my husband was fit and healthy until just over two years ago.  He started passing blood in his urine and went to his GP.  He did tests and said it was normal to pass some blood at his age, now 67, just traces at the time.  He was also peeing a lot and a bit of pain.  Then he was passing clots.  Not all the time, infrequently, some days nothing, some weeks nothing.  He was sent for an ultrascan, blood tests.  His prostate was normal.  He was then passed to a kidney specialist as it was thought he may have a kidney stone.  They asked him if he had seen an urologist, which he hadn’t.  So he was then referred, had a cystoscopy and it turns out he has a tumour in the bladder.  I couldn’t believe it took so long to eliminate the other possible causes of the blood.  He has since been cleared of kidney stones, saying he has normal kidney functions.  We are out of our mind with worry.  He’s been told the tumour has to come out, had the pre op last week and seeing the anaesthetist in two days time.  I wanted to know if anyone else had a similar time span from start to diagnosis please?