25th May
Didn’t do a stick test yesterday and plotted zero, but today using a magnifying glass there was a tiny spot, so i plotted 0.1 If the tests show such low amounts for another month or so I will consider not using the magnifying glass or even stop doing the tests so regularly.

23rd May
Been feeling a bit twingie lately and there’s a bit of a corresponding haem output. However I have just started consuming omega-3 lipids via linseed oil and I saw a note on it facilitating blood in the urine - I think due to blood thinning. Will write an entry on this issue asa.

14th May
Forgot to test early on 13th. Didn’t drink much and did lots of physical labour. Getting one spot wasn’t a big deal, but I thought I test again so slept for a while, but when I awoke is was 14th. The next test was zero but I decided that the earlier score had to stand at 0.4

12th May
Again a small smudge that wasn’t repeated on a second test. The issue seems to be to do or not to do an early test.

9th May
I noticed a small spot today, that I had to confirm with a magnifying glass. I scored it as 0.4 as it seems at least two clear dots would represent 1 cell per µLt. A second test today seemed to show nothing but under a magnifying glass there was a small spot so I reduced the score to 0.2.

30th April
I am a bit concerned as I had a bit of color on the marker last night at about 4am. I had been feeling as but off and today I’m not so cool. However another haem test about 5pm seems ok.

28th April
I’ve had some small twinges but it hasn’t transformed to any significant haematuria. There was a single very light dot this morning and as I am likely to test again as a consequence the record will show zero unless the second test shows a mark.

19th April
Well surprisingly the tests have been rather negative for a few weeks, however after a few days of alcohol and a late night, my early morning pee did have a some marker (1 max). This led me to test twice more and the results were zero, which iused as the figure for today’s plot.

10th April
I have used up the final sticks that had Leukocytes markers, which indicated ‘normal’ readings. The new sticks have Bilirubin and Urobilinogen.

7th April Well things are not getting worse. This first week has been OK. I have slight twinges now and then and the blood tests are sometimes very slightly questionable, but not enough to mark up.

I have started daily testing again to monitor this spring’s increase relative to autumn 2008.

I’m also drinking more and drinking more of the ‘cleavers’ etc.

16th Sept 14:00
Still slightly twingie and more of a marker, with acidic pH and a weird brown ketone marker. Eating not so well and working fairly hard etc. Will try and sort food better for two days and drink cleavers.

16th Sept 14:00
For the rest of September I intend to use the Uritest sticks as the monitoring of nitrites and leukocytes for a sign of infection or ought else has been uneventful.

The problem is that I have been used to very low or zero readings which I think are a product of using the mission sticks. This sense of things being ok and getting better have been a major part of my happiness and thence defence.

Today as anticipated the reading was slightly positive. There were indications of non-haem but very light, same as 6th Sept.

Update on the twinges which have been absent for months. They came back a few times over the last week and I think it may be due to an acidic pee. Whilst using the Mission sticks I had a regular highly alkaline pee except two days ago when I clearly felt something was amiss.

6th Sept 11:19
Using the Uristick again I find a light marker. The overall tone is off and there is almost a non-haem dot or two.

5th Sept 13:26

• pH The very high(alkaline) for a week or two or more. That’s with the Mission sticks which I thought had a low reading compared to the Uristicks. The Uristick gives the same reading.(7.5 to 8)
• protein There has been a notable marker albeit at its lowest level of (0 to 15 g/Lt)on Mission, whilst the Uristick gives a negative reading.
• non-haem There is also a small marker on the Uristick whilst there is none on the Mission.
• Leukocytes gives >70 marker after a few more minutes.

1st Sept 09:26
Did a Leukocyte and Nitrite test this morning and they were both negative. I didn’t do the blood as early morning is often unrepresentative due to the bladder storing overnight, although that’s what I relied upon to show up any infection.
Also the tingling has all but gone, and the urine passed more easily, and in quantity: so maybe there was a blockage?

Having obtained some test sticks with Leukocytes and Nitrite options the next first two weeks shall contain results of those also.

In the few times I have tested there has been some Leukocyte positive markers.