure me ... I think ...
