Life on the Road

I got sick at the end of my pregnancy.  Yeah, that makes it February.

Since then I’ve been to the ER twice, spent 5 days in the hospital, had an outpatient surgery… And fought tooth and nail both with the insurance company to get things paid for, and with everyone every step of the way to be able to keep nursing my baby.

I’m tired!

I have chronic recurring UTI’s, so I ALWAYS have that “frequency, urgency, and burning” symptom stuff, even when I’m taking antibiotics and theoretically “well.”

Doc says bacteria is harbored in the kidney stones, so they have to go even though they aren’t causing problems in a kidney stone sense.

So we did the ultrasound breaking up thing last Monday. I’ll spare you the details of fighting with everyone about anesthesia so I could nurse (I physiologically can’t pump, so “24 hours pump and discard” isn’t an option for us), and the agony of the actual treatment… <sigh>

Yesterday I went back to the urologist for a Cystoscopy, which he said would help break the cycle of FEELING like infection, and get me back on track.  BUT when they tested my urine they found out that I have a worse infection again, and so they gave me an Rx and sent me home!

WAAAAH!

And the worst part?  My insurance is somehow messed up in their system, so the Rx payment was denied - so I don’t have it! (And, presumably, the hopsital and doc bills will get denied, and I’ll have to fight more to get all that resolved…)

So I have another Lithotripsy scheduled for later in July (they couldn’t get it all, as you can only do that for 30 mins at a time because of the collateral damage it does), and the Cystoscopy will be rescheduled when I’m infection-free.

I feel like crap.  All the time.  And my 3 1/2 month old is a giant 20 lb. baby who nurses ALL THE TIME, and my 3 year-old is still nursing, too…