Paging Dr. Monkey - TMI Inside

[JohnE]

Personally, I would have headed to teh ER...

[jackalope]

[crabjoe] Try it now [/crabjoe]

[mandown]

I'm far from squeamish when it comes to blood, guts and broken bones, but the day I see blood squirting out of my peehole might be the day I pass out.

It is an exciting moment. But passing out would leave you covered in bloody pee, and you'd probably pass out at the sight of that when you woke back up.

Watching it come out was like:
That looks kinda dark, I should drink more water.
That looks weirdly dark, I wonder what I ate.
Oh! That's blood, this is bad.

Of course, I decided to go ahead and lift heavy (for a cripple).

[dante]

Uh, I'd say unequivocally, "get thee to a doctor!!" Maybe Toshi can jump in with some additional info, but I'd guess that anything more than "hey, my pee's got a bit of a red tinge to it" is probably bad...

My (hypocritical, TMI) bloody-pee story:

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Was mountain biking at Killington ~a decade ago with the wife, and on an unfamiliar trail in the wet I ended up sliding out and straddling/slamming the taint into a tree. By myself, of course (wife was done for the day), and after 5min of lying/sitting there in pain I had to pee. Straight blood. And pain in the taint. Freaked out, rode to the bottom and tried to figure out what to do next. Pain was mostly gone (aside from general bruising) but was still peeing blood. Figured that it was damage to the urethra as opposed to Kidney damage, and so opted to NOT go to the ER hoping it'd heal on it's own. Drank a LOT of water that evening to keep it flushed out, and later that night I actually peed a section of coagulated, semi-solid blood. That felt weird.... But aside from some tenderness when I peed for the next day or so, that was about it.

Thinking back, I almost certainly should have gone to see a doctor, and probably would if it happened to me now. I'm guessing that the advice from the doc's would've been the same (drink a lot of water), but I'm at the point in my life where I'm at least somewhat more likely to concede the point and go get it looked at.


Oh, and obligatory for JK so he doesn't have to spend the time looking it up:

[Pesqueeb]

Kind of wish I hadn't read that.

[skibunny24]

Doctor! There should be no blood coming from a man's genitalia! I think DirtyMike pisses blood regularly... I'm sure he'll post soon

[Toshi]

Frank hematuria warrants a workup. It's not an issue for the ER but rather for your primary care physician + maybe a urologist. I'd recommend a 3-phase CT urogram.

[rockofullr]

Frank hematuria warrants a workup. It's not an issue for the ER but rather for your primary care physician + maybe a urologist. I'd recommend a 3-phase CT urogram.

And a prostate exam!!

[mandown]

And a prostate exam!!

doing one. it is tough to type left handed though.

[mandown]

doc appointment booked for the afternoon.

just before this happened, i did smash my shin on the way to the bathroom. it immediately bruised and bled. wondering if there is any chance the internal bleeding from that getting to my kidneys and bladder.

[Pesqueeb]

You're not still on blood thinners are you?

[IH8Rice]

if i pissed blood i probably wouldnt have shot off a email to my doc. but thats just me

[mandown]

You're not still on blood thinners are you?

no, i just kicked the crap out of the weight bench by the treadmill. of course, i barely felt it, but i could tell that my leg stopped moving forward, and there was a loud banging noise.

[WestCoastHucker]

You didn't do a wiener suspension gig did you? Like a dangily dangler of sorts.

i was wondering the same. pissing said blood while being suspended by hooks would have made for a much better story....

[mandown]

they once tried to talk me into a hook in the sack, but i'm crazy, not stupid.