Today's Verdict...

I saw my Urologist today.....for a 3 month check up.


You know, it's always fun at this docs office. Some days I'm not a very nice person, and some days I can tolerate anything. You see, he's part of a team of doctors that are affiliated with Eastern Virginia Medical School. Yes, I see the best of the best now......no more wasting my time auguring with doctors about something I know 'is what it is'. But the thing about being seen at a 'Medical School', is you also get to entertain medical students. Now, way back when I had my kids, I lost all hopes of ever being a modest person....lol, Come on, You know you get to a point where you don't care who looks....but now, on my evil days...I don't want 3 eager (males in their early 20's) medical students peering into my vagina to 'have a look'. By now my doctor knows that I do this.....so lately I have noticed that he only sends in one medical student....and they have all been women....lol...I know the day he sent those 3 poor students into my room, they had no idea what kind of a day they were about to have...lol.....


But, like I said, with time, me and this doctor have come to understand each other....... And I think he's amazing. He actually listens, and will sit and talk with me if I need it. And when I tell him I think something weird is going on, he doesn't insist that I speak with my shrink first......lol...... I've done several rounds of physical therapy, just finished up 13 weeks of it not to long ago. I know, I should be in continually PT, but sometimes, even I need a break. It has become my 'job' to take care of myself. I'm learning as I go.....some good, some bad.....but I'm learning.


So, my visit went well. My blood level in my urine read "LARGE" ~ I know this because the nurse wrote it in such big letters I could see it from across the room....don't worry, this is normal for me.....I tell the doc all the time, that the day he tells me there's no blood in my urine, is the day I'll get scared! I have Interstitial Cystitis (called IC for short) and have had it for almost 10 years now. Before I was diagnosed, the docs thought I kept getting UTIs, and told me to drink lots of Cranberry juice........And I drank a lot of Cranberry juice, so much I started peeing straight blood.....that's when they sent me to a specialist and I learned about IC. Did you know that they call Cranberry Juice the Acid Bomb in our world.........It has more citric acid than anything else.... Over the years I have learned to try and stay away from citric acid, but it so hard, as it's in almost everything. One day I'll drop of the 'can eat' and shouldn't eat' list....and they wonder why I have 'eating' issues.....they took all the good stuff away from me, haha! OK......so my doc is scheduling me for another Cystoscopy and a CT of my abdomen. Just routine follow-up....haven't had either one done in a couple of years, so we just want to make sure everything is still where it belongs. I have one ovary left, that normally has a cyst sitting on it, and a hole in my kidney?? The whole been there forever, too.....docs say it's just a birth defect...nothing to worry about, and so far in life, I haven't had any problems with it. Both are pretty simple tests......a walk in the park for an ole' pro like me.......Hahahaha!!


.....My doctor did say to me today, that I look better than I have looked in a long time!! I'm starting to finally gain weight again.....no more hollow cheeks here!


Other symptoms today:


~Left breast cyst is hurting.......I'd like to cut it out myself! Good thing I can't stand the sight of blood, huh!


~And my heart's been skipping beats again today.........Again, normal for me.............I was just hoping we were past that part of it all. The EP doc told me that one day they could come back, but I was hoping to get a little more than a year an a half. They're still not as bad as they have been.....But they do drive me crazy!!


~Oh, and I have a cold sore that started about 2 days ago.......Either it was stress, or getting dehydrated....or the combo of the 2. Damn Lip.....hurts like a son of a gun!