Hi all. I posted a couple of weeks back with symptoms i have been having, basically peeing way more than i should. Did a UTI home test yesterday which changed colour on the nitrite band and the leycocytes band, whic kind of relieved me as i automatically assumed it's a UTI and i just need anti biotics. Phone docs straight away feeling quite upbeat and receptionist tld me doc would ring later. I then got a text from doc (paramedic actually) who asked me to give a urine sample at doctors, which i did. Back home a couple of hours later and paramedic tells me she can't really see any kind of infection bar something about white blood cells(whic according to google is fairly normal) . She had to do a dip test as it was late on a Friday and the sample couldn't be sent off to the lab. She then said the next course of action will be for me to give another sample of urine on Monday which will be sent off to lab just to double check, and if that is negative i need to have a digital rectal exam. My heart just sunk when i heard this, now i am absolutely worried sick.
I know googling is the wrong thing to do, but it has told me that prostate cancer has zero symptoms until it has advanced, and peeing a lot is one of those. If it has spread i am likely to be seriously ill or die. I am actually at the stage now where i would be delighted if they find a small tumour that is slow growing, but as i now have symptoms that is unlikely.
I suffer terribly with anxiety and although my wife is a rock i am just filled with absolute dread about this, I just know it's going to be cancer and not an enlarged prostate. I have no pain at all, which is something i guess. My appetite is missing i guess through worry, although i am eating fine.
Can someone please reassure me just a little. I did a psa test last Monday, one of those home test kits, which came up negative but i don't think i managed to get enough blood in the tube to get a proper reading. I have ordered another one of these although google seems to think they're pretty unreliable.
I am really struggling and need some reassuring words from people who have been in this position please.