So it has been some time since I posted (again) and when I returned here I saw the name of this blog and thought "dear Lord what was I thinking". The name strikes me as rather pretentious and that is odd since I have never really viewed myself in that context. I would change that name but I don't know how. So for now I will leave it as it is.
Not that I believe that anyone will find my facing life any more or less difficult than them facing life I guess at the time I was a bit overwhelmed with all that had happened and is still happening but now the overwhelm part is quite a bit less. I am learning to navigate this strange new land of "sick". (laughing)
While not as much fun as my old life, I find humor in most of the situations I have found myself in lately. I am also gratified and humbled and a lot of other things but the humor is the thing that is sustaining me right now.
Yesterday, I woke up to red pee. Red I tell you. Not yellow or orange or any derivative of the yellow red combination but simply red.
Anyone guess what caused the red? Hmmmm lemme think. Needless to say, I have a UTI (note the pretentious medical professional terminology). For those not in the know, a UTI is a urinary tract infection. Let me tell you ........ what fun this little excursion was/is.
There were literally screams coming from my bathroom yesterday as the tiny little organisms chewed on my well you know. I, of course, thought I was dying. So after I hyperventilated and called the doctor and went for blood and pee tests. They calmly tell me it is a UTI. I feel obligated to use that terminology having lived the dream. So it has been about 24 hours and I have meds and the infection is dying even as we speak.
Some of the information is just a little too graphic for here. Heck it was too graphic for me and I was living it. Suffice it to say that WOW let's not do that again, okay?
Other than that things are going along rather ummm smoothly is not the word but we will use it anyway. I feel okay other than the terror of the UTI and am going for my fourth chemo tomorrow.
More about that later.....you know......after it has happened :)
