Peeing blood

[turkeyjoe1]

I just got done with 40 of 44 radiation treatments. Still have a Prostrate. Peeing blood after. The nurse says its because I take baby aspirin. Sounds strange after 40 treatments to start having this now. I have been taking a baby aspirin for 8 years. Did anyone else have this happen?

[Derf4223]

Sounds like something to take up with your urologist and/or radiation onco. My RO had me take high strength ibuprofen 4 times a day in my final 2 weeks of RT.

Now I think I know why he did that:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/953...

Title. Combined antitumor effect of radiation and ibuprofen in human prostate carcinoma cells

Excerpt. Ibuprofen enhanced the radiation response of prostate cancer cells in all three in vitro models.

[Tall_Allen]

It's a common side effect of radiation (hematuria). Unless it's a lot of blood (blood in urine often colors it highly), it will eventually disappear. Here are side effects you can expect:

prostatecancer.news/2018/10...

[Hidden]

Aspirin stops blood from clotting, heed the nurses advice.

I was told in advance to stop fish oil supplements for the same reason.

In seeing minor side effects only now, after 24 of 33

[lowT163]

had it the same. the radiation caused mine. Seems like they prescribed a cranberry tablet.

[dixiedad]

45radiation treatments taking 83 mg enteric aspirin daily. No blood in urine.

[Hidden in reply to dixiedad]

No 2 people are alike.

[dixiedad in reply to Hidden]

true

[Cackalacky_cyclist]

3 months after completing 33 treatments I had a few bouts of hematuria. RO stated it’s normal. Worry when it happens years after radiation, not months after.

[Aljr2004 in reply to Cackalacky_cyclist]

When it starts years after radiation, it is called Late Hemorrhagic Cystitis and clotting can shut down your bladder, forcing you to wear catheters for 4-5 days.

[MGBman]

A year after my 32 radiation treatments I peed a massive blood pee (ie no urine just good old red blood) which was one of those ‘holy moly’ moments. Went to the ER and the good folks said, “ please pee in the bottle” as I’m not sure they believed me. Well, I showed them as I handed in the plastic pee bottle full of the same good old red blood. Eventually it slowed but my Urologist stuck a scope way up inside (not my idea of fun) and had an eyeball check inside my bladder and discovered that the radiation treatment had beaten up my bladder in a few spots. All of this resulted in having to have a bladder fulguration (once again, not my concept of fun) but it solved the bleeding issue. Although I was on Zoladex, I was not taking anything such as aspirin.

[j-o-h-n]

The only thing more frightening than meeting your ex-wife at a nude hootenanny is peeing blood....

Man, that can wake you up..............

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Saturday 06/17/2023 4:45 PM DST

[SpencerBoy11]

If your are taking aspirin because your cardiologist said to, don't stop unless the cardiologist agrees. Mine won't let me stop.