Headache Day 1000

[amberfocus]

No, not really, but it feels like it.  I went to the doctor today and when my blood pressure turned out to be perfectly normal and all of my other symptoms were still pointing at either a kidney infection or UTI, they took another sample and it immediately showed up as infected.  Like it couldn't have done that on Tuesday and spared me all this grief?  So I'm on medication now, both an antibiotic and something purple that turns my pee orange and wondering about the lovely side effects of artificial food coloring which I tend to avoid like the plague, but the headache is still there.  I hate it.  It isn't constant, but it's here enough that it just drains every spare ounce of energy I have for life and stuff. 

Chris and I were supposed to go out this weekend to celebrate our 20th anniversary of our first date (which isn't until the 23rd but he'll be in Alaska then), but I'm not sure that is going to happen.  I'm bummed a bit, because we were planning on going to Blender at Ryan Stiles' comedy club, but I can hardly grocery shop, let alone do something like go to the theater right now.  I was really looking forward to it.  He has a house here and sometimes he shows up to do improv with the locals.  You just never know.

On the bright side they weighed me at the start of my doctor's appointment and apparently I've lost 10 pounds since the last time they weighed me.  I don't get on the scale normally and I didn't ask what my weight was, either.  I did notice that my jeans were getting loose and my bras were getting a bit roomier, and attributed it to all the swimming.  Anyway the doctor was quite pleased.  I was just...yeah, great, can I have meds now, please?  Not that I'm not happy about it, I am, but pain overrides nice news like that.

I haven't done much but lay in bed.  Gotten a fair bit of writing done whenever the headache eases.  I'm about 1500 words into chapter four of Three Hour Tour and written a bit more on LoF.  Oh, and watched Astroboy with the family even if I did have to get off the couch every fifteen minutes to pee.  Did I mention I hate UTIs?  Astroboy is really good.  I was surprised.  A very cute, very sweet, very effective family movie.  Also am watching The Order with my husband.  It is none of those things.  Except good.

The kids' first week back in public school has gone better than I could have ever hoped.  They both love it and are thriving.  I am so glad.  I cannot even imagine homeschooling the way that I feel right now.  This is also the best time for the athletic club to be closed for it's yearly maintenance.  Maybe when it reopens on Tuesday I will actually feel like exercising again.

Comments

[othermewriter.livejournal.com]

I am so very sorry hun! I really do wish there was something I could do to help. My only suggestion is to make sure you get plenty of yogurt to insure that your intestinal track doesn't wind up bear of all the good flora as well as the nasty uti. *HUGS* I also discovered that at least for me it reduces the frequency (at least for me) of these to practically 0 when eaten regularly.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Yeah, I'll make sure to take acidiophilous bifidus. I hate the texture of yogurt so I have to take pills.