It's back. And this time I'm definitely blaming the blood/bacteria in my urine on my refillable water bottle. Remember several months ago when I had two horrible infections in the course of two months? Remember that I searched online in vain to blame the problem on my Nalgene bottle, but to no avail? Well, I ditched the Nalgene bottle and the problem went away. Except that when you live in the desert you have to drink water. Lots of water. So I bought another refillable water bottle and drank gallons of water a day. Well, not really, but you get the picture. And what happens? Three months later I'm in agony again.

Here's the kicker, due to probation periods and non-COBRA payments and new jobs I was sort of without insurance when this started. (Please don't yell at me. I know I should have gone sooner, but I'm a cheap-ass.) So I waited three days until I had insurance and then went to an urgent care center to confirm my diagnosis.

So the doctor said he was going to give me a prescription and another drug that would help with the pain. I reminded him of my type 1 diabetes and asked if I would have any problems with my diabetes meds and the prescription. No, he said, but keep an eye on your sugars.

I took two pills last evening, ate dinner and went to bed. All was well. I woke up high this morning, but assumed it was the ice cream I had last night. At two hours after a normal oatmeal breakfast, I checked my sugar. My jaw literally dropped when I saw 315. I did a quick inventory of the morning's food and activities. Did I accidentally get regular soda instead of diet, I wondered? No, I distinctly remember pouring diet. Have I had any snacks since breakfast? No, been too busy to eat. What was for breakfast again? Oatmeal.

Oh. Now I remember. Drugs.

But really, it's not the excessive highs caused by the drugs that is really bothering me. It's that if I'm wrong about the water bottles being the source of the problem, then there's seriously something wrong with my kidneys. Dr. C never seemed worried about the fact that I had two urinary-related infections in such a short amount of time. In fact, I did some online research to make sure I was pestering the right doctor because he seemed like this really wasn't a big deal.

So I'll see what my new endo, Dr. S., thinks when I see him/her in two weeks. And I've sworn off the prolonged use of plastic water bottles. Interestingly, I'm not as freaked out about this as I was the last time.