Blood in urine

Hello 22libby 

No, it's not normal to have blood in his urine after Radiotherapy. You need to have a word with his team in the morning. The attached may help you understand the potential issues:

Blood-in-the-urine-after-pelvic-radiotherapy.

Frequent urination, frequent visits to the toilet during the night and fatigue are all symptoms he should recover from pretty quickly BUT he needs to get the blood issue sorted.

I hope the above helps. Please do let us know how you get on.

Best wishes - Brian.

Hi Millibob, 

Thank you for your quick and helpful reply. We will take your advice and contact his team in the morning. I will let you know how he gets on. 

Hi, wonderful advice from Brian, but a very few of us were affected by blood in the urine in my case radiation induced hematuria, which time and plenty of water was enough to clear it up in weeks, I  know having bladder control issues as well, as I had too, it's not easy to drink extra water when your control is poor, but it's important you do. xx

Brian's advice to seek help in the morning is of course sound advice,

Here is some information from another page on this website that gives some information on the condition which you may find useful when talking with the hospital tomorrow.

Good luck.

Albert

About blood in the urine (haematuria)

Hi Eddiel,

Thank you for sharing your experience. It is encouraging to know that time and lots of water cleared up your radiation-induced hematuria within weeks. He does drink a lot of water and also decaf green tea. Time to increase his water intake now. Thank you again; very helpful. 

Hi Bert,

Many thanks for the informative piece you posted. I found it interesting, and yes, it will be useful to us when talking to our Hospital in the morning. 

Everyone here in the Macmillan Community is very helpful. We appreciate you all.

Your very welcome, and best wishes with the water uptake which will greatly reduce any chance of a urine infection too.

Eddie