Waiting for results/diagnosis

Wow does this story sound familiar. Same symptoms, same doctor issues, and same tests. I hope it's not BC and if it is early diagnosis means everything. I should have listened to my wife early on too. You husband will appreciate your efforts trust me.

We wish you guys the best.
Ben

MamaD

I'm glad you got a new doctor who sent you to a urologist. I was a cigar smoker for about the same time as your husband and blood in my urine was my first symptom. It may not be bladder cancer, but you are right to get it checked out sooner rather than later.

I had a doctor like the 1st one your husband had. He was a nice guy, but he kept missing diagnosises and being dismissive of problems in our children (he was a family practice doctor that sees patients of all ages). I fired him from all our care and 10 months later I was diagnosised with bladder cancer. If he was still my doctor I doubt I would have been diagnosised as soon as I was and my prognosis may not be as bright as it is today. Sometimes you have to take control and do what's best for you and your family.

Please let us know how your husbands test go and don't be afraid to ask questions as they may pop up. There's a lot of knowledge and experience on these boards.

MamaD,

You did the right thing! I was peeing blood for a month before I finally gave in to my wife's (Stupid Nagging). I grabbed a Tupperware container and captured some of the deep red urine to show the doctor, hoping to prove that there was nothing wrong, only maybe an infection or something (Manly)like that.

Being the ULTIMATE TOUGH GUY that I am I drove myself down to the Ready Care. After the doctor took one look at the sample he said that we had better do some testing right away. He did not mix words with me. He said it maybe just an infection, but when I told him my father died in his mid-fifties of bladder cancer, he scheduled a CT scan for the next day.

With in a week I was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer. After hearing that, I wasn't so tough anymore. I had to lean pretty hard on my wife Heidi for not only moral support, but physical support also. The tests and surgery aren't real painful, but they do take the wind out of your sails for awhile.

She has never once held my arrogance, or ignorance up to my face and said (I told you so.) If anyone ever deserved a BIG chunk of humble pie, it was me.

I have never stopped thanking her for her persistence in saving my life. And she just keeps telling me to stop worrying about that, and keep fighting the cancer.

You'r husband might not say it now, but trust me he sure as the heck is thinking about how glad he is to find out just what is going on inside of him. Any time you pee blood its a scary thing.

You just stick to your guns and keep helping him until you know for sure what the problem is. I'm sure he will thank you in the end. Even if if he just says "See I told you it was nothing."

Those words would be thanks enough for me.

Mark