A Few Things...

I went to have my glucose/anemia blood work done on Thursday (I wasn’t with my normal doctor, but did see one that I have seen before and I like her.)  So every time I go into the doctor, they check my urine for protein levels.  Normally it comes back 0, and on occasion it has been at 1 (which they haven’t been overly concerned about.)  However, on Thursday it came back 3, which is pretty high.  It can be a sign of preeclampsia or other urinary/kidney infections.  So the doctor ordered some additional blood work, as well as a 24-hour urine collection.  L

We also went over the hemorrhoid issue and varicose vein issue (in my legs.)  She gave me some cream for the hemorrhoid and told me if it got much worse that they may have to lance it.  REALLY?  Yikes!  That sounds more painful that the hemorrhoid itself!  But…  I am pretty miserable, so we will just watch it.  And she sent me to a pharmacy for some special stockings for the varicose veins (which cost $69!)  Another big Yikes!  All the “extra” things I have had to get for my pregnancy is starting to add up (pillow, belt, stockings, over-the-counter meds, etc…)

So anyway – I had to keep my urine in a jug that looked like an OJ container for 24-hours.  Thank goodness I had the day off on Friday (for Easter) so that I didn’t have to worry about dealing with that during work!  That might have been a bit tough (pardon my ice chest and jug!)  J  So I got that turned in and am still awaiting the lab results on it (hopefully today.) 

But the doctor did call my Friday afternoon and told me that the blood work came back and I do have an infection of some sort… (though my glucose/anemia tests were fine - whew!)  They won’t have definitive results until the urine test gets back, but she wanted to put me on a generic antibiotic so that we could start dealing with it…  if it turns out to be kidney (vs. urinary) then I may need to swap meds or do something else.  So hopefully I will get news on that today, but I started the meds in the meantime.

Will update when/if I get any updated results…