For: my dad who is 85; takes vitamins (no medications); and loves all-you-can-eat buffets.
Condition: fluctuating (sometimes large) volume of blood and clots in urine which started nearly a week ago.
Circumstances: Dad feels great. In recent weeks, Dad has increased working in the yard which consists of pulling up trees and many barrels of weeds.
Urinalysis: All negative (no culture taken); the only above-normal reading was the amount of blood in the urine.
Future expectations and planning: Appointment with urologist in a few weeks. We predict that the doctor will take blood tests and dipstick and rule in or rule out cancer/kidney/prostate/bladder/urethra/str ep problems. If no problem is found, what can we do? If a serious problem is found, we don't have much faith in hospitals, (Dad doesn't want CAT scans or X-rays), what can we do?
Dad adds: he is concerned and wants to know if he needs antibiotics, otherwise, it could be nothing at all. He is also concerned about the neighbors' use of fertilizers and pesticides and cats which have kidney problems and poop in our yard.