Well, I'm so glad I keep my three month routine followup with my doctor today. She found that I have a UTI and although I did not have typical symptoms, I am hoping the achiness and chills I've been having were due to this and that the antibiotic clears those things up. If not, it's back to the doctor for more investigation. My flu-like symptoms never kept me from swimming though so I am still going to pursue doing that at an indoor pool. Hopefully, I get to scope it out this weekend and see if the pool I found will suit my needs.

I was just listening to a great discussion on mental illness on the show Chris Fabry Live on Moody radio (part of Moody Bible Institute). Thankfully, people are realizing that mental illness is an illness. The same as having diabetes, high blood pressure or even a broken leg. It is not a sign of weakness and needs to be treated as the illness it is. They also mentioned that someone suffering from depression being told to "just buck up" is so disheartening. I can attest to that myself. I feel so guilty about even having depression and anxiety, which doesn't help. Being depressed makes me isolate, which makes things worse.

So far, it's been a pretty good week. I just want to feel better physically. I have successfully completed one whole day without drinking any Coke Zero!! Only one million to go!

Addendum at 8:00 a.m. the next morning. Goodness I feel like crap. Woke with in a sweat-maybe broke a fever? Ugh.