grumpybear847

Hi and thank you in advance for any insights you'll share. My husband does not
have a diagnosis yet. In the late summer, he started having nighttime urinary
incontinence. We waited to go to the doctor because we attributed it to
sleeping deeply via the use of a new C-Pap machine to treat sleep apnea. So,
we waited a couple of months and then went to the doc who found protein in the
urine, a Creatine level of 2.5, high blood pressure (new condition to him) and
an elevated BUN level. Ultrasounds were ordered and revealed that the bladder
was retaining a lot of urine and there was kidney damage. Went to see a kidney
doc/Nephrologist who referred us to a Urologist who ended up draining the
bladder in his office, discovering 4x the normal amount of urine. Still no
known cause for the urine to be backing up. A catheter was inserted and my
husband spent a day in the hospital under observation. The urologist said a
cystoscopic would be ordered. It's been 3 weeks and the urologist says the
cysto needs to wait until the urine output is more normal (concentrated) and
the kidney function blood tests look a little better (the Creatine level is
down to 1.9 now). The urologist says that doing the test too soon will only
show red/irritation of the bladder from the draining, that the results won't be
accurate. Wondering, does this make sense to people out there? I am worried
that we should get this test done to see if there's bladder cancer. Please
send advice! Thank you, Becky

grumpybear847

Hi and thank you in advance for any insights you'll share. My husband does not
have a diagnosis yet. In the late summer, he started having nighttime urinary
incontinence. We waited to go to the doctor because we attributed it to
sleeping deeply via the use of a new C-Pap machine to treat sleep apnea. So,
we waited a couple of months and then went to the doc who found protein in the
urine, a Creatine level of 2.5, high blood pressure (new condition to him) and
an elevated BUN level. Ultrasounds were ordered and revealed that the bladder
was retaining a lot of urine and there was kidney damage. Went to see a kidney
doc/Nephrologist who referred us to a Urologist who ended up draining the
bladder in his office, discovering 4x the normal amount of urine. Still no
known cause for the urine to be backing up. A catheter was inserted and my
husband spent a day in the hospital under observation. The urologist said a
cystoscopic would be ordered. It's been 3 weeks and the urologist says the
cysto needs to wait until the urine output is more normal (concentrated) and
the kidney function blood tests look a little better (the Creatine level is
down to 1.9 now). The urologist says that doing the test too soon will only
show red/irritation of the bladder from the draining, that the results won't be
accurate. Wondering, does this make sense to people out there? I am worried
that we should get this test done to see if there's bladder cancer. Please
send advice! Thank you, Becky