im suffering. worried i have bladder cancer?

Question

about 4 months ago I woke up one morning with bad pain in my kidneys and blood in my urine. the pain in my kidneys started to die down but about 2 months ago I started to develop a throbbing pain in my bladder with constant blood in my urine. the pain comes and goes. I had an ultrasound and there were what they believe to be stones in my kidneys and my bladder looked fine but ultrasounds supposedly aren't very good for detecting that kind of cancer. also ive been checked for infection (blood and urine tests) and they were perfectly clear except the blood. I'm 25 years old and no history of this kind of cancer in my family. please help!

the blood comes on usually more with the pain, however the blood is almost always present microscopically. the pain is sometimes dull and sometimes pretty sharp in my bladder. the pain is usually on the right side of my bladder but sometimes across all of it.

oh also i get nausea.. usually when im not urinating frequently. i wake up in the mornings with really bad nausea sometimes.

Answer 1

Hi Hootie

Here is what causing the stones and how to rid of them. Also do a colon cleanse.

Cause
Toxins overloading into your system from chemicals, additives, processed and junk foods, as well as excessive saturated animal fat in the diet, contribute to gallbladder problems. If the liver becomes overloaded with excess saturated fats, the gallbladder gets stressed and inflamed. This excess of saturated fats become cholesterol deposits and when enough have formed, they crystallize with the bile to form gallstones.

Women get gallstones four times as frequently as men, especially women over 40 years old who are fair-skinned, and overweight. Twenty percent of adults over 65 years of age get gallstones that create problems and pain. Over half a million surgeries are performed each year to remove gallbladders due to gallbladder disorders, the most common being gallstones.

Constipation, food allergies (especially to milk products and eggs), digestive disorders (especially caused by a deficiency of hydrochloric acid), intestinal diseases, an excessively low-fiber diet, dental disturbances, parasites, rapid weight loss, and stress can all cause or contribute to gall stones and other gallbladder disorders. For lasting relief of symptoms, all of these factors must be addressed if they are present.

Herbal Aids
1.Parsley: Parsley taken with boiled onions is said to be good to remove gallstones although some writers prescribe juniper berries instead of the onions which would also be a great specific for the urinary tract.

2.Juices for Gallstones: Celery & parsley, tomato, grapefruit.

3.Dr. Christopher's Liver-Gallbladder Formula: If gallstones are present and the ducts are blocked, bile may be forced back into the liver and enter into the bloodstream. The skin may take on a jaundiced color. Ultimately, the bile is excreted through the urinary tract. The urine is often dark red or amber color and is very concentrated. Clay color stools are another symptom. During a time of a gall bladder inflammation, heavy eating should not be done. Fruit and vegetable juices are recommended along with the liver-gallbladder herbal formula. The bowels should be kept open and unconstipated through the use of the lower bowel formula...Olive oil (2 tablespoons, 3 times a day) should be taken to lubricate the bile ducts. Our hydrangea root formula, made with 1 quart of apple juice and one ounce of hydrangea root soaked together for three days in a cool place and taken in two ounce doses during the three day cleanse, is capable of dissolving stones anywhere in the body. Light, more frequent meals are preferred over large heavy ones.

4.Parsley: Parsley will work on the gall bladder and will remove gallstones if used properly by taking a pint of the tea daily.

Testimonials
1.Woman Avoids Gallbladder Surgery: During a lecture in Ogden, one of his students, a lady, came to him, saying she was in terrible trouble. She had gallstones so bad and painful that her doctor would give her pain shots. The doctor now refused to give any more shots, but if she had another attack, the stones would be removed.

Another attack was starting, and the doctor told her that an operation to remove the stones would cost $1200. "I haven't got the money," she told the doctor. He said to put it on the medical credit card, which she didn't have either. He said that he couldn't help her until she had the money for the operation.

Then she remembered about the three-day cleanse that goes with the mucusless diet. You use apple juice for three days, as well as olive oil, a couple of spoonfuls three times a day. She decided to try it.

After about a week, Dr. Christopher returned to Ogden. This lady came bouncing through the door, with no pain at all. "Hello, doctor," she said, "I am so glad to see you. We had a rock slide last night."

"A what?"

Her husband, following her in the door, explained that he was in the other room and heard the gallstones hitting the bottom of the toilet bowl as they dropped out. He collected maybe a cup of gallstones that had come out after three days of juice. Instead of $1200 for the operation, it cost them about $12 for the juice and oil. She had no more gallstones, and felt wonderful.

Other herbs used for gallstones are dandelion, golden seal, mistletoe, yellow dock, oak, parsley, and wild yam.

Prevention, however, is the key, and adherence to Dr. Christopher's mucusless diet will prevent the formation of these stones.

2.Passing Gallstones: Dr. Christopher related an interesting story about a patient who suffered a sever gallstone attack. His naturopath would not handle the case, considering it too sever, and an orthodox medical doctor told him to report immediately to the hospital. But the man refused to be operated on, and went back to his naturopath, who referred him to Dr. Christopher.

