I’m only writing a blog post right now because I’m trying to kill time before I leave for the doctor in an hour, and all I have the strength to do is writhe and moan. Time crawls when you’re doing nothing but writhing and moaning. So hopefully, by posting, I’ll be a little distracted.
That back pain that showed up on Thursday stayed with me all weekend. I managed it with Tylenol and Advil, and now it’s worse. I called the doctor and they said I might have a kidney infection. I’m miserable. It hurts so bad I’m nauseated.
Anyway, Nate and I had a fantastic weekend, except that neither one of us slept well on that miserable mattress. We both woke up at least 4 times a night, mine made worse by the back/potential kidney pain. And that’s totally unfair, because Nate’s main objective this weekend was to get some good sleep, and I was looking forward to the same, not having Clark to wake me.
I finished knitting the sampler purse, now I need to attach an icord strap.
It sucks in at the bottom, as a result of my getting better with holding the yarns and maintaining tension as I progressed. I have to keep telling myself that it doesn’t matter, because it was a sampler purse to learn a technique. It still bugs me. But it’s pretty.
And that’s all I can write. I have to go lay down. If it gets much worse, I’m not going to be able to drive myself to my appointment, and that would be horribly inconvenient.
I have zillions of pictures from the weekend that I can’t wait to share, once I get my wits back and this pain goes away.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Oh wow Laura, I hope you start to feel better soon, and that you’re able to drive to the doctor’s. If it is a kidney infection, hopefully that will be cleared up quickly and with very little pain soon too!
I am glad you had a good time in Forks though, despite the crappy bed.
The Sampler purse looks great; I’m going to have to have you teach me to knit like that. Eventually.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Oh, you went to Forks? I’d love to hear if you saw any Twilight related sights 🙂
I am really sorry you are in so much pain, and doubly sorry that it happened during your weekend away! What miserable timing. I hope that you make it safely to the doctor and they can give you medicine to make you feel better right away.
Also, the sampler purse is lovely!
November 5th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Oh, I am so sorry about the pain!!! I totally know what you are going through because I did the same thing and ignored a UTI several months after Nathan was born. I just kept drinking cranberry juice thinking my immune system would fight it and it was fine for a few days… but then BAM – excruciating pain in my back and I ended up having to stay in the hospital until the antibiotics kicked in. They told me I was lucky I didn’t have serious kidney damage! Now I don’t mess around when I think I have a UTI – I just get tested and get the drugs, but there are a few ways to prevent getting them altogether including drinking cranberry juice. Once it’s there though, I don’t think it will go away on it’s own…
Your sampler is beautiful and I’m very sorry you didn’t have as relaxing a weekend as you’d hoped. I’m loving all the knitting you’ve been doing lately though!
November 5th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Oh owie. I had a bladder infection move up to my kidneys once. I totally remember the pain. Ouch. I’m so sorry!! I can also relate to the crappy beds while on vacation. What’s up with that? I couldn’t sleep AT ALL when we went to Sequim in the summer.
I hope you are feeling better and that they give you some of the good drugs to help with the pain. Bring on the drugs. Sometimes I am more than happy to take them too…..like for kidney infections!
Get better soon!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
I’m reading this late, so I’m sure the doctor has dosed you up good by now! Hopefully you are feeling better.