Today was definitely a win. I started out the beginning of this week with a flare from eating some inflammatory foods; root beer in my copy cat Cafe Rio. My bladder felt like it was on fire for about 2 days. Because of my family and wanting to live a “normal” life, I choose when and how often I’m willing to eat what I know I’ll “pay” for later in pain. Why do I do this? Because I need to live my life. Because I have pain medications that will help lessen the symptoms. And sometimes, I don’t look at ingredients closely and eat something I shouldn’t. But that’s OK sometimes. Because I know if I pick my “flare times”, it is manageable.