If I had bladder or kidney cancer, would I have worse symptoms by now?

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Originally Posted by NervousSubject

I went on cipro, and after a few days my symptoms cleared up so I stopped taking it.

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So you didn't finish the course of medication and your symptoms returned? Go figure!

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So I went to the dr today and I told him what was happening. They made me take a urine test and it came back negative for a UTI. My urine did have very trace amounts of blood in it though...I asked him about renal cancer and he right away said there was no chance it's that simply due to my age alone...They want to do a STD culture for chlamydia, and he told me to follow up with a urologist.

I just left so much more confused...I feel like if I was having a kidney stone, I'd be having worse pain than I am now. All I can think this can be is cancer :(

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Originally Posted by NervousSubject

All I can think this can be is cancer :(

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You've been told it isn't so this thought is just a thought. Challenge it with what your doctor has told you.

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Originally Posted by NervousSubject

So I went to the dr today and I told him what was happening. They made me take a urine test and it came back negative for a UTI. My urine did have very trace amounts of blood in it though...I asked him about renal cancer and he right away said there was no chance it's that simply due to my age alone...They want to do a STD culture for chlamydia, and he told me to follow up with a urologist.

I just left so much more confused...I feel like if I was having a kidney stone, I'd be having worse pain than I am now. All I can think this can be is cancer :(

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Hi NervousSubject. I don't have much to add that others haven't said, but my urine always shows up trace blood. Some people just do and it doesn't mean anything! Hopefully this could help you to relax.

Yep my pee tests have shown traces of blood but the doc said nothing their to worry about.:yesyes:

I didn't get pain with my kidney stones - didn't even know I had them.

It is not cancer - like many others I get traces of blood all the time in urine samples.

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Originally Posted by nomorepanic

I didn't get pain with my kidney stones - didn't even know I had them.

It is not cancer - like many others I get traces of blood all the time in urine samples.

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But two weeks ago, my urine was very pink. As I said then, my urine looked like grapefruit juice, then rose wine, and then clear. But then came the UTI symptoms, and with the dip stick test becoming negative, it seems like the only two possibilities are kidney stones, or kidney/bladder cancer...And kidney stones have more pain than what Im in...I can't stop thinking that its cancer...

And now Im wondering if this is another type of cancer that metastasized to the bladder like pancreatic cancer or colon cancer...

Even though the Dr said I'm too young for cancer like that, he wasn't any specialist, he was a walk-in clinic doctor....And look at poor Chadwick Boseman...He was only 39 when he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer...

Is there anyone on this board that has experience with bladder cancer or kidney cancer? Do I have a reason to be concerned with my symptoms?

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Originally Posted by NervousSubject

But two weeks ago, my urine was very pink. As I said then, my urine looked like grapefruit juice, then rose wine, and then clear. But then came the UTI symptoms, and with the dip stick test becoming negative, it seems like the only two possibilities are kidney stones, or kidney/bladder cancer...And kidney stones have more pain than what Im in...I can't stop thinking that its cancer...

And now Im wondering if this is another type of cancer that metastasized to the bladder like pancreatic cancer or colon cancer...

Even though the Dr said I'm too young for cancer like that, he wasn't any specialist, he was a walk-in clinic doctor....And look at poor Chadwick Boseman...He was only 39 when he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer...

Is there anyone on this board that has experience with bladder cancer or kidney cancer? Do I have a reason to be concerned with my symptoms?

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My friends dad has kidney cancer. He started to have weight just fall off of him and he looked terrible. He didn't know he was sick until he could no longer eat or do anything other than sleep.

Okay, so my symptoms went away again with Cipro, but my round is almost up and I'm terrified to get off it because what if the symptoms come back? What if there is something else causing a recurring UTI? Could it be cancer? Could it be kidney stones?

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Originally Posted by NervousSubject

Could it be cancer? Could it be kidney stones?

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Could it just be a UTI that you've treated? :shrug:

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