Blood in Urine sporadically last few weeks

Posted by truckerraines @truckerraines, Apr 26, 2022

I am 44 and i have had kidney stones off and on for the last decade. So i am unfortunately very familiar with them/symptoms/passing. All of mine have been small enough to pass on my own and most of them i don't even realize they're gone until they are!
So 2 weeks ago i woke up with that dull to sharp pain again. This time it was already in my lower left abdomen area and my first urination was definitely full of blood. This lasted most of the day and into the next. However, just like that it stopped.
So i thought, almost a week to the day i began getting the exact same pain in the exact same spot along with more blood in my urine. Only now it seems to be 50% of the time it's normal and 50% of the time there is blood. I guess it could just be a small one that is getting stuck and just slowly moving, only bothering me (pain) when it gets turned a specific way? Course by now i would have thought it would pass for sure which is why i'm beginning to think it's not a stone after all? Any thoughts are appreciated and no i haven't been to the doctor yet.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Apr 27, 2022

Good morning @truckerraines Well, not to be glib, but the first response in my head after reading your last sentence is, “Why haven’t you made that phone call to your doctor yet?”
Anytime there is blood in the urine, whether it’s 50% of the time or not, it’s a big signal -Red Flag- so to speak, to have it checked out. Like you said, it might just be a sharp kidney stone rattling around trying to pass.

Regardless, it warrants an appointment with your doctor, ASAP. You don’t want to risk a kidney infection. Have you had a thorough check-up to see if there’s a metabolic reason for so many stones?
I think you’ll feel better having an answer, right?

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 28, 2022

@truckerraines, I'm jumping onboard with @loribmt. Please consult your doctor to rule out anything serious.

Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | May 22, 2022

Hi, just popping in to see how you’re doing. It’s been a while since you posted about the kidney stones with ongoing pain and blood in your urine. Did you make an appointment to have your kidney issues checked out?

Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sepdvm | May 23, 2022

I will share my husband's experience with bladder cancer that showed only sporadic blood in the urine. It was missed by a local urologist and radiologist who did the cystoscopy and CT scan. Luckily an executive physical a short time later at Mayo drew their attention and more thorough exams revealed the tumor. It isn't always the routine thing and even though you are all too familiar with kidney stones, I would pursue this with your doctor. Good luck and I hope it is just another stone, but check it out anyway.

mar2a | @mar2a | May 30, 2022

Yes, see a doctor. One evening I inexplicably had blood in my urine, a lot of blood. A urine test showed no real infection and a urine cytology test showed no abnormal results, but an ultrasound showed a tumor in my bladder. It was a fast-moving cancer. That was almost a year ago. Since then I've had chemo and have had my bladder removed. I start immunotherapy soon.

I am so thankful that my doctor didn't dismiss it as a UTI or a small stone and instead ordered the ultrasound to make sure.