He was advised to go on the three-day cleanse, using apple juice, the Lower Bowel Formula, olive oil, and the Liver-Gallbladder Formula three or more times a day. He used no other food, but did apply a castor-oil fomentation on the liver.

He immediately improved, the pain left, and he went back to work in a few days! He passed a large amount of bile marbles and gallstones, and he was a very grateful man.

Best of health to you

Cheers

Answer 2

lol Do not worry definitely you do not have any bladder cancer. The pain you have is not typical of cancer. Cancer will not produce such throbbing acute pain. Cancer will only produce pain when nerves and other things are stretched or that it has mass effect (press upon some other organ). Also you would have felt mild pains years ago It just does not appear out of the blue. Moreover you are still young median age for bladder cancer is 65. Lastly I bladder cancer MAY have hard area just below umbilicus.

Well what do you have then? Stones is more likely but can I have more detail. Infection may be ruled out as you say there was nothing found in your blood test and I would say you do not have any chills & rigors - a symptom of urinary tract infection.

More detail needed. It is obvious that the bleeding could be from the kidney or the urinary tract or the bladder. How does it come about? well may be the so called stones. It blocks the tract hence give you the on and off pain as the contraction tract (ureter or bladder or kidney) pushes urine against a closed pipe hence the throbbing which comes with every contraction. Note also that when pain is gone you might feel that there was nothing wrong at all. The pain totally goes away. But it recurs. Usually pain is felt on either side of the abdomen or below the umbilicus.
While the urine pushes against the closed tractit can cause injury to the area where it is impacted hence causing bleeding.... well it may be not it. Need more details
- Any chills & rigors
- When does the bleeding come, with the pain or everytime
- Estimate or describe the amount bled.
- Any problem with passing, do you have to strain .. or such
- any trauma
- anything odd at all?

Answer 3

What it sounds like is that the kidney stones are breaking up or have broken up, and are passing through the rest of the system. Although I personally haven't had kidney stones, in my career I have helped take care of many men who did. They often were in such pain that they required Demerol for relief, while the stones and bits passed. I've also been told that passing stones for a man is the equivalent of a woman giving birth. Having done that, I would say the Demerol was blessing for the gentlemen. The stones themselves often have a crystalline structure- being formed from uric acid, which does crystallize, and would be much like passing tiny shards of glass. The only person who can really be of help to you at the moment is a urologist. A urologist can do the tests needed to actually tell what is going on, and determine how best to help you. In the meantime, you need to drink lots of liquids and should actually be going to the bathroom every couple hours. If they are breaking up, the sooner they are flushed out the sooner you will feel better. A urologist can also offer suggestions on how to prevent them in the future. I doubt you have bladder cancer, but the urologist is the one to do the test to see for certain. So go see the urologist.

Answer 4

If you were told you have kidney stones, then that is what you have. I suspected them before I read that far. I have lived with them for 27 years. They are extremely painful and will cause you to have blood in your urine as they are tearing your flesh while traveling through your kidneys. When you do pass that puppy, you won't believe the tiny thing that caused you so much grief. If you haven't passed any, you should go back to the doctor and let him know you are concerned. Don't freak about C, it doesn't have to be that. Those stones could be held up anywhere along the route and they are just being stubborn.
Good luck.

Answer 5

Don't Worry peeing blood is one one of the painful symptoms you have because of the kidney stones and you will eventually pass them out or the doctor will remove them. Kidney stones is very pain full but it will pass. What helps with the pain is drinking allot of water. Good Luck!

Answer 6

You should relax and trust your lab results. If there was any reason for your dr. to suspect cancer then there would have been more extensive testing. Sounds like you have recurring kidney stones. My father inlaw has bladder cancer and it was found through routine testing after repeated bladder infections.

Answer 7

make sure you see a nephrologist. My sister suffered similar symptoms a few years ago and was diagnosed with a rare disease called Wegener's Granulomatosis. Many doctors have never even heard of this disease. Although it can be deadly, it can also be managed. I'm not by any means diagnosing your problem, but to get to the bottom of it, you're going to need an experienced specialist who is studying the most current and rare disease diagnoses. I hope that helps you. Good luck to you, and I am sorry to hear about your illness.

Answer 8

Urintaing frequently does not mean you have stomach cancer or diabetes I urinate frequently and my doctor just said it is an over active bladder it won't harm you in any way so don't worry

Answer 9

Find a good urologist. There is a test called a cystoscopy, that they can physically look inside the bladder and see to make sure there is nothing there. It can be done in a doctors office or outpatient hospital.

Answer 10

I am a nurse and you need to go back to the doctor and tell him you are having this pain. Sounds like kidney stones which are removed and all of this grief and worry will be over with.

Answer 11

It sounds like you are the one thinking cancer. Believe me if the doctor thought it was cancer he would be agressivaly checking you out.
If you are still passing blood talk to your doctor.
You need a test called an IVP
Also you maybe need the doc to look inside your bladder with a cystoscope.

Sometimes you need to be agressive with your doctor and insist he continues to check you out.

Ask your doctor abut the disease Interstitial Cystitis.