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Great photos from your weekend! Hope you feel better soon.
I'm already feeling improvement.
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An exciting weekend close to home! Sorry about the UTI. Get lots and lots of rest. The only good thing about a UTI is that the meds usually go to work very quickly.
The meds do seem to be doing the trick. Sometimes I wish we had more of the events that bigger cities have, but overall our city does have quie a bit of fun happening.
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(whispers) UTI is a Urinary Tract Infection .........
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I find cranberry juice quickens the recovery from a UTI. And can sometimes stop one in its tracks if I realize it's coming.....
The air show and bridge walk both look Sounds like you had a fun weekend, despite not feeling 100%.
I remember a friend telling me that she would drink cranberry juice when she felt a UTI was coming on, so I had bought some Saturday, but when I was hurting more on Monday, I knew I would be better off seeing the doctor. I'm still drinking the juice, too.
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I love the pictures of the plane and the bridge walk. My dad was in the Air Force and he always had an affinity with planes.
Hope that you feel better. Cranberry juice is really good. The doctor also advised my DH to drink water with lots of fresh lemons in it. He had a stone, and I am assuming the acidity in the lemon juice help break up the stones or keep them from getting too big.
Feel better!
I had a kidney stone immediately after our October trip last year, so this year I'm having the UTI before the October trip.
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Hope you are bounding back from the UTI. They can be quite uncomfortable and really make you feel miserable when untreated.
I'm so glad I went to the doctor yesterday because I'm more comfortable today.
What a fun air show! Sorry about the UTI. I tend to get them often. As a teacher I am surprised you haven't had one before. I think we tend to et them more often because we can't go to the bathroom whenever we need to lol!
Glad to hear that you're feeling better Cam! My daughters have had UTI's and it's so important to catch them early on! I enjoyed seeing your pictures of the bridge along with your downtown area and the plane show! What a beautiful day you all had for your walk too Your DL is going to be here before you know it!!!!
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What a fun air show! Sorry about the UTI. I tend to get them often. As a teacher I am surprised you haven't had one before. I think we tend to et them more often because we can't go to the bathroom whenever we need to lol!
After I had my first kidney stone over 20 years ago, I made sure I found time for the restrooms at work. So that may have helped.
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Great pictures from the air show! Glad you're feeling better!
Today was not as good a day.
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Glad to hear that you're feeling better Cam! My daughters have had UTI's and it's so important to catch them early on! I enjoyed seeing your pictures of the bridge along with your downtown area and the plane show! What a beautiful day you all had for your walk too Your DL is going to be here before you know it!!!!
We couldn't have asked for better weather. We are getting so close now.
This UTI has been a roller coaster ride. By Monday evening, I felt somewhat better. Tuesday was a very good day, and that thankfully allowed me to make two commitments I had made quite some time back. First, I had a luncheon with the ladies I used to volunteer with at the clothes closet, which is now closed. One of the ladies oldest daughters has lymphoma and has been going through some very difficult chemo treatments and in over a week will undergo a stem cell transplant. Donna organized the luncheon to thank us for praying for her daughter. I really enjoyed being with these friends again. Later in the evening I attended a Ruby Payne training as a part of my volunteer job at Care Net. The instructor was so lively and informative, giving us great ideas on how to better serve our clients. So I felt I was on the road to recovery.
Wednesday after our four mile walk, I was tired and a bit achy. In fact, I felt asleep on the couch at 11:00 AM. I awoke at noon and fixed lunch, feeling a little improved. But at 12:30 Luke’s mom called to let us know they were about two hours from where we needed to pick her up, a town that is actually two hours from here. I quickly showered and we were out of her by 1:20. The car ride was not very comfortable and I only had Luke stop once for a restroom. We picked a McDonald’s about an hour into the trip in a very small town. We walked in the doors and straight to the restrooms where I joined a line of older ladies on a bus tour. Not exactly what I wanted to see, but about 15 minutes later I had my turn. Poor Luke had to wait for me. We got to our cousin’s house just a minute after she and Mamaw returned. We visited for about a half hour or so before hitting the road again. I was just fine at the house but the car was just not doing me any favors. By the time we got home I was tired again, but feeling less sore.
I woke up this morning feeling chipper, and Luke and I went out for our four mile walk, though I did ask to walk slower than yesterday as I really didn’t want to be napping again in the morning. I started a little fall project in hopes of adding some decorations to our porch. I went out to sweep it off, but realized that sweeping wasn’t going to cut it. So I asked Luke for help scrubbing it done. We both had brushes and bucket of soapy water plus the garden hose. I’m proud of how clean it looks now. But that whole process did me in. When I came in from lunch, I was pretty much done for the day. I did go back out and helped Luke move all the furniture and stuff back to the porch. We scrubbed them down, too, and placed them in the sun to dry. But I didn’t feel like doing any of the decorating. The pain intensified after lunch, causing me to fear a kidney stone. I simply could not get comfortable. Luke encouraged me to call the doctor’s office as she had told me to come back if I did not improve. Unfortunately, she is out the rest of the week, but her Physician’s Assistant can see me tomorrow at 9:00. Eventually, I decided a hot shower with the massaging spray might help. And it did quite a bit. A part of me has debated about keeping tomorrow’s appointment, but we have a big weekend planned and I don’t want to miss it, so I’m going to go in just to be sure.
Saturday we are headed back to Mount Washington where we just were yesterday as Luke’s cousins are hosting a big 90th birthday party for Luke’s aunt who happens to share a birthday with our son (September 18/tomorrow), Kevin. She was so sweet sending us a birthday card every year after he died until she go Alzheimer’s. We definitely want to be part of honoring her. From there we are heading to Glasgow as Monday, September 21, is Daddy’s 87th birthday. We will be staying overnight and celebrating on Sunday. I really need to be healthy for all that celebrating.
As to Disney, on Tuesday I talked with Luke about the PhotoPass+ since we were officially three weeks from arrival at DLR. We decided it would be best to go ahead and order, so once we got back to the house, I got online and worked through the maze that is the Disneyland website to find it and then had to figure out how to get DL website and the Disney PhotoPass website to put it into my cart. But finally my order was processed. Yesterday, I received an e-mail that our order had shipped. It should easily arrive before we leave in 19 days.
Now we are watching Thursday night football. The Broncos are one of our favorite teams, and this year we have another reason to root them on. Our hair stylist’s new son-in-law has just joined the team after spending all summer at the Green Bay Packers training camp. We have supported him there, too, but this so much more fun. She told us he might be playing special teams tonight.
I'm glad you decided to keep the doctor appointment for tomorrow. You do have a big weekend coming up and very big trip coming up in less than 3 weeks! There may be something stronger they can prescribe that will knock it out!
You do have a big weekend planned! That is so sweet about the 90th birthday! What a wonderful way to honor her. My grandma has Alzheimer's and it is horrible. I hope your UTI isn't turning into a kidney infection. I had one of those six months ago and that knocked me down for awhile. Keep us posted! And pixies and prayers coming your way.
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