Hi all. I'm new here and feel the need to get out my concerns. I cant really talk to anyone in my family as theres just my kids and my dad. I'm a loner so no friends I would go to either. So here I am. I am a 32 year old female. With an eating disorder (relevant).
I've been back and forth to my doctors for almost 2 months now. It started with a routine medical review. Microscopic hematuria was found, but theres no infection and no obvious cause for it. My weight was just under my usual stable weight. No cause for concern. Blood tests to check kidneys and liver were all okay. Follow up urine samples have all given the same results. Everything being fine other than blood being present. Within a month I'd lost half a stone.
This has then progressed to being visible blood from time to time. Not a lot, and not often. The odd clot, and the majority just visible upon wiping.
Period is ruled out as I have the implant in and my periods seemed to have stopped, or were completely irregular. Then again, the irregularity may not have been period at all and could have been this. Whatever this may be. Right now, my weight is too low to even have a period and the fact the visible blood lasted 4 days, stopped for 5 and started again for a day before stopping again. That doesnt really seem like a period. Especially not any period that I have had.
Anyway, the doc said that if i was over 60 they would suspect cancer, but because I'm not it seems unlikely. Only i cant shake this thought now. I was originally referred to a nephrologist, but now the blood has been visible, I have been given an urgent urologist appointment.
Cancer is on both sides of my family. I lost my mum to breast cancer a few years ago, and my dad also had cancer at the same time but thankfully he has been all clear for around 5 years now.
Theres obviously a chance that it is not, and I hope that is the case and this post is just pointless. But I have a feeling that it is.
My only symptoms are weight loss(not related to eating disorder), extreme fatigue and blood in urine.
I cant even remember when my last urine test was. I dont usually go for my reviews. Which makes me wonder, has the bleeding been happening a lot longer and I've dismissed it for an irregular period.
I just needed to get it out somewhere to hopefully stop it from circulating around my head. Even the doctors, although they have mentioned it, they are quick to brush their concern away because I'm "too young" for bladder cancer, but I'm not stupid. Although it may not be common, it doesnt mean its not possible. Thankfully they're sending me to the right people still, but that attitude needs to be scrapped I think. It's really not a helpful attitude. Not for me anyway, I need matter of fact. If they said "this is a possibility so we will send you here to rule it out" I'd handle that a lot more than having these worries knowing the doctors think I'm stupid for having them.
I dont have too long to wait for my urologist appointment now. Just less than two weeks. I am dreading it, but hoping for some answers either way. Not knowing is a horrible feeling.