Abdominal CT Scan results... waiting

Jazzi

Hi guys... so I had a abdominal/pelvic CT scan on Friday, July 24th. I had blood in my urine with symptoms of urgency, discomfort in my abdomen and urethra area, etc. all during working hours a couple of weeks ago; when I got home the same evening all the symptoms had ceased. I called my doctor and her nurse called me back & set up an appt. to see her the very next day. I had a urinalysis done she wanted to rule out UTI... got the test results back the next day and tested negative for a UTI. My PCP called and said that I had 5 - 10 RBC's so she ordered a CT scan to rule out kidney stones, masses, etc. I had the scan done at 1:15pm last Friday... it took about 20 minutes... scans taken pre-contrast, after IV contrast... and I waited 10 minutes so that the contrast could absorb more into my organs and another set of films were taken.

Got home around 5:00 and my doctor called and left a message saying that she'd thought I would like to know that the scan showed no masses, but did show some renal narrowing of my kidneys and that we would talk later. She didn't mention if my bladder showed anything, etc. I know that this type of CT scan, abdominal/pelvic, would show this area. My question is, were "ALL" of the films looked at and no masses showed up anywhere, or was she just referring to my kidneys? I haven't gotten the official test results back yet and don't know why it is taking so long. Now I am worried that there was something more found after she called. Any thoughts????

I would appreciate any feedback/insight... opinions, you can give me. ~ Dee

Tinkerbells

no insights for you dee, just wishing you good results. On my end, I would presume no masses meant no masses anywhere

Jazzi

Thanks Tinkerbells.

Jazzi

... update: Well the CT scan showed that I have a narrowing of my left renal vein called Nutcracker Syndrome, this is what caused the bleeding (... this is a vascular problem)... I have to learn more about it. Stenting was mentioned, but my doctor said that I don't have to do anything unless I am in pain or continue to have bleeding. My bladder showed no masses or filling problems, and all lymph nodes in upper/lower and pelvic area and around my bladder were normal. However, my doctor wants me to have a cystography done to check the lining of my bladder. I hate to have to go through this, but I think if anything is found it would be in its earliest stage because there was no tumors/lymph nodes/soft tissue showing any abnormalities. I'll update later. Thanks for your feedback Tinkerbells.