Several weeks ago, seemingly out of the blue, I saw that my urine was light pink. Later that same day, my urine no longer pink, but dark red, and I passed a large blood clot! This totally scared the heck out of me! No idea what was going on, and never had any issue like this before.
Got together with my dr. on a telehealth call the next day, who scheduled a CT scan.
The 2nd day after the initial episode, there was no longer any discoloration in my urine that I could see.
CT scan confirmed a mass on my bladder: "Bladder is not well distended, but there is abnormal thickening of the anterior wall with an irregular appearing mass extending into the bladder lumen. This mass is difficult to measure given the irregular margins, but measures approximately 4.3 x 6.2 x 2.9 cm."
Then to the urologist for a cystoscopy a week later: "Mucosal abnormalities: 5cm posterior bladder mass - multinodular and broad based with surrounding CIS. Based on the size there there is concern for muscle invasion which may require cystectomy."
So she said the next step is a TURBT, which is scheduled for March 20th (why does it take so long??).
That's all the information I have right now. Skimming through some of the posts here, frankly, is scaring the heck out of me. I'm a small business owner, I've been pretty healthy all my life (I'm 63), never been in the hospital for anything serious. And now it looks like my life is going to drastically change very soon. I just really don't know what to expect. And hoping this doesn't somehow kill me. I've got a lot of stuff left to do.
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