I got an extra special Christmas present this year - a urinary tract infection!

I have never had one of these before and it is not a good time.

It certainly isn't!

I got one last year.

Yesterday it was mainly annoying and only painful when I actually had to go. And I had to go a lot. Today, it has been a world of pain and suffering.

Ugh.

I have never had to pee so much in such a short time in my entire life.

Fortunately my doctor didn't even need to see me, she just called in an antibiotic, which I'm taking while drinking lots of cranberry juice.

I've never experienced pain and discomfort quite like this. It's very... unique.

And not in a good way.

And, being a girl, you'd think I'd be used to seeing blood after I use the bathroom. Peeing blood is surprisingly different and much more disturbing than having a period, though.

oh my god, i'm sorry. >_<

That...sounds awful.

The very notion of blood-peeing is like just a little bit terrifying. :<

Isn't it? When I first had the beginning symptoms I looked up what comes with a UTI and it mentioned blood, but it didn't prepare me for actually seeing it.

Ahahaha, I didn't even go to see the doctor until I reached the blood-peeing stage....

How long did that take? D:

I was peeing blood a few hours after the first symptoms started...

I texted my Dad like "please come home and take me to the doctor's because I am peeing blood" and when he and my mom got home she was like "...ok but are you sure it's not your period?" and I was like "YES I AM

SURE."

Oh it's very different, absolutely.

It hurt when I peed for like a day or so before the bleeding started, but it did kind of escalate pretty quickly right before that point.

Aaahhhhh D:

And then I went to the doctor and the urine sample was so full of blood that they had to ask me for a second one. Which meant I had to drink 3 big glasses of water. Which meant I had to later pee out 3 big

glasses of water.

I HOPE YOU ARE LESS MISERABLE.

Oh my god I am so sorry.

I AM YOU POOR THING. JESUS.

Awww Fel! Get better soon!

May it be over soon! =(

I'm hoping it will be.

Thanks, guys. Sorry for all the whining.

no no! It's good to do that sometimes, it helps as a pressure release

You're too sweet.

If it helps the pain you're in, whine away

The pain comes and goes, right now it doesn't hurt. So I'm thankful for that.

Oh nooo. Drink lots and lots of pure cranberry juice!

That happened to me once and a chugging a bottle of it cured me. It's different for everyone tho ><

Hooks you up to cranberry IV

I drank half a bottle of cranberry juice tonight. XD Gonna have to buy more tomorrow...