blood in urine

On March 25 I discovered blood and a few clots in my urine. I did not have a fever nor any pain in my lower back which would indicate a kidney infection or other problem. It cleared up 5-6 days later without treatment but I made an appointment with Dr. Hackett, a urologist to have it checked out. A blood test showed a testosterone level of 39, with a normal range between roughly 250-850. I subsequent test showed a normal level of 389 so the initial test was ruled an anomaly. A CT scan of my kidneys was unremarkable and a cystoscopy or my bladder showed nothing abnormal. The blood was attributed to a possible small ulcer in one of my kidneys or bladder caused by my LV condition. It is unknown if this will recur.

Pain relief

As I look back at my latest post, I realized I didn't post about the end of the latest pain cycle. I believe it was the afternoon of Tuesday May 12 when I was waiting for my pain level to increase before taking my afternoon pain med doses. My pain level never increased and has stayed down in the 3 range since then. I stopped taking all narcotics at that point and haven't needed them. I looked back and this pain cycle lasted about 6 weeks.