Sunday, November 26, 2023
In bed at 10, awake at 2:30, onto lzb and up at 3:15, with thoughts of ER and pain. Let Lilly out, and took off the Lidocaine patch. 31°, snow flurries, high of 33°, AQI=56, wind SW at 7 mph, 5-19/31, WC is 24°. 0,15" of snow is expected. Sunrise at 6:57, sunset at 4:19, 9+21.
Treadmill; pain. The intense pain I had yesterday has not returned, knocking on wood, but the CPP is still with me, not terribly but enough to let me pretend it's an excuse to stay off the treadmill.😫 0:00 & 0.00 and no seated stretches or exercise
Yesterday's pain and ER. It was, without hyperbole, pretty horrendous, and had me moaning out loud. Andy got me to the ER at 3 and I was called in at about 3:20. First stop was a nurse who took my 'vitals', etc., and led me to examining room 6, where I met my attending nurse, Nicole, and then a young resident who did a preliminary exam and concluded I didn't have a kidney infection. Eventually, I was seen by the attending ER physician, Dr. Michael Uilein, who concurred that it didn't look like a case of infection, but ordered a urinalysis and blood work and also a CT scan to look for stones or whatever. Both docs thought it was unlikely that I had an infection, in part, because I had just had a urinalysis 5 days before and it came up AOK. I told each of them that I was very familiar with back pain and muscle aches and that this did not feel at all like any pain I had previously experienced. As it turned out, yesterday's urinalysis was "abnormal", white cells, red cells, etc. (I felt sort of vindicated since everything before the lab results seemed "normal.") The conclusion was that either I did have a UTI or the abnormal urine was the result of a "flare" in my IC. The CT scan had to be read by someone in California and it took about 60 to 90 minutes of waiting for the result, which was 'no stone' or other indication of a problem (except for signs of IC in the lower part of my lungs.) I was given the antibiotic Cephalexin 500 mg. to take 4x daily and released. Dr. Uilein confirmed my understanding that it would be better if what we are dealing with is an infection that can be cured with an antibiotic. If the pain was a result of flaring IC, it may reappear at any time. I am to call the Urology Clinic on Monday and make an appointment for a visit w/i 5 to 7 days. I was able to drive home, dropped Andy off at his house, and got home at 9 p.m. The possibility that this pain may reoccur with a recurrence of an IC flare has me shaking in my boots. Maybe I'll know more as I pursue this with the urologists.
Covid report: I heard coughing during the night, but the patient looks and sounds a lot better this morning, though there is still some coughing and fatigue.
Interesting factoid: Since RMN's "southern strategy" after Democrats passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, no Democratic presidential candidate has won a majority of the White vote.
LTMW at a flock of wild turkey hens running across our lawn, single file, north to south, well strung out, followed by another group of 10 or so in a gaggle.
Clogged shower drain. Not quite sure how this happened, but it's connected somehow to plunging a sink in Geri's bathroom.
Much to think and write about today, but I'm semi-wiped out from yesterday's bout with pain and hours in the ER.
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