Hrrrrmmmm. I've been fighting a UTI for about a week now. About every third morning i wake up with that feeling. you know, that one. Very uncomfortable. I chase it away over the course of the day with gallons of water, cranberry supplements, and twice with a single dose of Azo in the morning. I'm starting to worry that it's that same infection and not fully going away, but there isn't any blood and it does go away....and i'm getting on a plane Monday and leaving town for the week so of course i'm totally paranoid that something's gonna blow up while i'm out of my medical coverage area...or that if i get paranoid and get an emergency appt tomorrow i'll be miserable on antibiotics while travelling (i tend to have a very negative reaction to antibiotics no matter how much probiotic supplement i take to combat the side effects.) *sigh* I'm leaning towards wait and see and just hoping that i don't have to pay for an out of network dr out of state if i can't shake it off.

erin, if you start to get any kind of pain in your side or back, go to the doctors.

erin, I hate that. Boo hiss.

So, I just turned down getting lunch from the super delicious and totally reasonable bbq place. I will be strong.

I will eat my coworkers' leftovers

yay for leftovers!!!!

The Joint - [link] Their bourbon pecan pie is TO DIE FOR.

Ah, erin_o, that sucks. Sounds like you have no great options.

I had a UTI turn into a kidney infection when I was at a conference in Phoenix once.

Luckily, I have a great relationship with my gyno, and she believed that it was a UTI gone kidney infection on my word, called in a small script for painkillers and antibios to a Phoenix Target as long as I SWORE I could come in and see her the second I got back in two days. Saved my ass.

I love doctors who believe that their patients aren't idiots, and that some actually mostly understand their own bodies.

ETA: BTW, I'd had UTI that turned into kidney infections twice with that gyno before, and was really specific about symptoms. She's a smart lady and is a good doctor -- this was an emergency thing, since she knew an OON visit would cost me much moola. LOVE HER. I wish there were 1000 of her, so she could be all Buffista gals' gyno.

erin, this is kind of wasteful if you don't have an infection, but could you go to the doc and get a prescription but only use it if you need to? Although do they know right away? Well, even if so, they could call it in to wherever you are?

Linked In discussions are so sad. I joined a Professionals with Disabilities one and it was tragic to watch people from Australia send resumes in for gigs in Ohio. And, to paraphrase my Congressional boyfriend Alan Grayson, if there's a platitude shortage, they'll have us covered. Sorry we made a Buffista sick. Kathy, ha!

Dream last night: riding a bicycle with no lights at night down the Santa Monica freeway to attend a timeshare presentation.

Conclusion: Dream me sometimes has extremely unsound judgement.

In my experience, I have only gotten rid of UTIs with antibiotics. Full stop, end of story, do not pass go, do not collect $200. I'd go get some before it gets worse.

Hello from Chippenham! It's The West of England. Saw many signs to Cardiff on the M4 on the way here from Heathrow. Heathrow did not kill us. This time. (I hate Heathrow.) We are driving the teeniest tiniest car, the Peugeot 107. Quite a change from the full sized Volvo we were cruising the back roads of the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland.

I am babbling about stupid stuff, 'cause real stuff is hard. Had dinner with Tom's dad, will be hanging out with him this weekend. In very nice news, he gave us cash to cover about half of the funeral expenses.

Time to sleep, though.