Jill, I'm not saying that you have bladder cancer or that you will have bladder cancer. I don't want my story to frighten you, but, 8 years before, diagnosis, I was urinating pure blood in the toilet. I made my own appointment with Urologist, he did a catherized urine catch and told me that the bleeding was not from my bladder. I never found out what that was about. After that, when I had blood in my urine, I pooh poohed the idea of a bladder issue. I pooh poohed up to the point when my Gyno said, "You are going to the Urologist!" and I said, "But, it's not suppose to be coming from my bladder."
My point? Stay on top of it....
Ro