marc_kowal
Well-known member
Ok, so here's something that's a little embarrassing, but I wanted to know if any of the gents have had any situations like this.
As you know, I was bridging with Lovenox since I needed a colonoscopy. On my last day of my Lovenox, I noticed blood in my semen (yikes)! I quickly looked up side effects of Lovenox and it did say that it could cause this to happen and it should go away after the Lovenox leaves your system. My wife and I checked a few days later and it looked a little better, but a few days after that, it was a dark brownish color now
Off to the urologist I go! After he gives me an exam (which was tons of fun....NOT), he says he doesn't see anything wrong, and that this can sometimes happen for no reason at all and that it could take weeks or months to resolve itself. Something could have been irritated or inflamed, and normally men wouldn't see anything, but because I was on Lovenox and Warfarin, it was noticeable. And he said blood in the semen is not indicative of cancer and not to be alarmed.
So I trust my doctor, no reason not to as he's always done right by me. A few days later I notice that I'll get a "spasm" in the prostate area and then when I urinate, I see little blood clots come out. Call the doc, and he says come in for a urine sample and they will send it out for testing. Tests came back negative for infection.
So now I sit and wait and hope this clears up sooner rather then later. So has anyone else had something like this go on because of their Warfarin? It would probably put my mind at ease if some folks said yes and it went away eventually. All I know is I'm getting sick of something new popping up after I get some other problem resolved.
~Marc
As you know, I was bridging with Lovenox since I needed a colonoscopy. On my last day of my Lovenox, I noticed blood in my semen (yikes)! I quickly looked up side effects of Lovenox and it did say that it could cause this to happen and it should go away after the Lovenox leaves your system. My wife and I checked a few days later and it looked a little better, but a few days after that, it was a dark brownish color now
Off to the urologist I go! After he gives me an exam (which was tons of fun....NOT), he says he doesn't see anything wrong, and that this can sometimes happen for no reason at all and that it could take weeks or months to resolve itself. Something could have been irritated or inflamed, and normally men wouldn't see anything, but because I was on Lovenox and Warfarin, it was noticeable. And he said blood in the semen is not indicative of cancer and not to be alarmed.
So I trust my doctor, no reason not to as he's always done right by me. A few days later I notice that I'll get a "spasm" in the prostate area and then when I urinate, I see little blood clots come out. Call the doc, and he says come in for a urine sample and they will send it out for testing. Tests came back negative for infection.
So now I sit and wait and hope this clears up sooner rather then later. So has anyone else had something like this go on because of their Warfarin? It would probably put my mind at ease if some folks said yes and it went away eventually. All I know is I'm getting sick of something new popping up after I get some other problem resolved.
~Marc
