Question: Hello. I am a 65 year old female. In 2015, I had a partial nephrectomy for a stage 1b tumor. My urologist told me it was not aggressive. At my last annual check up (in October) I noticed a reading of 50EYR blood in the urinalysis, which my urologist did not think was of concern, but offered a six-month scan rather than 12 months if I wanted, which I did. That scan is later this week. A couple of weeks ago, I saw pink in the toilet bowl and immediately called him and he ordered a urinalysis. (Previous to this, I%E2%80%99d noticed some very dark urine but had not been drinking a lot of water at the time and probably too much caffeine, so adjusted that and it stopped.) The urinalysis came back with normal readings except for showing 250EYR blood in the urine. The day after I saw the pink, I saw blood clearly in the bowl. That was on Saturday, March 9. I have not seen any visible signs of this since. In an email exchange, my urologist told me he is not expecting this to be something worrisome and that he often sees nonspecific urinary tract inflammation with no apparent cause. What are your thoughts on this? With my history and no other symptoms, I am very concerned. Thank you.

are you referring to a different culture than would have been done on the urinalysis that showed no issues except the blood? and is bladder involvement from previoys disgnosis a concern? last ct was in october. thank you.

adding to ny folliw up. i did a home urinalysis test strip just now. shows blood in urine altho no visible in bowl.

I’m a little confused because while I was waiting to hear from you I began researching and learned that a urine culture is different from the standard urinalysis? Can you explain please? I hope you are still online and can respond quickly.

Thank you, one last follow-up. Is this fairly common in women with my history as described? Thank you.