This Is The Post Where I Get Up Close And Personal With You, My Dear Readers
Do you know what salt poured on an open wound feels like? Close your eyes and try imagining THE URINARY TRACT INFECTION FROM HELL! I repeat for those of you not listening. Close your eyes and try imagining THE URINARY TRACT INFECTION FROM HELL!
Yesterday afternoon I spent a few hours at the urgent care. I happily peed in a cup and happily waited for the doctor to give me the results. No, it wasn’t a pregnancy test. It was a test to see how much damage I had done to my body, by replacing water with any carbonated drink I could chug down. Kids, please don’t try this trick at home. Some things are just irreversible:
SERIOUSLY!
Anyway, it took the doctor one minute of admiring my delightful urine in the microscope, before saying, “do you know what water taste like?”
“Water? H2O? I barely touch the stuff, my dear.” (I didn’t really say “my dear.” In hindsight, I should have…the more dramatic the post…the better.)
So after the “this is your bladder” and “this is your bladder on drugs” lecture. I was sent home with three days of antibiotics and STRICT instructions to stay away from all carbonated beverages.
Sure thing, doc! No carbonated beverages. No beverages with carbonation. Let’s do this, my sweet and thoughtful husband. Let’s get some teamwork around here!
Team, are you listening? Team, why do you have your window down? Team, are you placing an order? Um… Team, did you just pull into the Sonic that I did a drive-off at on last week, and order a coke?
Clearly, the I in team is silent.
I have trouble drinking water too. It’s tasteless, but I do it because I’m pregnant and it’s good for me and the baby. Orange Fanta is my weakness.
Stesha Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 10:27 am
After yesterday’s experience I will have no problem chugging back GALLONS of water!
Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug that water down In the summertime, no problem drinking water. I force myself to drink it this time of year.
cherry limeaid isn’t carbonated, right?
Yikes – hope your bladder is a-ok after soaking it in some aqua!
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I buy this stuff all the time and put it into my water: http://truelemon.com/ – it makes water taste better. I can easily pound up to 60oz of water while at work.
Oh no!
I love water, but I can see why people don’t.
Get well.
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That video just made me pee a little! Next time I’m putting on Dependables before start reading your blog!
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Bladder infections and earaches are the worst! I’ve been doing diet soda for years and have recently let those go, too! You’ll be fine once you get used to it … or you could keep peeing fire.
Winks & Smiles,
Wifey
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LOL, they sell bottled water at the Sonic drive-thru, don’t they!
Stesha Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Forget the bottled water…can you please bring me a cup of water with ice? Only $0.35!
Oh man… I feel your pain. I drink Pepsi and rarely touch water which is odd because until about a year ago, I would not TOUCH anything but water or tea. I hated carbonated ANYTHING and now I can’t seem to swallow anything but Pepsi. LOL I’m trying to get back into drinking water because I want to lose WEIGHT but it’s sooooo hard. I swear they put crack in soda haha
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I am a water addict. (Okay, don’t make a face behind my back!) I’ve even found a Crystal Light that I like (the energy one) and it doesn’t have any sweetener. I prefer my water straight up, but I love it with fresh lemon squeezed in and everything! You, my dear, betta get to drinking it a gallon at a time.
Hope you feel better soon and shame on hubby for not only ordering a coke, but for going to that Sonic. Did you duck and hide?
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Stesha Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Nope, I looked out my window and cried a little inside…I’m going to miss my daily Cokes. Water is my friend now.
Occasionally I just get a craving for water, which does me no good because city water tastes funny, and bottled water is just city water that comes in a bottle.
I’ll probably end up here (as in, UTI Hell) if I don’t start chugging it more often, though. :S
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