Yesterday was the first day in three weeks I haven't been in pain. Hooray! My appetite finally came back and my kidneys don't hurt. I still have a low grade fever every once in a while, and accompanying chills. The physical side effects have not been too bad. Last year when I took Bactrim I had, among other conditions, a case of oral thrush so bad ( Read more... )

The bad news is that I have another kidney infection. I am completely exhausted, feverish, in pain, and have little appetite. After dealing with internists who shook their heads at me I went to a urologist today. Just wanted to make sure it actually is a kidney infection since I keep having clean urine cultures, and I don't ever care to repeat the ( Read more... )

Throughout a lot of my life, I've been a fairly sedentary person. For this reason, I kind of get a kick out of sport's injuries. I think I strained my quadricep. The hiking I did over the weekend was fairly routine, but I did a lot of rock scrambling and some bouldering, which could have done it. Even keeping my knees bunched up in a kayak for two ( Read more... )

I've been experimenting with my diet for a few months now. Tried to be a vegetarian and failed because I wasn't getting enough protein. Have mostly eliminated wheat and it seems like the horribly bloating I was experiencing has become much less. Now I'm battling sugar ( Read more... )