Oh wow…

So, since my last hospital adventure I wasn’t sure how well I had progressed but I’d say I was doing pretty well. Until yesterday. I went out for lunch with two of my roomies and started feeling sick after, like terrible awful sour cramps in my stomach. It hurt so much that tears were rolling down my pale face whether I wanted them or not.

It was perfect timing because we were having a house party that night! And I was supposed to DJ. But instead? I went to the hospital with an IV stuck in my arm and got poked with a needle 3 times for a blood test. My veins were feeling shy? Apparently I had a fever (ray) too. Luckily my roommate Adam came with me and chilled with me for about 45 minutes which was super nice of him. I sat in the hospital until all the IV liquid dripped into me, then I was prescribed buscopan for cramps, and then I bounced. I got home, put my black dress on and pretended like nothing happened in the midst of Bob Marley and a bunch of people I didn’t know. My arms were all bandaged up – it was hot.

Well, the night was pretty fun and I didn’t feel a lot of pain when I joined the party. I got to DJ and even dance a little, pain-free! The next morning I had issues and went to the doctors for a few hours again for an ultrasound, blood test and a urine test. YAY. At the end of the day, I was diagnosed with a UTI, which makes nooooooooooooooo sense because it sure as hell didn’t feel like a UTI. I showed no symptoms but my bladder was going all crazy according to the ultrasound and urine test. I’ve had a UTI before so I definitely know what it feels like, and it doesn’t feel like this.

Now I’m chilling at home with some antibiotics. I still ache when I move. This must be my lucky year for health issues! Last year it was financial issues. What will 2010 bring for me?

Other than that, my weekend was really great. I met two Vietnamese friends for dinner. Tina was one of them (I wrote about her before). We did our usual pagoda run except we went to a pagoda we’ve never visited before in district 10, which was huge. I really like Tina and I hope I can meet up with her in Finland/Europe next year which is where she studies. I met with Phuc who works at the Canadian consulate too. She’s coming to Toronto and/or Ottawa in February!

I didn’t mention it before but we have a new roommate from Poland. Her name is Maria. So now it’s a Filipino, Polish, Vietnamese, Swedish and Canadian household…until I move, then an Aussie Viet Kieu (“Vietnamese overseas”) will come. I’m gonna miss everyone. Three weeks until I come home. My dad has the same flight time as me from Chicago to Toronto (he lives in Texas) so we will meet in the O’Hare airport, which will be seriously jokes.

AND my mom is visiting on Wednesday. We are going up North next weekend.

Well, those are all my health problems for now! Ciao.