I made this little announcement on the internet a few hours ago, but Matt made me take it down for I guess what you might call valid reasons (”Don’t let people know you’re a diseased woman!”), but he’s sleeping now and I feel like posting it again as I am in sheer agony and must document my distress.
I have an effin’ UTI.
By the way, it’s not a disease, it’s an infection (okay, yeah, that doesn’t sound much better at all) and there are multiple ways of contracting it, many of which do not involve being a slore.
I’m pretty sure I got it by drinking a tad too much at Matt’s high school reunion (can you blame me?) and then drinking almost no water the next day. I felt the onset of it last night and today, it exploded to full-blown awfulness. At this point, cranberry juice can suck it.
I hate being a girl.
Girls, prevent UTIs with these tips.
Will hopefully get a doctor’s appointment tomorrow morning. Please, please, please, please.
Post filed under TMI.
15 responses so far ↓
1 mimsie // Dec 1, 2008 at 3:17 am
Meh no biggie. TMI from me but I used to be susceptible to them as well. Take some motrin to take an edge off the uh… cramps. Also, there’s over the counter stuff you can get at a drugstore that helps but it turns your pee orange. :P
2 mandy // Dec 1, 2008 at 7:32 am
Ugh, feel better!
3 Noelle // Dec 1, 2008 at 9:46 am
I only got one once. I thought I was so knowledgeable about what bad things could happen from sex, but they never, ever covered the UTI! I hope you’re feeling better soon and rocking that cranberry juice.
4 Jamie // Dec 1, 2008 at 10:44 am
Ugh, those are the worst. Feel better!
5 Revanche // Dec 1, 2008 at 11:25 am
I think part of the takeaway message here is to avoid hs reunions. Being a girl can really suck, sometimes. :( hope you feel better soon!
6 Laurie | Your Ill-fitting Overcoat // Dec 1, 2008 at 11:47 am
Dude, for real. Every woman I know has had at least one UTI. No shame, no shame. But that is NOT fun. I’m so sorry! Skip straight past the juice (sugar is bad for a UTI) and down those cranberry pills! You can get them at a drug store probably and a health food store for sure. Feel better!
7 m@ // Dec 1, 2008 at 1:02 pm
But had you not drank too much, we never would have won the dance contest! Wait, did that happen? I also drank too much.
Who knew there were so many people wanting to talk UTIs on the Internet?
8 Jessica // Dec 1, 2008 at 1:50 pm
OMG. They are the absolute worst. I’m so sorry and hope you get yourself some antibiotics stat!
9 lily // Dec 1, 2008 at 2:34 pm
HA, I totally posted about a UTI about 6 weeks ago… OUCH. I got my first over the summer - feel better!!!
10 candice // Dec 1, 2008 at 2:51 pm
get it treated soon. if it travels up your urethra even more it can affect your kidneys. hopefully you haven’t seen blood when wiping. feel better soon!
11 Kyla Bea // Dec 1, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Ah!! I hate these!!
They’re SO common, but awful. Make sure you have it treated - it can become a kidney infection if you don’t have it looked after, that happened to my sister….brutal stuff!
Feel better!
12 katelin // Dec 1, 2008 at 7:05 pm
seriously it’s times like those that i hate being a female sometimes, ugh. i ugh for you.
13 I so get it.. // Dec 1, 2008 at 11:33 pm
You’re going to get on those pills that turn your pee highlighter orange. It’s great.
I once invited a then boyfriend to the bathroom to check it out. Because I posted that I am not posting my name so I can remain annonymous.
14 natasha // Dec 2, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Oh Mish! No. I thought we would have outgrown the UTI stage. I had them. I absolutely hate them. You were the one that introduced me to the red pills. They make me sick but they do it. Feel better!
15 Phil // Dec 6, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Oh no! Hope the infection goes away quickly, and sorry if I was completely offensive the other night. Feel better!
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