Egads.

I have been feeling like CRAP lately. Super tired, kidney's hurting like a sonofabitch. I figure it's yet ANOTHER kidney infection. Finally, I had about an hour of free time yesterday and dropped off some urine at my (new!! God I love her!!) GP's office. Her nurse called me at work to say my urine was clear. Nope, no kidney infection. Plus, I had to break down and take a laxative this week because I couldn't poop for days. I felt like I had to poop, but COULD NOT. Now, I've always had trouble with the plumbing, but this was WAY worse than usual. The laxative helped bunches, though. (sporadic intervals of very small poops. Hey, it was SOMETHING, and SOMETHING is better than nothing.) Whew!

Anyway, I am SO sore in the mid-section. My back, my bowels, and my abdomen. Last night I was getting into the shower and decided to press around on my tummy. It was SUPER hard. So you know, I'm not one of them "skinny girls" I've got about 50 extra pounds. I don't own a scale and my pants have been a little tighter lately. So, I'm pressing around on my belly, and it's all hard right above my pubic bone. After pressing around even harder, I get the picture that there is SOMETHING FOREIGN in there. And it is large. And it hurts a little when I do that.

Maybe one day, if I have another spare hour, I'll make an appointment with my OBGYN to recheck that fibroid. Something tells me it's GROWING.