blood in urine is indicitive of a problem somewhere in the urinary system. It would be best for you to see a urologist not your gyn and let a urologist determine what tests if any are needed. You would also need to bring thes lab test results that you have had done with you or have your gyn send them to the urologist. There are many reasons for trace amounts of blood to be found in urine. Micro amounts may be nothing to be concerned with, but visual evidence, even once is something to have checked out. I would insist that your GYN send you to a urologist. You may need to have your primary make the arrangements for you. It is best to have specialists check this out and not go with your GYN's suggestion of tests. From experience the first thing a urologist will do is a cystocopy right there in the office. Simple procedure, I've had it done before and then if needed, further tests will be suggested. If finances are a problem, discuss that with your doctor and the urologist. I'm sure that some kind of arrangements can be made to reduce the cost of the tests. As for your question about your strategy being OK. My answer is your strategy is all wrong. GYN's deal with GYN problems, this is not in their scope of specialty. You should have been referred to a Urologist right away to determine what tests need to be done. Renal CT scans are usually done after other tests have been done, if it is needed. It is usually not the first test done. You should not wait to find out what is going on. You should be seen by a urologist as soon as possible. Good luck and let us know what you find out, but please, do not wait. It may be nothing to be concerned with and it may be something serious that needs treatment ASAP. Only a urologist can tell you that.

Hi, I have had very normal periods until September 2008. In my very early forties I was told I had 5 fibroids. I am writing this because the blood is bright red these days. These are outgrowth of the uterus in different areas. The periods are very heavy and sometimes very painful. I had never heard of fibroids and I am an avid reader so I am hoping this information helps someone. The typical recommendation is hysterectomy. I was considered old. I don't consider myself old at all and since I am very healthy except for this one month I researched other venues. I don't look it, I am very fit and eat very healthy so the fact that someone was eager to open me up and "practice" medicine light up a bulb in my brain. I needed to find out more info as this women GYN was trying to scare me with all the complications of having fibroids while I was still under the influence of pain killers from the day before. I schedule a D&C which is a cleaning of the uterus for the next few days. But the next day I found out a lot of info. So I called the office and cancelled everything. I wanted to be better informed before doing anything to this one only body of mine that could be irreversible. First there is something called Focused Ultrasound (FU). It is minimally invasive in you are back to work in 1-2 days. It shrinks the tumors with sound. It is use for prostate cancer. So i figured if testes are ok then the Uterus should be too. Another thing I was not told is that this is not an emergency surgery. The pain can be treated and diet can improve it. I also found several things one can take to reduce the size and maybe eliminate them. Like fibrovan and Fibrovera. There is also a site of a woman who cured them naturally. There is also UFE or embollization of the fibroids simply they cut the blood supply with pellets that are laparoscopically inserted. This is done by radiologists so most GYN do not tell you. The issue with this one is that it is a procedure where, statistically, results are not know. i.e. It looks very good but noone knows what happens to the pellets. It is minimally invasive but you are down 3-4 weeks. Hysterectomy you are down up to 6 months and it might leave you incontinent. Some GYN suggest being incontinent is better than having to go to the bathroom more often if one of the fibroids is pressing against your bladder. I rather control my urine that not. Of the 600K hysterectomies a year only 10% are needed (because of cancer or life threatening issues). That is only 60k are needed. Compare this number to the number of the diagnosed breast cancer 200K/yr and smoking related deaths is 400K/yr. If having breast cancer compels people to run for a cure what about hysterectomies. This is a tragedy, a living massacre that is making a lot of money for GYN. But women are starting to reclaim the importance of their body and going to other GYNs that support alternative methods. Compare this with enlargement of the prostate it happens to men over 50 mostly. That is older than early 40's. They have alternative methods for this illness. The doctors do not immediately recommend to them to take out the testes because they will not use them again since they are old. (This is what GYN tell women) Another argument GYN use is well if it presses against your bladder you might be better off taking the uterus out. Yet the same happens to men the enlarged prostate makes them go to the bathroom more often. It is rare to tell them well take the prostate out to cure this. There is a lack of care and compassion for women that is mindblowing. I hope the following information gives all the superwomen out there more choices and a better outlook for their future. (One thing I forgot, if the hysterectomy is radical (ovaries are taken out) then the sex drive disappears, one has to take hormones and these hormones cause breast cancer - what a way to become a patient for the rest of your life. btw I think radical is the uterus alone it is much bigger than the ovaries!) A Book - Healing Fibroids: A Doctor's Guide to A Natural Cure by Allan Warshowsky, MD and Elena Oumano, PhD Simon & Schuster, Inc. Rockefeller Center 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 USA Paperback, 2002, $14 US ($21.50 CAN) 281 pp. http://www.curefibroidsnaturally.com/ - Woman who cured them naturally - I am doing this one http://www.fibrovan.com/index.html - pills - I am doing this http://www.fibromedica.com/uterine-fibroids - pills http://focusus.net/ - FU http://www.uterine-fibroids.org/index.html - info http://www.nohysterectomy.com/index.php - alternative http://www.fibroidsecondopinion.com/index.htm - info http://www.myuterinefibroids.com/home.php - FU

What happe to the poo smell? i have two medium dogs and we have a dog run/bathroom at the sid eof our house. old house and again at our new house. we had different levels of pebles of diffe sizes to help drainage. we would not leave poo more than a cou hours but usuall picked up as it happend and sealed in a compost container that is meant to keep smell trapped.. but the pee is a probem. we would use baking soda all over and then spray water. Luckily it wasnt near my neighbours used area. But still i felt bad. our garbage was picked up every two weeks but the compost container really sealed the smell. The baking soda worked but needed to bough in bulk. our dogs refused to go pee/poo on their walks. they would save it for the bathroom when they got home. even if they did tinkle when out, they’d go straight to their bathroom when they got home and finish the job. also laying fresh rocks helped but picking up, spraying down and a lot of baking soda is necessary. and you cant have it near a well used area.

A simple blood test can tell you if you are low in vit. B12. I give myself injections once a month. They are not painful at all. I haven't noticed a big difference yet and it's been a few months. Both Lupus and heart problems can cause the symptoms you describe. I hope you feel better soon. (((Judy)))