Hello,
I am a
femaleCondoms
Female condoms
Female sexual dysfunction, 44, who has had microscopic
hematuriaRbc - urine
Urine - bloody for years. I had a
cystoscopy in 1998 which was fine - nothing found, nothing shown on KUB so was assumed I'd had a kidney stone. No further workups were done at that time. Every year or so since then,
urinalysisUrinalysis at physicals has shown microscopic
hematuriaRbc - urine
Urine - bloody . It was explained to me that some people just have red blood cells in their
urineCalcium - urine
Calcium urine test
Chloride - urine
Cortisol - urine
Electrolytes - urine
Glucose test - urine
Hcg in urine
Ketones - urine
Kidney - blood and urine flow
Lh urine test (home test)
Ph urine test which doesn't amount to anything. (I'm fine with that of course, as long as I'm not missing something important that should be taken care of!):p Finally, last year I sort of tried again for some resolution to my urinary frequency, back pain, intermittent tissue-like fragments in urine, and the hematuria. This cystoscopy showed numerous "anemone-like" polyps in the bladder. My urologist proclaimed them to be a common occurence and said right then that they were benign. I accepted this happily at the time, not having done any reading about it myself. Well, (the dreaded internet research) ;) I have read quite a bit since then, and am still rather concerned. I went back and asked my urologist about removal/biopsy and he said that the resultant bleeding from that (when he says that he can tell just by looking at them that they are benign) means that they are better just left alone. He told me that he can do follow-up cystoscopies if it would make me feel better, but I guess that wouldn't make me feel better since he already said that the polyps are nothing/benign. He said that my main concern should be attempting to avoid kidney stones (a small one was found on a CT scan).
Anyway, I am sorry to ramble on; I guess my main question is this: "ARE there bladder polyps that you can absolutely tell are benign, just by looking at them" -? From everything I have read, it seems like most urologists think they should all be biopsied or at least removed. I really like my urologist, but I guess I am a pathetic worrier who needs more assurance. I have a young child and I really do not want to abandon her any earlier than I absolutely have to ;(
Thank you for your time! :)