bright red blood in urine

It might be a bit of radiation damage, or an infection. Best to get in to see the GP tomorrow, or phone the nurse specialist at Jimmy's (good luck with whether she calls you back though :-( )

just got back from my gp,it is not a uti infection,they have referred me for a cytoscopy to see if there is anything in my bladder or prostate dont like the sound of it no more blood at the moment though,gp been in touch with my mcmillan nurse she will get back to me,does that mean i will spend time in hospital,i know radiation increases risk of bladder cancer,anyone have any thoughts on this please bit scary i thought i was doing well just started my hormone holiday. cheers.

Hello Radar,

I had similar problems earlier this year. Not just a one off though. When the blood comes during the flow may be relevant. I had a cystoscopy as part of the investigation, along with an ultrasound on my kidneys.

The cystoscopy wasn't something I would happily queue up for again, but wasn't as bad as I feared. The cystoscope is designed to do a job and the procedure took between 5 and 10 minutes.

My urologist put me on Dutasteride which cleared the bleeding in about two weeks. I continued to take it for 3 months with no further bleeding.

The urologist wasn't clear what it was, although he could see some radiation scarring.

Hope this helps.

Pierre

Try not to worry too much. I had the same thing happen to me earlier this year. I was sent for a cystoscopy as they found the bleeding wasn't caused by an infection.

The cystoscopy was not as bad as I imagined. Nothing was found and in the end they decided that the bleeding was probably a late effect of radiotherapy I had 18 months before.

Hopefully, your bleeding may be the same thing.

Steve

It was an after effect of RT albeit 3 years later.

Best to get it checked out though for peace of mind.

Alison

hi,just got letter from hospital,it says i will be at the hospital for about 6hrs,and that i have to take a dressing gown and slippers just in case,as well as a cytoscopy i will be having a ultrasound scan for my kidneys,thought i would be there about an hour,had no problem with my kidneys ,i have to report to the day ward,anyone else have to be there all day,cheers.

thankyou,they are doing my cytoscopy and ultra sound kidney scan in 1 day so i dont have to have it at different days,best to get it over with .cheers.

Radar, Worst case scenario is bladder cancer. I've been through that and three years after radical cystectomy, I'm fine. There are lots of treatment options before you get to that, though. Urologist will probably take a sample of anything odd that he sees in the bladder or urethra. You will of course get anxious awaitng the biopsy results, but rest assured, if it does come to this worst option eventually, life goes on! Naturally we all hope the radiation hasn't done anything nastier than weaken some blood vessels. That is most likely the case.
Good Luck.
AC in Northants

Going thru this right now with husband 2 years after RP then radiotherapy as part of a clinical trial - he had 'positive margin' in one spot on the prostate - PSA undetectable about 6 weeks ago as it has been for ages - then this! He had blood in urine once about 12 days ago, saw GP straight away, no sign of infection on dipstick and no other symptoms that would suggest infection - so off to hospital - seen at clinic, bloods done and now had CT scan - trying to avoid going straight to cystoscopy - and for about a week during all that - no recurrence of the blood. Began to breathe. Then couple of days ago is appeared again, intermittently, and tonight worst ever. SO while we are trying not to panic - it is jolly hard not to worry..
Don't know whether to let consultant know it is recurring to help him with as much info as possible, or just wait and see. I wonder if he should also have a renal ultrasound but that hasn't been mentioned yet by consultant though one of the nurses said they might ask for it in these circumstances. He is well, no other symptoms except for an intermittent pain below rib which he thinks is an old sporting injury but .. I am thinking might be kidney.. also - he is more likely to have blood after physical exertion I think. Aaargh. Sorry just sounding off a bit here..