First off, I would like to apologize for
my lack of blogging lately… I’ve been
laying on a beach in Florida for the past week!!!
So, to catch up, I started my meds on
June 19th. The night before
my first Lupron injection, I was so nervous, I couldn’t sleep! I woke up early that morning, watched the “How
to” video a couple of times, followed step by step, and injected the little,
tiny needle in my belly. Didn’t feel a
thing. Good. In typical Krystal fashion, I had worked
myself up for nothing. I’ve been taking
birth control pills, prenatal vitamins, steroids, and Lupron now for the past
couple of weeks, and I’ve been very blessed to not really have any major side
effects. My most noticeable side effect
is a fuzzy brain! It’s so crazy, but I
(someone who’s usually very organized and remembers everything) have not been
able to think clearly for the past few weeks.
I can’t remember where I put things, I can’t think clearly at all, and I even
left my house one morning in my house shoes.
I ended up making a checklist of my daily meds, so I wouldn’t have to
worry about forgetting what I had taken and/or when I had taken it. Oh, and I did have one little hot flash while
making muffins one morning. Everything
was fine one moment, then the next, I felt like ripping my shirt off like the
Hulk and crawling into the A/C unit. But
other than that, I’ve been very blessed to have felt as good as I’ve felt.
I was worried that I would feel bad
while we were on vacation. We spent last
week in Destin, Florida and had such an amazing time! We soaked up some Florida sun, boogie boarded
and snorkeled in the ocean, ate too much delicious food, and went on a dolphin
and fireworks cruise. I had no problems
keeping my Lupron nice and cool in a little insulated lunch box and/or hotel
fridge, and although I did have to do a few injections in the car (usually in a
fast food parking lot) overall everything went very well. Vacation= success!!!
I stopped my birth control on Tuesday,
June 24th. I also decreased
my Lupron from 10 units to 5 units last week.
The fuzziness in my brain seems to be clearing a little more. Still no more hot flashes. We went to the doctor on Monday, June 30th
for an ultrasound and blood work. Great
news! No cysts, ovaries and uterus look
good, and hormone levels are where they need to be!!! We get the green light to continue on!
Follistim- I started my Follistim shots last night. The needle for this shot is still a tiny, non-painful
needle. The medicine though is about the
price of gold and burned for about 10 minutes like injecting Louisiana hot
sauce. Still, could be worse. I’ll add this shot to my daily routine for at
least the next week, in order to mass produce eggs. This is the shot that can make my belly sore
and swollen from overstimulation of the ovaries.
Although at this
point we’re only 14 shots in (I swear it feels like so much more!) my belly has
started getting a little sore and bruised and swollen. My arm looks all bruised up from so much
blood work. And we’re nowhere near the
end. But, it could be worse. I just continue to praise God daily that I still
feel as well as I do. I praise Him that
we had such a relaxing, stress free vacation.
I praise Him that my medicine doses are much lower than many others that
have much more severe infertility problems than me. I praise Him that He’s blessed us to be able
to afford this opportunity. And I praise
Him for such a sweet, smart, funny, selfless husband to hold my hand the whole
way, reassuring me that no matter what, we’re in this together and we’ll be ok.
Tomorrow- first intra lipid infusion to shut
down those Natural Killer Cells.
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