Back from the Dead (or at least the pits of hell)

WHEW! I've not felt like writing. Reasons, of course. Then I've been sicker than I've been in a while. Today is the first day in a week that I actually have most of my body functions in working order. I have been battling a kidney infection that the doctor informed me on Tuesday could land me in hospital. Fevers in the 103-104 range. Aches, chills, muscle weakness (still weak), no appetite, severe dehydration, that feeling you've been kicked in the kidney, etc etc etc. ON TOP OF ALL THAT, I've been working.

I went to bed last night praying that I would feel at least 50% better. This morning. A MIRACLE! HALLELUJAH! There is a GOD!

I feel so much better.Like I said, still working on not feeling so weak. Eating is better in that my taste buds are alive and working properly (nothing including water tasted like it was supposed to) though after a couple of bites, I get a little nauseous. The feeling that my head is a pressurized can of soda in the July heat of the Florida sun....Yeah, that was a fun one but it's gone. Still some neck pain and a slight headache in my temple though. AND my body finally knows that being at a nice, healthy temperature is gooooooood. Mmmmm, it feels nice to be better than I was a couple of days ago.

I blame none else. It all started as a bladder infection last Tuesday that I thought I could flush from my system. I have limited funds and no more insurance (too much for Medicaid and no other insurance options). So...again, tried to flush. Lots of fluids and stuff for the pain. Well, then the pain started to spread into my back, my right flank, and the girly bits. Fever bombarded  my body and suddenly I dropped to almost a non-functioning person. Finally went to the doctor this past Tuesday with what I knew was a kidney infection and it was confirmed. One hundred eighty-five dollars and two days later, I'm feeling better.

My suggestion to any of you when you're condition is mild....go the doctor and get it over with before it gets worse. You would think I learned that lesson but this is more than the first time I've done this. Last time was when I had cellulitis in my face. Started off as a slight earache. Ignored it a couple of days. Then I woke up unable to hear and half my face swollen twice its size. Almost ended in hospital that time with IV antibiotics. Yeah....I'm a dumbass. BIG DUMBASS!

And yet, I still haven't learned. I am stubborn. I don't like doctors. I'm not one for meds. Generally, I'm poor.

Just need to try and remember this time.