Skeezyks, my husband asked me to tell you this: He deeply regrets waiting until the third time he had blood in his urine before he did something about it. He often wonders if he had done something sooner if he would have had an easier time of it.

He was told by a medical assistant that it was not uncommon for men his age to have some bleeding from the prostate and it was nothing to worry about.

The first two bleeds happened about a week apart and the third happened about three months later. That's when we got really insistent and a referral was made to an urologist. Getting the appointment, getting in, getting the test results, that all took about two months and then another month to get the treatment started because he had to get off some meds before they could start. He wonders about that six month delay. He'd feel more settled in his mind if he'd acted more assertively right from the beginning.

He urgently wants you to be assertive and not wait. Maybe it is just an infection or just a little bleeding from the prostate -- nothing much to worry about. But you won't know without some serious testing.

He sends his regards and hopes it turns out to be much ado about nothing. We both wish you the best.