Re: Blood in Urine--Update

In article <e61u0f02u6q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Pete" <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jason Johnson wrote:
This is an effort to update the information related to
red blood cells that were found in my urine. I would appreciate
your comments.

Blood was found in my urine during a routine urine test.
My doctor referred me to a urologist and he decided to
deal with the problem by conducting three separate
urine tests on three separate days.

The urol. told me that he would examine each urine
sample under the microscope to determine if any blood
cells were present.

He checked that first sample under the microscope and
told me that there were NO blood cells in the first sample.

I went to the office about an hour ago and provided the
second urine sample. The doctor's technician measured
my weight and took my blood pressure. I asked her to
have the urol. do a dip test on the urine sample after
he checked the urine under the microscope.

This is what the tech. told me. She said that the doctor
method was to do a urine dip stick test and did not bother to
check the urine under the microscope if the dip stick test
indicated that there was no blood in my urine.

It's my GUESS that the doctor did check my urine under the
microscope during my first visit to his office since he left
the room for about 15 minutes and when he returned--he actually
stated that he "checked my urine under a microscope and did
not see any blood cells."
However, based upon what the tech told me today--I don't believe
that the doctor checked my urine under the microscope today.
Either the tech or the doctor done a dip stick test--when the
dip stick test indicated there was no blood in my urine--the
urine was not examined under the microscope. Of course, I can't
prove it since the door was closed and I was not able to observe
any tests that were done related to my urine.

One of the posters told me that urine test strips rarely ever
indicate trace amounts of blood cells in urine even when blood
cells are in that urine. That poster told me that he worked
in a hospital lab.

Do you think that my urol. is or is not dropping the ball in regard
to determining whether or not I have blood in my urine?
Jason

Welcome to the real world of doctors Jason. This *** goes on all the time.

Pete,
Thanks for your post. I have read posts about "bad doctors" that do not
provide proper medical care but this is only the second time that it
happened to me. The sad truth is that the urol. probably believes that he
had done a great job related to my case of "blood in the urine". Various
posters have told me about three other tests that he should have done. I
purchased some urine test strips at a local drug store and it's probably
the same brand of urine test strips that the tech. or doctor used to test
today's urine sample. In other words, I did the same urine dip test that
the doctor done. Today's urine test was a waste of my time and he probably
charged my medical insur. company over a hundred dollars for conducting a
urine dip test. I should note that I did not even talk to the doctor
today. I only talked to the doctor's tech. I wish I knew how much the bill
was related my visit to the urol. office today.
Jason
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