@%$# ?% @&%*

Yesterday when I woke up, I had to pee like a champion. This is nothing new; something like 99% of the population has to pee first thing in the morning.
Last week, my GP gave me a prescription for antibiotics to treat a lower respiratory infection. I cough like CRAZY when I lay down but this time, as I peed, I coughed. Hard. And whatever dislodged in my chest also did some damage down there because there was sudden sharp pain. It felt like a tear. Can you even tear your urethra by peeing really hard?

Peeing post-cough hurt really bad, akin to peeing with massive kidney stones (a sensation I am all too familiar with). I was teary-eyed but the pain went away the instant I stopped peeing, so I figured all was good and went about my morning business.

Later on, I drank a large bottle of water and an equally large bottle of OJ . Naturally, I then had to pee.

@%$# ?% @&%*


It HURT. It hurt a lot. I made my knee bleed from digging my nails into it. Also, there was blood in the toilet. I am worried and convinced that I have done some damage to my hoo-ha with nothing more than a particularly nasty cough.

It would be GREAT if I could have a day off from pain or other dilemmas. For those of you who think being sick isn't a full-time job, imagine never getting a coffee break or accumulating vacation time.