in memoriam

There are some people I think of every day: 

Those who are gone:
Janet Leigh Parks
J. Paul Harrison
Barry Feltz
Clark Vreeland
My mother, Loretta Perry
My father, James Ray Perry


Those who are still here with me: 
My newly-found biological sisters, Jennifer and Patricia
Jennifer's daughters, whom I've met, Gabrielle and Myka
Sandra Ross
Cindi Sokol

Those I wonder about often: 
Stuart Pennington
Stephanie Kaskel
Gillian Canty

UTI

Two weeks ago,  I woke up in the middle of the night with a horrific UTI. 

On Wednesday,  I was nearly finished with the prescription antibiotics but I still didn't feel right. There was still some burning pain in my bladder.  I decided to try to schedule a recheck. I felt better but there was still some pain. Is that just healing that still needs to happen or is it lingering infection? I don't know. 

I phoned th he doctor's office for a recheck. Told them I had my last med that morning. Oddly enough, they told me to come in that same morning so I went in at 10:30 a.m. Of course,  my urine test was negative. Now, they want to test me for a yeast infection,  like I don't know the difference in symptoms. 

I wish they would recommend a good urologist for me. They won't. They said they'd rather wait until my labs come in. 

The test proved that I don't have to a yeast infection.  Now they want me to try Primarin cream. So they say,  at my age, vaginal dryness can be irritating.  Like that would feel anything like a  UTI.  

I would say an Urgent Care clinic would be easier but I don't know if they have labs on site and they would take a lot longer. The Urgent Care Clinic near me has doctors who are too eager to prescribe painkillers and sedatives but that's the market they're used to here. 

After my office visit,  I stopped into Walgreen's to pick up the Primarin that my doctor was wanted me to try and the pharmacist said nothing had been called in for me. I gave up and went back into work. 

I still don't feel well today. I am very much afraid I will come back down with the same infection this week.