Ok, now *I* need prayers! sheesh

[lizbud]

Originally posted by luckies4me
This ant problem has been going on for a few years now. But we never thought of looking inside a box of Frontline to see if they were in there. They actually had their nest in our house, inside a Frontline box (my RB dogs) and a box that has breast feeding bags in it. They had eggs and everything in there, along with several other bigger ants, but I didn't see a queen unless she went down the drain before I noticed her. It took literally an hour to get all these ants down that drain.

OMG... You killed them ? OMG, how could you?
I don't know what to say, I am so totally shocked by these pics
of innocent defenseless ants(just trying to live out their lives in
peace) who had their lives cut short by your thoughtless act.
I am just shocked & stunned beyond belief. How could you?

You really should have posted a warned notice on this thread
for those of us super sensitive to seeing pics of dead ant bodies
all over the screen. I think I'm getting sick to my stomach
over this whole gruesome episode.

[Samantha Puppy]

Feel better soon...


Oh... and lizbud - you're not serious, are you? There was no or j/k or anything, so I'm not sure... but if you aren't (kidding)... wow.

[luckies4me]

No she's just making fun of me for a reply I made on another thread, which to me was just, but well oh well.


And for the record, the pics didn't contain dead ants either. They were all very much alive thank you very much. And seems like the ones that went down the drain are still alive as they crawled back up and are now all over my kitchen.


Of course, if you wanted, I could catch them all again, throw them in the blender and take a pic of some ant puree.

[green_chameleon_girl]

AW! You have my prayers get better! I hate drinking water but I have to inless I want a bad headache

[Cookiebaker]

ewww! Those pictures are really gross!! :gak:

I truly empathize about the UTI's though. Ever since I had my last one (summer'02 I think) I started to force myself to drink lots of water. It's much easier to drink water now, but it took some getting used to.

This is a typical day:

Morning: 4 oz of juice
16 oz. of coffee

Day: (3) 24 oz. bottles of water
12 oz. of soda

Evening: 16 oz of water at dinner
8 oz of water at bedtime

Total: 128 oz.

Since I started drinking this much, I feel sooo much better. I don't get an afternoon fatigue anymore, and I've cut down on headaches by about half. I definitely recommend drinking more!!!!

[AmberLee]

Feel better soon. Maybe washing the nest away will help you get rid of those ants finally.

Yes, holding you and your family in my prayers.

[wolfsoul]

Yikes, look at those ants!

Sorry about the blatter infection. The last time I had one, it lasted for years! I was just a child, and I wet the bed up until the time I was five. My mom thought I was just stupid, but the doctor said it was because I was holding my pee for days at a time and I got a terrible infection. Yeah, I was one crazy kid.

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by Cookiebaker

Since I started drinking this much, I feel sooo much better. I don't get an afternoon fatigue anymore, and I've cut down on headaches by about half. I definitely recommend drinking more!!!!

I know I should drink it but hearing this makes me want to do it more. I just need to make myself drink it, and that's that. Maybe that will be my New Years Resolution, to drink more water.

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by AmberLee
Feel better soon. Maybe washing the nest away will help you get rid of those ants finally.

Yes, holding you and your family in my prayers.

Thank you so much. I am going to try to go to the Emergency Clinic tomorrow morning to get some antibiotics. It actually feels a tad bit better after having drunk a lot of water today.


As far as the ants are concerned, they are still here but most of them are gone now, and at least the eggs are down the drain and hopefully they won't hatch. We opened a thing of Terro liquid and put that in the cabinet to try to bait the rest. Hopefully it will work, if at least for a little while.

[carole]

Gosh I am amazed so many people dislike drinking water, I love it, luckies4me, do you have filtered water, also there are many flavoured waters you can buy today, maybe you should give those a go. DRINK THAT WATER!!!!!!!

Are you not already on antibiotics,? if not gosh you should be straight away, if its in your kidneys, you DONOT want to muck around with that.

Hey I really hope you are feeling a bit better!!!!!!!!

[luckies4me]

No it is just in the beginning stages or else I would be in more pain than I am. I took a penicillan already that I had leftover here until I get go to the docs tomorrow.

[carole]

May I ask why you are waiting until tomorrow?, the sooner you get on to this the better, have you had penicillan prescribed for this before, because certain antibiotics are required for UTI., some are better than others.

If it is in your kidneys, then you should be at that Doctor NOW.

Sorry if i am lecturing, but I am concerned, please look after yourself!!!!!!!

[luckies4me]

Yes I was prescribed penicillan last time. I do not have insurance therefor I have to go to Planned Parenthood as a walk in, and I am not even sure if I can go tomorrow either, so it might not be ablt to until Monday. So since I don't have insurance I don't have a doctor, and I can't go to the ER because I am not going to pay over 800 dollars just for a bladder infection when I can go get treated for free. But I am going to try to go tomorrow. The only thing is Dan works he has the car, and I don't know how to drive and there has been no time lately for me to learn.

[carole]

Oh I see, your health system works very different from ours, it only cost around 25 dollars for a visit, if you have a community services card.
Its just that you really need treatment, these things can be so serious , especially if you have it in the kidneys, well good luck anyhow, let us know how you get on, and I hope you are not in too much pain ok

[luckies4me]

Ok well I am going for sure tomorrow as I just talked Dan into it. It's just been so busy for him at work lately and they have so many t-shirts to do. It's not that bad, trust me, it was way worse last time and this time I caught it early now that I know what it is. So, I am going tomorrow and will let you know what they say. Hopefully I can get some good meds and be all better soon. I noticed though that after drinking a lot of water today it hurts less, but is still noticable. Last time I waited for SEVERAL days and had no idea what was going on, and then I decided to go in and they told me I had a bladder infection that spread to my kidneys. This time I will clear up fast.

I can't believe it is so cheap for health services there. Dylan has insurance but I cannot afford it for myself. Dan too also has insurance. I may actually be able to get it free through the state so I am going to apply soon. It is around 500 dollars a month for health insurance, just way too much money, and so of course I chose Dylan to have it, and I will wait. When I go back to a job that has health insurance I should be covered, but so many companies here do not offer health insurance for their employees.