I am 47, 5'7, 178lbs, and I have excess protein in my urine (like "200" or so I believe). This has cropped up every so often for the last 15 years, so I don't consider myself to be "suffering" from anything, other than the recurring ANNOYANCE of being questioned about it, like on my entry physical for the National Guard. Shortly after the first "occurance" I had went through about three months of appointments for blood and urine tests, hundreds of dollars in co-pays, a pile of missed work (and an irritated boss) before I finally insisted on speaking to the actual physician. I asked what the heck is going on/when are you going to have an answer and was told essentially "it could be nothing or it could be cancer". I walked out...... Some years later I asked ask one Doctor about it only to be told that he (about 68 years old) had had protein in his urine for a long time and it had never bothered him.



Since then I haven't worried much about it and have continued to "not suffer" except now it has come up again on a routine military physical and it is keeping me from progressing/being promoted. I already know that my blood pressure/cholesterol/stress runs high and my prostrate is slightly enlarged so it could be any number of non-painful/non-fatal reasons. Why is this such a big deal every so often and NOT such a big deal the rest of the time? Why are these "it's not a big deal, but...." people so insistant on making me SUFFER over and over again? What can I do to flush it out and get past this?