Lilac Colored Glasses

Dear Mom,
Last night you told me that today is just another day. Well, like any good daughter, I must do my childly duty in telling you that you are wrong. Today is not just another day. Today marks the 55th anniversary of your existence, and to those of us who know you, that is a truly good reason to celebrate.
You do so many things for so many people. You are daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, co-worker and friend. You never give yourself enough credit for the important roles you play in the lives of everyone around you. Maybe we don’t tell you enough exactly how much you mean.

Without you I would be devoid of so many thing. You have always given me unconditional love, and believe me, I know there were plenty of times I didn’t deserve it. You have offered support financially, morally and emotionally; when times are hard you are the one I look to for guidance and a kind word or a hug. For as long as I can remember you have been there when my world comes crashing down around my ears, and every time I fall your hands have been the first to pick me back up.

I tell you everything; my heartaches, my successes, my failures, my fears, my hopes, plans, ideas and you always listen to everything, even when I’m rambling on or repeating myself. You’re not just my mother, you are one of my best and dearest friends, and I just want to say thank you for being such an important part of my life.

Happy Birthday Mom.

Okay, so it seems I have developed some crazy chronic pee problem. I know y’all really want to hear about this (consider it punishment for lack of comments…what can I say, I’m becoming a bit of a traffic slut and I like comments). In the past two hours I have peed at least 6 times, and I’m not talking leisurely trips that result in a sprinkle or two; oh no, I mean this is a thundering torrent that is battering the floodgates before I even realize what is happening. Every time. And what have I had to drink in the past two hours? About 12 ounces of Diet Dew. That’s it. For weeks now I’ve been drinking 2.5 litres of water a day every day and at the most I have to pee like, 5 times from 8 am until I fall asleep around midnight. I’m kinda worried here. It’s not the frequency so much, although that is quite annoying and not even close to convenient. It’s the amount.

I’m producing a shit-load of urine… erm, a piss-load of urine? And I’m not even drinking as much as usual this evening. I looked up OAB, Overactive Bladder (don’t you love how everything has a fun “buzz abbreviation” now? RLS, OCD, ADD, GERD, ED… the list goes on and on. I long for the simple days of twitchy, crazy, hyper, gassy and limpdick) on Wrongdiagnosis.com and got a fun list of tons of things that could be wrong. I’m not sure if I have frequent urination or excessive urination. Really, it’s both, although it says that excessive urination causes frequent bathroom trips, but it’s apparently not the same thing. Either way, I’m peeing frequently and peeing a lot, oh and the urinary urgency, I have that too but apparently that is caused by frequent or excessive urination. So I think I’m looking at a bladder infection or a UTI (formerly known as contaminated pee tube).

Why can’t I just get the flu like everyone else?