I woke up with a start this morning , Bun or was it Weaver jumped off my hip as I checked my leg bag for drainage.
There was blood in my urine.
Blood in urine can be frank ( ie blood red) which is a sign of a serious bleed or as nurses often state , it can be rosé , like a weak sangria.
Mine was a clear rosé,
Right what to do? Sunday morning is not the day to have a urological medical emergency
Think man think?
Well panicking never helped anyone
I showered, and dressed and sat myself at the kitchen table with a coffee.
Then I saw my unwashed supper plate and sighed in relief….I ate healthy last night
A salad with boiled eggs…..
And a large packet of pickled beetroots!
Phew!
ReplyDeleteWhat a relief. Beetroot has that effect, I eat a lot of beets. Really worrying with a catheter in situ. Deep sigh of relief. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteYes... and it is surprising how quickly it pervades the system!!
ReplyDeleteArgh!!! Another reason to not eat beets! (I loathe them.) So glad you remembered.
ReplyDeleteYou're a funny guy. (I know that your first reaction was not humorous)
ReplyDeleteAlan had a similar scare when he ate a huge beetroot salad at my parents house just after we first met. 😄 There are some advantages to not washing the pots in the evening.
ReplyDeleteI cringe when I recall, sometime in my late 20s, plucking up nervous courage to go to my doctor and tell him I was passing blood in my wee. He sent me to hospital for tests - extensive and demeaning - with both a doctor and a female nurse, but they couldn't find anything, telling me to return if it continued. A few days later the penny dropped. It was of course the beetroot I'd been eating. Why hadn't I myself noticed or thought of that before then? Why hadn't THEY mentioned it as a likely culprit? Even up to now I haven't told anyone else of it. I'd just go as red as........well, you know what!
ReplyDeleteMy initial thought was oh no poor John and concern until your last line then I burst out laughing, sorry. As a child I would not eat beetroot as it scared me peeing red, now we get through loads of it all year round. Take care. Jan in Castle Gresley
ReplyDeleteGolden Beats would be less likely to cause panic, and are a little milder in flavor.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I no longer eat beetroot. In my case it was my poo that turned red, scary when your mother had bowel cancer. Just glad I didn't rush to the GP! Apparently, we're in the lucky (?) minority who are affected. My husband eats it every day, with no side effects. He's dead common. 🤣 xx
ReplyDeleteWell then, it's a good thing you didn't rush off to have that checked!!
ReplyDeleteThat must have been a scary moment. Thank goodness a culprit was found. I don't eat beetroot often but have never noticed that side effect when I have.
ReplyDeleteYou poor guy, I can imagine the terror all too well. That's the snag with meds etc, you never know what's going to come out of left field. Hope the rest of the day is calmer. Jx
ReplyDeleteI love beets but my pee does not change colour, only the other stuff does. When I eat asparagus my pee stinks but I love it and will put up with the smell. Good on you for figuring out the pink pee before going for help and being embarrassed. Gigi
ReplyDeleteI was holding my breath while reading!
ReplyDeleteThose darn beets! Glad you figured it out!
ReplyDeleteGood thinking! No more beets for a good while, eh?
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a child my mother got me to eat beets to see how red my tongue got. Bleah!
Hugs!
Oh dear. It's not funny but it is funny. Jack and I were talking about the colour of pee the other day (as one does with a 7 year old) and I mentioned that beets can turn your pee red.
ReplyDeleteGlad it was just beets.
What a relief that you figured it out.
ReplyDeleteThe tea party looked just lovely and you could tell that people were enjoying themselves. Well done!
Oh, thank goodness!
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh so much as the same thing happened to me when I was a newly qualified staff nurse. to my shame i got the on-call doctor out of bed as a patient was bleeding into his catheter bag. then we noticed the large jar of pickled beetroot on his locker. The Doctor was surprisingly restrained in his reaction.
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