Bloody urine, large clots, unable to urinate

I am new here, but need some info.I am 54, male, overweight. Started exercising in NOV 08. Lost 30 pounds and feeling pretty good. My poblem is every once in a while, never know when, I urinate blood and large blood clots. It may last two urinations or five. The latest bout was last week, when the clots were so big, I couldn't urinate for 5 hours. I am seeing a urologist and a kidney specialist. I've had numerous blood works and urine sample tests, CT scan with dye, ultrasound, two cyctoscopies and still both doctors say they can't find anything wrong.

Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I don't know what else to do.

Thank you Scott for the info

Hi LB,
I asume you have not been diagnosed with prostate cancer. If so the oncologist suggestion may be a bit early. But you may need a new urologist, or even a nephrologist. You may just have a urinary tract infection. Have you been prescribed any antibiotics?

Tony

Understood Scott,
And there are more illnesses other than cancer as well. I hope for our new member that he does not have cancer. He has been searching for a phantom problem for three months. I suppose an oncologist is an option, but so is a new set of eyes. I suggested a nephrologist to also check to see if the clots are coming from above the bladder. This could be a case of kidney stones, infection, or physical damage from his workouts. Regardless our suggestions are similar. If he can get a referal to an urologic ocologist there is no harm.

Tony

Tony is very right to point out that it may not be cancer at all. But I insist that you should not have to wait much longer for someone to diagnose this issue.

Scott

To JB54 & to all who have responded to his question, I realize that the initial post by JB54 is a little over 6yrs old but never the less I was felt led to post a reply. I too have had the same problem twice, once, around 2010 & the latest last year about Sep.2014 with all the tests, different doctors each time & all came back negative. I'm not writing to state my full story but to hopefully offer some temporary relief for those individuals who are going thru the same problem of not being able to empty their bladder, while they go back & forth on doctor visits & test facilities & also waiting for test results at home.

The second time the problem occurred I could not pass urine I was sweating profusely trying to pass any bit of fluid but couldn't. My bladder was so full but due to the blockage of blood clots, I could not empty my bladder. I found out a couple of days later from a visit to the eye doctor that I ruptured a blood vessel in my right eye, which impaired my vision, from the top of my eye to the middle of my pupil.

Anyway, sorry for the side track, I guess I had to include a small portion of my story, that being said this is the temporary relief but first you will want to get a couple of things, a towel & a container/urinal to receive any urine & or clots that you may pass.

-place the towel on the bed where your hips will be (some of the towel can hang over the bed)
-Lie down completely on your side, whichever side is most comfortable for you, at the edge of your bed
-hold & position the container/urinal with one hand
-& with the other hand aim into the container/urinal (a urinal can make this much easier)
-relax as much as possible. DO NOT TRY TO FORCE FLUIDS TO PASS you can cause other severe damage!!

This was the only way that I could empty about 95% of the fluid in my bladder before the clots would block the remaining amount of fluids from passing thru, that's what it felt like to me.

This method came to me as I was praying to God for a way to empty my bladder at home, while on the examination table, as I was undergoing a procedure to place a catheter in me, then fill my bladder with fluids, then extract the fluids & any clots that would come out. All this was done with a large syringe attached to the catheter. I did not want to go home with the catheter in me.

I hope that this message is received by those who are desperately seeking a way to find relief.

************You must still seek medical treatment for your condition!********************