Meet my new friend - the water bottle!

Let me tell you a story…

Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there was a girl who always forgot to drink water. She would sometimes drink a glass of water for a whole day and top it up with tea or coffee. Until one day, when her back started hurting, just that it wasn’t her back, it was her kidneys. It was becoming increasingly annoying to the point where she gave in to her significant other’s plea and called 111, the non-emergency line. The medical wizards advised her to visit the nearby Urgent Care Centre. Turns out she has a kidney infection. She was given antibiotics and encouraged to embrace a new lifelong friendship with a water bottle.

Uhm… yes, this is me. That girl is me. I’m getting better now (my kidneys still hurt a bit, but not as bad as yesterday) and I’m drinking a lot more water than usual. The countless times when I was feeling dizzy and sickly because I was dehydrated didn’t teach me this lesson, hopefully, this will.

Also, I want to say a super honest THANK YOU, NHS!