Having a little more irritation today than the last couple of days, but my lungs are better. I got pretty tight yesterday. Still no clue as to why. I guess it could still be the medication because it's long-acting, and therefore it takes time to feel better when you cut back and time to feel the effects when you increase.

The urologist was nearly an hour late. The waiting room was long and crowded, but there was a whole group of doctors at this facility. We rolled down without the AC and opened the windows because it was a little further, and we didn't want to have to stop and charge on the way back. It was 80 degrees and only slightly humid, so it was warm but tolerable.

After filling out the usual pain-in-the-ass paperwork, I was told to provide a urine sample when a nurse finally called me back. Then I brought it a few doors down to the lab department.

Once in the exam room, the nurse used a bladder scanner to see how much my bladder had emptied out. Fortunately, it emptied out nicely.

Based on my symptoms, the doctor thinks it's part of the atrophy. I didn't realize that even if you keep things well-lubed, it can affect the bladder and ureters as well. So I may never have been infected. If this is the case, I'll be given estrogen cream. They're running a very extensive urinalysis test too, that tests for things that regular testing doesn't pick up.

In a couple of months, I'll return for a bladder endoscopy that he says won't be that bad, not to stress over, and only takes 30 seconds. He's also going to do a kidney ultrasound to check for stones.

I was so fucking annoyed on the way out because we could barely hear the woman scheduling my next appointment since these two guys were talking really loud. I was just about ready to tell them to take it down a notch but decided to just take the appointment I got, which may have to be rescheduled.

When we got home, Toni was on the ground of her carport, working on some project, gesticulating and talking to herself as usual. I’d just love to plant listening devices in her place to hear what she tells herself. LOL.

Not long after settling in, there was a message to call Rhonda's office. Brandon answered and said Rhonda wants to see me in June and that they'll mail me lab orders for right before I see her.