On the couch

Woke up at 4:45am to go to the bathroom, felt fine. Woke again an hour later with the pain enough to rouse me, so I took the pain killers. That was almost 9 hours without popping a pill, they are supposed to be good for 6 to 8 hours. Got a baby sitter, spent the day on the couch waiting for what's next, hitting the pills around 1pm

Cancelled today's class, as I just don't know what to expect. Made an appt with a specialist one week from Friday, and spoke to my generalist about whats going on. Unless I catch the stone when it comes out, we're probably not going to know what caused this, or the likelihood of a recurrence. If we know what it's made out of, I can perhaps change my diet or habits. For now, after today, I'm gonna go back to how I was eating -- I just don't think I'm getting THAT much calcium from baby spinach.

Took an ibuprofin before bed but skipped the oxy, hoped I wouldn't wake up in the middle of the night in agony....


AM SNACK: 5:45am, banana and a bunch of pills


BREAKFAST: 10am, small amount of hardcore oatmeal, .25 bowl, hunger 2/5

LUNCH: noon, ham & swiss on whole grain bread, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 4:15pm, granola bar, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 5:30pm, cheeseless eggplant hero, small number of fries, dairy-free tofutti ice cream cone, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Funny, I used to think this was a healthy meal -- hey, it's meatless! Now all I see is fried breading, not enough vegetables, fiber-free white bread and a total lack of nutritional value. Until a doc says otherwise about my stones, gonna go lighter on dairy.

EVENING SNACK: 7:30pm, another tofutti ice cream cone, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5