Ran off to the lab yesterday morning for a urine culture. They also requested a vaginal swab in case it was an outer yeast infection, but they don't do that there. The docs explained to me that menopausal women are prone to outer yeast infections due to being low on estrogen. Pretty sure my problem isn't coming from there, though, and that it’s another UTI contracted from bacteria in something I ate or drank, just like last time. Tom took a peek down there and didn't see any redness or rash of any kind.

Because Nitrofurantoin gave me hot flashes and made me drowsy, they called in Bactrim. No problem taking my first dose earlier. Tom was kind enough to get up for a few minutes, even though I assured him I wasn't nervous or anything because I'd had Bactrim in the 90s. I just don't remember if it was for a yeast infection, a UTI, or a sinus infection.

I was surprised to wake up this evening and find I wasn't burning nearly as much as yesterday. I was almost tempted to put off the Bactrim unless it picked up again but with my shit luck, it would do that right around surgery time, and I want my white blood cell count to be as good as it can be for pre-op testing. I don't want anything to delay getting the damn gallbladder outa me.

I got up last night and the night before at 10:00 PM. Both nights I ended up napping. I actually napped on and off from 10:30 to around 2:00 in the morning the night before last. Last night I napped for about 90 minutes. Not sure what's making me so tired, but I'm guessing that it's the infection. I don't feel too bad right now.

Although I don't feel any different, I noticed my HR has been up lately. I wonder how much of it could be tied to the dose increase. My HR used to drop to about 68 in my sleep. But lately, it's only dropping to around 73.

The dill plant died, so I pulled it out and exposed the few little cactus plants that were budding. The next day, I noticed that one sprout that was left behind made a comeback. It will be interesting to see what becomes of it.