Hi, this is my first post. I've been having microscopic traces of blood in my urine off and on for at least two years. Now and then there will be a slight trace amount left on tissue after urinating but it's so light it's just slightly pink. I was told in ER a couple times I had blood in my urine but they didn't seem concerned about it so neither did I. I was also told I had a blood clot but they didn't tell me where and I couldn't get any answers.
One month ago, due to constant pelvic cramping for a good year, I had a hysterectomy. I was told the cramping would subside within 2 or 3 weeks. It's been four weeks now and I'm still having the same cramping I had prior to the hysterectomy, including crampiness in my lower back. I have been urinating a good 20x a day and up several times a night to urinate. Often, the urine stream is so weak it takes me 5 to 10 minutes to go. Sometimes the stream will just stop before it can really get going and I can't do anything to get it restarted but sit there and wait.
I figure if this were anything like bladder cancer, my GYN would've discovered it in pathology after the hysterectomy and told me by now. Just prior to surgery he told me my symptoms may be interstitial cystitis and he'd know more after surgery. Today, after constant bladder and urethral pain, I've been reading stories about and by women who had bladder cancer and saw they are sometimes misdiagnosed with interstitial cystitis. Between two and three weeks post surgery I had a large amount of blood that I had to use protection for but it went away within twelve hours and now it's just occasional light spotting.
I guess my question is where do I go from here? How do I go about getting my doctor to look into this further without looking like I'm telling him how to do his job? And what questions should I be asking him? I really appreciate anyone taking the time to read this. Any information offered will be taken to heart and very appreciated as well. I just don't know where to go from here. Thank you so much.