Blood in Urine 14 Months After Completion of RT

Hi Dedalus, I used to pass blood in my urine infrequently and in variable amounts from soon after RT until18 months later when it stopped, mine was caused due to the amount of radiation 75gy and that the bladder was targeted as well, I had Telangiectasia, often called spider veins, and generally harmless, other than cystoscopy, no treatment was required, and it cleared up by itself.

Eddie

Thanks for your reply Eddie.  My bladder wasn't targeted, I had to go with a full bladder to help with the targetting.

I read online that 1 in 4 experience haematuria over the years after RT, so I wondered if others on here had also had this.

There is a potential for harm to the urethra after RT, but I will have to request a cystoscopy to rule out bladder cancer.

Hi Dedalus, my RT 20 x 3.75gy, was also done with a full bladder and due to bladder neck involvement, the bladder was targeted as well, which cleared every sign of cancer from the bladder, I also had frank haematuria twice, which looks a lot worse than it is, and ok as long as your able to empty your bladder, painful, and requiring medical help if not,  urethral fissures are no longer a problem, so things are good 26 months post RT.

Eddie 

Thanks again Eddie.  Good to hear your haematuria has resolved.

hi i had 37 sessions of RT in 2018 six years later started get blood in urine bit shock at first but not alot , but 3 weeks ago had 11 hrs of blood in urine deep red .doc did lots bloods nothing shown , psa was way up from 8.1 to 26.7 rested last week still 26.3 after lots urine samples and blood them found bug in last one on weeks antibioctics )nitrofurantoin) quite strong so see what happend .due a turps operation next week but may put that back..john

John.  Thanks for your reply.

I agree, it is a bit of a shock at first, and my slight pink drops of urine were far less than your experience.

Hope you knock this quickly on the head with the antibiotic.

Thankfully, my 'pink' experience has gone for now, and my home dipstick test is showing no blood.

D

Hi  Dedalus, my experience of Frank haematuria was different to yours, my urine looked like chopped liver, but as I said a minor temporary condition for me.

Eddie 

Yes.  Good to know that these episodes are not always serious, and resolve.

decided not to do the turps ,postpone it as not good to have it with a UTI ,just get odd spurt blood when first wee but nothing serious and every few days , the urine is weird orange  colour with these antibioctics , main side effect is not dissimilar to post RT severe fatigue  dizzyness .im gleason 9 which isnt curable but keeping it contained for the moment ..john

My husband had this got very bad ..it was bladder stones 

Had them removed recently..blood gone . He had pain as well which also stopped.

All the best 

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