Perhaps some of you will remember a month or so back, I was concerned about blood in my stools. It seemed to resolve by itself, and I thought no more of it.
Back in September of 07, I was wondering why I was having trouble voiding my bladder. I think I am starting to tie some of this stuff together.
3/6, I began to notice blood on the tissue when I wiped after using the bathroom. I have not mensturated since I had an uterine ablation done a few years back, and thought I was probably just spotting. Again, it resolved itself and I thought no more of it (i'm pretty forgetfull, an easy thing to do!).
Last Wednesday, I again began to notice blood on the tissue. I did some very thorough cleaning and investigation, and determined the blood was coming from my uretha. I went to the urgent care at my doctors urging, thinking I just had a UTI.
Tests do show blood in my urine, but nothing else to indicate an infection and chem 7 kidney functions were normal. I asked if my INR was elevated, if that could have caused the bleeding when I followed up yesterday with my GP. She stated only if I had an existing wound of some sort would the INR effect bleeding.
I go to the Urologist for further testing tomorrow. Somehow, I get the feeling he's going to want to do something pretty terrible you know where.
UGH! My doc's thought is perhaps I have a cyst or something, or it is nephritis.
My question to all of you who have had kidney involvment is does this sound like anything you have ever experienced? Any ideas on what I might expect to happen at this appt. tomorrow afternoon?
hno: You know, my sick little mind always jumps to the worst possible conclusion (the one that has little or no possiblity of acutally ever being correct!). I go to "My god, I have a tumor the size of a watermellon and I"M GOING TO DIE!!":afraid: Truth is, it's probably a zit - ha ha:lol:
I'd love to hear a reality check from the boards on this one. Thanks for letting me vent! Tracy
Back in September of 07, I was wondering why I was having trouble voiding my bladder. I think I am starting to tie some of this stuff together.
3/6, I began to notice blood on the tissue when I wiped after using the bathroom. I have not mensturated since I had an uterine ablation done a few years back, and thought I was probably just spotting. Again, it resolved itself and I thought no more of it (i'm pretty forgetfull, an easy thing to do!).
Last Wednesday, I again began to notice blood on the tissue. I did some very thorough cleaning and investigation, and determined the blood was coming from my uretha. I went to the urgent care at my doctors urging, thinking I just had a UTI.
Tests do show blood in my urine, but nothing else to indicate an infection and chem 7 kidney functions were normal. I asked if my INR was elevated, if that could have caused the bleeding when I followed up yesterday with my GP. She stated only if I had an existing wound of some sort would the INR effect bleeding.
I go to the Urologist for further testing tomorrow. Somehow, I get the feeling he's going to want to do something pretty terrible you know where.
My question to all of you who have had kidney involvment is does this sound like anything you have ever experienced? Any ideas on what I might expect to happen at this appt. tomorrow afternoon?
I'd love to hear a reality check from the boards on this one. Thanks for letting me vent! Tracy