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Hematuria

First, a little background information.

I am now almost 6 months beyond 45 sessions of IMRT and have been on Hormone Therapy for about 11 months.

The only side effects I have are the classic effects that are associated with low testosterone.

However, I still need to take Flomax as restricted urination has been an issue since before I was diagnosed.
I have been trying to get off the Flomax and have gotten to the point that I go 3-4 days between doses.

The only real concern I have at this point is occasional mild hematuria (blood in urine).
On occasion, maybe for a couple of days in a month or so, I get the old painful urination that many have described as peeing razor blades.

I have noticed that this is followed by a bit of bleeding. Not enough to see with the naked eye but enough to show up as drops of light pink staining on my underwear.

The radiation oncologist says he doesn't believe it's related to the RT (of course not). He says it could be small kidney stones and that I should take it up with the urologist.

Anybody been down this road already?
Enlighten me.

Re: Hematuria

100 views and no reply.
So nobody else has experienced this?

Tony

Re: Hematuria

Tony,

I must say that I cannot recall ever having seen anyone reporting this before, so it may well be that your problem is not directly connected to your therapy.

Although you note that there have been over 100 visitors reading your story, most of them are likely to be newly diagnosed. Although all are welcome, the focus of the site is specifically on the newly diagnosed, to help them through a difficult time.

Can I suggest you go along to MESSAGE BOARDS AND MAILING LISTS and, whilst keeping an eye on this Forum, you join another List. The first - PPML - has over 1200 members, while Prostate Cancer Support has over 800 - so there'd be about 2,000 people who might be able to relate to your problem. in addition, as you page down you'll see some specialist Lists dealing with radiation and brachytherapy where I'm sure you'd find some help.

Don't want to lose you here - but you might get more response at one of these.

All the best

Terry in Australia

Re: Hematuria

Thanks Terry but I have been able to do some research and answer my own question.

I have a copy of the book "Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer" by Greco and Zelefsky.

I was reading in a section regarding late effects and quality of life.

It seems that hematuria can be side effect both during and after pelvic radiation.

Microscopic Hematuria is associated with Grade 1 toxicity, and intermittent macroscopic hematuria is mentioned as a characteristic of Grade 2.

As I understand it, grade 1 & 2 are mild effects and not considered serious enough to require medical intervention.
I will discuss it with my urologist at our next meeting.

Tony USA

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