I thought I was on the mend but now I don’t know. I woke up with just a little flank pain and then it went away and I felt fine for hours. No pain or burning or anything. But then in the middle of my day, the burning started up again and I’m starting to wonder what the hell is going on and if there is no escape from this. I’ve taken six out of four of the nitrofurantoin already. Just took the AZO too. If whatever it is isn’t going to go away, I really wish it would back the fuck off until we change insurance plans! Urgent Care is too expensive and my schedule is all wrong for that right now.

Really having doubts about getting used to this damn CPAP mask. If it wasn’t for the stomach sleeping I could probably do it. It’s not that bad if I’m lying on my side or back even though it’s not exactly pleasant to wear either. Also, it doesn’t help that my nose has been stuffier lately. Sometimes even breathing strips don’t help as much but they’re better than nothing.

I just sleep more soundly on my stomach, especially when I’m first falling asleep or after I get up to pee and then get back into bed. I wish I hated sleeping in that position!

As the pulmonologist said, my insurance company will only pay for one form of treatment. But as Tom reminded me, I’m going to have new insurance in a few weeks and they haven’t paid for anything so if I decide to go with a sleep apnea mouth guard which I probably should have chosen to begin with, that becomes an option. I’m still going to stick out the rest of the month and do the trial phase as best as I can. The problem is the fucking machine is resetting itself in the middle of the day. I thought it wouldn’t do that until after midnight. I selected the proper time zone when I was setting up the app. This is technically my third time meeting the 4-hour minimum yet the app says I only did this once.

Had a horrible dream about Tinkerbella. We had a house with a little more space around it, including a private backyard and a gate at the side. For some crazy reason, I would let her run around in the backyard, and one time I let her out and went back into the house for a few minutes. Then I realized I had forgotten to shut the side gate and ran out in a panic calling her name. It was getting dark so I could barely see a thing.

Anyway, because I slept so shitty I’m tired today but this is the regular me.

Made it to Louisiana last night and will cross the northwest corner which will be about a 50-mile ride and then make a 200-mile trip across Arkansas.

I’m amazed by all the rain we’ve had. It’s a good thing I woke up when I did, tired or not, because we had some thunder. We even had a tornado watch in effect for a while in Hernando County as well as others. It’s winding down now but still windy out.