Warning, this may include too much information (TMI)

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Setting the story line: One of my students will be gone most of this week, the workload is light. My boss got to go do something fun for a change, and we had a sub. That was okay. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH ABOUT MEDICAL STUFF. JUST PASS ON BY. Sunday, after hubby got in bed, he told me he had had two experiences of bleeding when he went pee. Told you Too Much Info. He got into see his regular doc. yesterday. Had a PSA test (prostate screening) and urine test. Those tests were fine, the bleeding was not. Hubby got a referral to a urologist today. He called me at work. I arranged to take off and go. We spent at least forty-five minutes filling out paperwork. Hubby gave them a specimin--I had not realized how bad the problem was. Purple-brown urine. Doc came and asked questions about the previous prostate cancer treatment, as it was done elsewhere and by a different doctor, and the stroke and the meds. Sent hubby back for an uncomfortable procedure. Threatened possibly a CT scan depending on this scope procedure. Afterwards, the results were more reassuring. Sunday morning hubby stopped to help a stranded motorist who had a flat tire. Evidently the lug nuts were incredibly hard to turn. In fact he had to get up and jump on the tire iron. Doc believes he has "popped a vein" in his bladder, I guess or somewhere in the urinary tract.. Blood thinners have been temporarily discontinued and other measures have been taken to apply pressure to make the bleeding stop. We will find out for sure Friday afternoon. Much better outcome that we were fearing. So that is how my Tuesday went. As I said, probably too much information.