09/26/2009

I feel like crap.

Aaron made some brewed tea the other night and forgot about it while it was steeping (for an hour!). So, it was REALLY strong, but REALLY good. I had three glasses.

And woke up the next morning with a RAGING UTI.

I’m in so much pain, and I can’t find much relief for it. I’ve been drinking water and cranberry juice and taking AZO, but it’s only getting worse. I tried calling the clinic to see how much a visit would cost me – $115 (that I don’t have!) for a five minute visit so they can write me a scrip for antibiotics. If I can’t get my midwife to call in a scrip for me, I’m going to have to go to the ER tomorrow. Sucks, but that’s my only option, unless I want to write a bad check to pay for a clinic visit. And I don’t want to do that.

The home birth meetup is tonight, and I’m missing it, which also has me down in the dumps. I was really looking forward to spending time with the girls.

And it’s raining. Blah.

I’m just in an all around funk that I can’t snap out of.

I also need to take a pregnancy test, if only to snap myself out of obsessing over the .001% chance I might be pregnant. The first time Aaron I had sex after we got back together, we both forgot about a condom. I haven’t had any kind of period since April, so it’s HIGHLY unlikely I’m pregnant and I don’t have any symptoms, but I don’t have a period due to reassure me. So, I need to take a test and have it come up negative so I can stop being neurotic.

Chloe isn’t helping my bad mood today. Every other word out of her mouth is "no."

Gah…I just need to go to bed.

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the extra strong brewed tea thought hurts my teeth! xx

echospeaks

September 26, 2009

How much would an ER visit cost? or do they just bill you for it? and the clinic is like a pay-right-then kind of deal? Hope you feel better!

RYN. Oh ok. Healthcare in this country is so F’ed up. Hope you feel better!

the Karyn

September 27, 2009

I usually use D-mannose from the health food store to cure my UTIs. It’s about $20 for a bottle, which is less pricey than a dr and antibiotics with less side effects.

zucchini

hopefully your midwife will help you out. i think mine would if i needed to go that route…definitely try that.

Second Impression

Hehe I’ll join you in peeing on a stick! I’m driving myself insane because I got my first postpartum period and I’m now up to CD 40+. Hopefully neither of us will be that .001%. Why do we drive ourselves insane like this? =) Are there any Minute Clinics in your area? Like in drug stores or supermarket pharmacies? I think they only charge $20-ish.

See if you can get some D-mannose. It is a supplement, an extract of cranberry, that sweeps out the bacteria. I’ve only had a UTI once in my life when pregnant and after trying everything, the D-mannose saved the day.

Ryn: I’m not positive, but I would think so. It’s basically just a super concentrated extract of the stuff that’s in cranberries that helps, only without the fructose that comes with the cranberries. I think the original alternative doctor I got it from gave it to me while I was pregnant, so if it’s pregnancy safe I’d think it would be nursing safe, but I guess you never know. The intarwebssay “no studies, believed safe” and “consult physician.”

RYN:Wow I’m sorry, I didn’t know you weren’t on my friends! I had you on my favorites with the “can read FO entries” box checked back before the OD upgrade, something weird must’ve happened to you. But I added you to my friends now =) I kind of had a hunch you didn’t have any clinics like that, hope you get one soon they’re a lifesaver!