Lupron: Day 6. Stims: Day 4
Aching Ovaries
Yesterday it felt like my ovaries were two burning coals wedged low in my abdomen. I could distinctly feel each one of them, it was creepy, and definitely NOT a good thing.
At some point yesterday, I caught a sideshot of myself in the mirror. I looked 5 or 6 months pregnant. But being that I haven't been blessed with pregnancy, my reaction was more like, "Holy fuck, Batman!" It was clearly swelling or massive water retention, brought on by either the Lupron or the Gonal F, as there was no way I chowed that belly into existance.
About 10:30pm the ovary burning sensation didn't go away so I sent over an email to the in-cycle nurses at Dr. Moustache's. Today, this very morning in fact, I got a call, yes, a TELEPHONE CALL (!), from one of the nurses there. I was shocked. They are usually impossible to reach. I chalk it up to her being new and she hasn't yet been tainted by the bad attitude that permeates the rest of the staff. She said she conferred with Dr. Moustache and he thought I should come in a day early for my first U/S. So instead of Friday, I'll be there on Thursday. Whew. Because if this swelling returns as it did before, I'm sure to freak out (again).
Enough of my ovaries.
So my question today is what the hell is up with this unending shitty weather?
I have had it with bleak days, gray skies, and my PG&E bill being in the triple digits. I had so looked forward to doing this cycle in WARM weather...thinking the change in temperature would be good for my disposition...but it just doesn't seem that there is any end in sight. This constant gray sky BS is making me feel like I life in Portland or Seattle...where one would expect this sort of shit.
I swear. If this IVF cycle doesn't result in a positive beta, I'm heading to LA to sell my mom's house and I'm going to sit in the backyard naked and sun myself until I can't stand it anymore.
Folgard 2.2
Finally got the formula for Folgard 2.2 from my pharmacist. I only have a $10 copay for the stuff over at Costco, but seriously folks, they're just VITAMINS. A molecule is a molecule is a molecule, so the components in the prescription stuff can be hand for much less elsewhere. So here it is:
2.2 mg (2200mcg) of folic acid
25mg of B6
500mcg of B12
That extra B12 is good for me since I'm not a huge meater, but gosh...at these prices I can formulate my own from vitamins bought at TJ's or WF's.
If you've got two helpings of the mother fucker MTHFR gene you are probably going to be doing Folgard 4.4.
Yesterday it felt like my ovaries were two burning coals wedged low in my abdomen. I could distinctly feel each one of them, it was creepy, and definitely NOT a good thing.
At some point yesterday, I caught a sideshot of myself in the mirror. I looked 5 or 6 months pregnant. But being that I haven't been blessed with pregnancy, my reaction was more like, "Holy fuck, Batman!" It was clearly swelling or massive water retention, brought on by either the Lupron or the Gonal F, as there was no way I chowed that belly into existance.
About 10:30pm the ovary burning sensation didn't go away so I sent over an email to the in-cycle nurses at Dr. Moustache's. Today, this very morning in fact, I got a call, yes, a TELEPHONE CALL (!), from one of the nurses there. I was shocked. They are usually impossible to reach. I chalk it up to her being new and she hasn't yet been tainted by the bad attitude that permeates the rest of the staff. She said she conferred with Dr. Moustache and he thought I should come in a day early for my first U/S. So instead of Friday, I'll be there on Thursday. Whew. Because if this swelling returns as it did before, I'm sure to freak out (again).
Enough of my ovaries.
So my question today is what the hell is up with this unending shitty weather?
I have had it with bleak days, gray skies, and my PG&E bill being in the triple digits. I had so looked forward to doing this cycle in WARM weather...thinking the change in temperature would be good for my disposition...but it just doesn't seem that there is any end in sight. This constant gray sky BS is making me feel like I life in Portland or Seattle...where one would expect this sort of shit.
I swear. If this IVF cycle doesn't result in a positive beta, I'm heading to LA to sell my mom's house and I'm going to sit in the backyard naked and sun myself until I can't stand it anymore.
Folgard 2.2
Finally got the formula for Folgard 2.2 from my pharmacist. I only have a $10 copay for the stuff over at Costco, but seriously folks, they're just VITAMINS. A molecule is a molecule is a molecule, so the components in the prescription stuff can be hand for much less elsewhere. So here it is:
2.2 mg (2200mcg) of folic acid
25mg of B6
500mcg of B12
That extra B12 is good for me since I'm not a huge meater, but gosh...at these prices I can formulate my own from vitamins bought at TJ's or WF's.
If you've got two helpings of the mother fucker MTHFR gene you are probably going to be doing Folgard 4.4.
posted by linda at 5:13 PM
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Pamplemousse said ... (1:08 PM) :
post a commentMy ovaries always feel like that, stims or suppression or nothing.
I meant to say in your last post that I did much better on my 1st IVF with Gonal-f than I did on the 2nd with the Menopur. Like 4 eggs retrieved compared to only 1!! On second thoughts, don't compare your ovaries to my dead ones haha!