I may be a bit too trusting. And it is costing me my health.

Call me high on the “faith” quotient. I believe I am guided in faith. That there are no accidents and that, no matter what, all is well. It is my mantra. I take risks. I believe. I place trust in people.

So, when I became ill last Monday and went in to see my urologist about an infection, I TRUSTED that the medicine he put me on would take care of the infection and life goes on.  I am sure I presented textbook UTI to him.  All the usual symptoms … dipstick and sure enough - small, but there. I had to see doc on call as office was closed. Get a script, get it filled and start the healing process.

Not that easy this time.

Turns out the Macrobid he prescribed has made me sicker than the infection. Pain went away in a day, but the lingering after effects have tossed me on my butt - big time. Anyone who saw me on the Q this morning can tell ya - not my usual smooth self. I stuttered horribly in the beginning. My gut was in a tailspin. I smiled. I chopped and minced. I am a professional.

We look to drugs to help us and, for the most part, they DO. This time, I have three pills left that I am not taking and I am not understandably ill on, of course, a weekend. Everything located in between the collarbone and the tops of my legs ACHES. I am nauseous, bloated and very, very tired. From an antibiotic???? I could barely lift my head off the pillow yesterday.

So, I googled it - MACROBID. Turns out I had the generic version. My word - very few nice things to say about this drug. Making a lot of people sick. Funny that Andy’s mom had the same infection last week, put on same drug, NO side effects.

Feeling this bad once again puts life in perspective. I have ZERO energy. I feel like it could all end today and it would be OK. Yep, THAT bad. Not going to ER because I have no fever. I can breathe.

ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andy is at the farm alone. I am missing the raccoon captures that carry on. That would be 3 now. Something got in and ate all 40 ears of our corn two nights ago.

Thinking maybe we bait with Macrobid?????????