Will I Ever Learn?

One day I will learn that stress manifests itself physically for me. And not in a good way. Sure, I try to outsmart it, recall that last week I mentioned taking some Zicam to fight off a cold I thought I was getting. I didn’t actually GET sick, but, well… I fought the stress and the stress won.

Sunday morning I woke up with pee of fire, the tell-tale sign of a urinary tract infection. I drank a bunch of water, took some Advil and soldiered on, planning to buy some cranberry juice and get some rest later in the day. I did those things and felt better most of Monday. I figured that maybe I caught it early enough…

Until last night. I could feel my back getting a bit sore and I didn’t sleep well last night and this morning I really felt bad. I had planned to take the girls to the zoo with a friend and had to cancel. I was able to get an appointment for 11:30 so we had most of the morning to kill. It was a gorgeous day, so despite feeling like I was going to wet myself every 2 seconds, we went to a state park just down the street from us. Luckily, it not only had several playgrounds and nice walking trails but lots of clean, convenient bathrooms. Which I used. Often.

Anyway, the diagnosis is a UTI and I’m on antibiotics and some UTI painkiller than turns my frequent urine to a triple tang coloured orange. Fancy pee, that’s what it is.

I’m hoping by tomorrow that the antibiotics will have kicked in and I’ll feel better. Right now, I feel really crappy; nauseas, achy, crampy, not fun. I’m supposed to be assisting in Mouse’s class tomorrow and she’s very excited that I’ll be there. I hope I feel well enough to actually be useful.

Damn that stress. It gets me EVERY time. Grr. One day I will learn that… or hopefully learn to balance things better.