Still Infected in 2025

  • Jan. 18, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
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Another rough night of sleep, partly my fault. It’s been warm the last couple of days, so I opened the window yesterday to get some fresh air, which made my nose worse. As I was falling asleep, I noticed my nasal passages weren’t as clear despite keeping up with the spray. Sure enough, I woke up with breathing issues.

To make matters worse, a really loud vehicle woke me up, and my first thought was that it was the honker’s motorcycle since Tom said he went out on it. I was so pissed and wished I knew which window was his bedroom so I could wake him up in the middle of the night and hopefully without being seen. However, Tom said he just got on it and left as usual, and when he checked the camera, it turned out to be one of those really old step vans, bigger than a UPS truck and insanely loud. Hopefully, it won’t become a regular disturbance. It was just a plain white truck so maybe it was delivering something. The honker returned from that bike event while I was later napping, and I didn’t hear anything.

Tomorrow will probably be worse as we’re expecting thunderstorms typically reserved for the summer. The timing is going to be shitty, and I’ll likely only get a few hours of sleep before the thunder wakes me up. It’s so frustrating dealing with this in January! Each year it gets harder to convince myself that this is just random bad luck and that my sleep isn’t cursed. No matter where I go or what I do, I can’t seem to get more than a few days of at least somewhat decent sleep.

I tested my urine with a dipstick again, and unsurprisingly, there are still white blood cells present. I still have symptoms, and after four doses of Cipro, I’m starting to worry that something else might be going on. Initially, it was concerning to read that bladder cancer has similar symptoms to UTIs and is often misdiagnosed as such, along with kidney infections or stones. But then I read that bladder cancer usually affects males in their seventies, which was a relief. I would still like to know if there are red blood cells in my urine.

Looking back at my lab results from Quest, my red and white blood cell counts have flirted just above and below the normal range over time.

Everything else I dipsticked seemed normal, except my specific gravity was moderately high. It’s strange because I don’t have diabetes or heart failure, and I’m not dehydrated. Either way, I’m hoping that after 2 or 3 more doses of Cipro, the next dipstick test will be normal. Funny, though, because I don’t think it will be while at the same time, I don’t think anything serious is going on.
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