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Hi Kate,
In my case it wasn't blood but the seeds that were "permanently" implanted and chunks of tissue the size of pencil erasers that were coming out.
A urine culture would be in order to rule out infection.
Cystoscopy would then be helpful to determine the exact location of the bleeding. Once that is determined a more exact plan of care can be developed.
Radiation induced necrosis, soft tissue damage, or what ever you care to call it often occurs in people with circulation problems due to diabetes or other diseases and if known before time often rules out having radiation as a treatment. Then there are people like me that it just happens to.
In my case the damage was located both in the bladder and the prostatic urethra. This type of damage if not caused by irritants (alcohol, caffein, smoking, or diet) often takes many months to clear up (establish healed margins around affected areas).
I was at wits end when an older radiologist suggested hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
HBOT is expensive and time consuming and if insured one must do all their homework (Dr. references, filling out forms exactly, etc.) to convince the insurance company that it's necessary.
Some consider this experimental but the extra oxygen in my tissue greatly sped up my recovery when medication was not doing a thing and my condition continued to worsen.
Hopefully, in your husband's case medication or diet will take care of the problem but if not you might want to consider HBOT.
Good luck - p (Alaska, USA)
Well I seem to be a bit of a Conundrum for the PCa Medical world. I was passing blood in my urine for 3 years, after 2 unsuccessful exploratory operations, I was told by my Urologist that, "I just had to live with it", so I did.
It started about 5 years after my ERBT, so I dont know if is was caused by the Radiation treatment.
It finaly stopped 3 weeks into an Experimental Trial, that I decided to take part in.
You can read my story at, http://www.yananow.net/Mentors/JohnF3.htm
If the bleeding has stopped, then there is every chance that it was caused by the radiation treatmentand may not reoccur, but of course if he is concerned, then maybe have it checked out, if only for peace of mind. Good Luck.
