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Re: Good News - Bladder Bleeding Slowed to Stopped
Terry et al,
I think we should be a tad careful about blood in urine. I experienced this, not on a grand scale but enough to seek medical advice and I had the uplifting experienced of a camera being shoved up my uretha to discover what was going on. All fears of bladder cancer (a possible side effect of radiotherapy on the prostate area such as I had)were banished in my case, but I learned that radiotherapy may have caused some collateral damage to my prostate, I presume a thinning of the urethra walls ,which allowed for some bleeding prompted by the friction of urine through the thing.
If it is bladder bleeding (and you need an endoscopy to find this out) and not prostate bleeding such as I have described, that is a more serious situation. My late brother had bladder bleeding caused by bladder cancer caused I believe by his radiation therapy for PCa, so I take it seriously. I can't comment on the red wine issue, except that I drink half a bottle a day for the anti-oxidants as well as the taste! But I really don't think the two things are connected. At any rate, it doesn't seem a good deal to cut out the wine in order (perhaps) to stop the (trivial) and (so I am advised) commonplace, in ones sixties, bleeding.
I suppose I would have to stop drinking red wine for six months to see if Terry's friend's theory worked in my case. But, hey, what about quality of life issues? For all of us it is important to enjoy every day as it flashes by.
