u/moistshinobii

Age: 31

Height: 6'2

Weight: 109kg

Hey legends,

So I've had lower back pain and flank pain along with my urinary symptoms (which I had in my initial prostatitis flare up years ago), and decided to get some blood tests and urine test done. GP called me today and mentioned that PSA levels were normal and everything else came back okay in bloods, but there was a trace amount of blood in my urine. I will say that before I had my GP appointment I was unaware that I was going to be doing a urine test and had just finished drinking a coffee, and didn't really feel like urinating. My urine was quite concentrated and apparently that can give back a false-positive for trace amount of blood in urine.

I'm booked in for a CT scan early next week but feeling a bit nervous. I guess no one likes to hear about trace amounts of blood in urine. Would love to hear if anyone else has experienced this.

Hey legends,

So I've had lower back pain and flank pain along with my urinary symptoms (which I had in my initial prostatitis flare up years ago), and decided to get some blood tests and urine test done. GP called me today and mentioned that PSA levels were normal and everything else came back okay in bloods, but there was a trace amount of blood in my urine. I will say that before I had my GP appointment I was unaware that I was going to be doing a urine test and had just finished drinking a coffee, and didn't really feel like urinating. My urine was quite concentrated and apparently that can give back a false-positive for trace amount of blood in urine.

I'm booked in for a CT scan early next week but feeling a bit nervous. I guess no one likes to hear about trace amounts of blood in urine. Would love to hear if anyone else has experienced this.

Don't mind the tag, I'm not venting or discouraged but the other available tags didn't make sense to use.

I started 10mg Amitryptaline 4 days ago and it seems to have helped my sense of urgency and frequency with urination. The only side effect I am noticing is a longer period of time to begin urinating and a weaker urine flow (my urine flow was already weak). I feel like I am completely emptying my bladder but I know that urine retention is a thing with Ami and wanted to ask if anyone else with Ami experience has had a similar side effect and if it dissipated/improved once the body adjusted to the medication?

Hey legends,

I've had CPPS for around 6 years now, it went away for a good 5 years and has recently come back after a night of excessive alcohol. My main discomforts are urinary issues (frequency, feeling of full bladder, discomfort in pubic/lower abdomen area), I'm currently taking Cialis 5mg which i can't tell whether its doing anything at this stage (been taking for 5 days), and doing pelvic floor stretches nightly. Due to see a pelvic floor PT this Wednesday hopefully. I just found this herbal tea and going to give it a try.

Just so you guys know, you can get through this!!!

The herbal tea has: willow herb, saw palmetto, Siberian ginseng and pau d'arco