Monday, October 6, 2008

That's right folks . . .

I'm living overseas, which can mean only one thing. It's that time again! I've got it! Drum roll please . . . . .

I'VE GOT A KIDNEY INFECTION! Yaaaay!

Don't ask me why this happens, I don't know. I did go a whole year in Canada kidney infection free. But now it is back. Thankfully, I caught this one early, as I will probably do for the rest of my life. I'm so paranoid about having to go to the hospital again that I run to the doctor the moment something feels off. This time, I had lower back pain and a chill that I just couldn't shake. I was wearing fleece PJs, covered with 2 blankets, shivering, while James sat next to me in his boxers. Not a good sign.

Here in the UK, you need to register with your local surgery (doctor's office). There is no choice of which doctor to go to. So I went to my local surgery this morning, and tried to register. I was told that I couldn't register today, they had no openings, but I could make an appointment for Friday. So I did, and instead went to a walk in clinic. At the clinic, I was asked with which surgery I was registered. I told them that I was not, that I had tried but had been told that I couldn't until Friday. At the clinic, they told me that the surgery doesn't have the right to not register me, that even if they have no appointments available, they need to do the paperwork. They also told me that if I'm not feeling better in 48 hours, I need to go into the local surgery, and force them to see me, as the walk-in clinic can't help me any more. I really hope that I'm better within 48 hours, because I have teaching work lined up for the next 3 days, and don't want to give up a day for a doctor's appointment.

Anyways, hopefully the antibiotics prescribed and the copious amounts of cranberry juice I'll be drinking in the next 3 days will sort me out.

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