Wednesday, October 18, 2006

My bladder feels like a swimming pool

Anyone out there ever had a kidney infection? Well if you have, then pipe up because I can join your club now.

Unfortunately given the fact that you all see tiny snippets of my life that I deem important enough to record; you see all the times I'm sick (and stuck at home) and not the majority of the days that I'm perfectly healthy and jumping around with enough energy for 5 ADHD kids.

Yes, I have a kidney infection. Let me tell you something: This is a total BITCH. I normally try to keep positive but let me tell you, a kidney infection does not have the symptoms you'd think it would like sore kidneys and a fever.

No No.

I woke up Tuesday with a monster vice headache, 100 degree temperature, sore throat with HUGE tonsils, a maximum of NO energy and oh yeah did I mention I was peeing like EVERY HOUR!? I pretty much thought it was the end and I was really about to die.(ok, maybe that's an exxageration, but I felt pretty bad) I had to rest for around 2 hours before I even had the energy to call the dr. to make an appointment. THAT"S BAD PEOPLE! I'll save you all the dr.'s office story but let me just say that they took some fluids and some of them involved needles. GRRR! I hate needles.

The Good News:
I have antibiotics and I'm already feeling like 50% better.

The Bad News:
One of the first things you have to do with a kidney infection is stay hydrated. So I'm still peeing every hour, but now it's cause I'm drinking gallons of water. ROCKIN.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Drink cranberry juice. Whenever I think I might be getting a kidney infection I start drinking cranberry juice constantly. Even if I've mised the signs of a coming kidney infection and end up with a full blown problem the cranberry juice helps clear things up quickly.

Feel better!