I survived the first week of hormones! Kinda... The Lupron injections hit me way harder than I expected. However I did go in with a naive outlook about the side effects on purpose. I figured if I researched them too much then I would have the placebo effect (reverse effect?) of reading into everything as being a side effect. After of few days of the injections I decided to look things up and the list of side effects is terrifyingly long! So I'm really happy I did not look them up before I started but was good to know that everything I was feeling was on that list. Feel free to google it, but be warned!
I started the injections last Monday evening. They need to be taken at the same time each night so we decided post-bed time was probably the best idea. As my case worker said, "What? You don't want your kids running into you while your giving yourself a shot?" No thanks! Wednesday morning I woke up super cranky and with a neck ache. I had a mid-morning check-in call with my support person (I'll get into all the people involved throughout my catch up blogs) and she was asking how things were going so far. I told her great but I was cranky for no apparent reason and I was trying to write it off as I just slept bad or something. She gently brought me back to reality letting me know that unless I often wake-up cranky for no reason, it was most likely the Lupron. Ugh. I was still in denial until as the day went on I started to feel worse and worse and so unbelievably tired I would have thought I was pregnant if I hadn't just had an ultrasound saying otherwise. Thursday morning was an amplified repeat of Wednesday. The best way for me to describe how I was (am) feeling is like I'm waking up with a really bad hangover that lasts all day long and gets worse at the end of the day. Plus tiredness. Throughout the next week I went through my days as normal, which did help me "forgot" that I was feeling awful, but the second I sat down to drive, work at my desk, sit on the couch... it would hit like a ton of bricks. Last weekend we were out of the house quite a bit but the second we got home I was in bed or laying down on the couch. Saturday I slept more than I was awake. Thankfully I seem to be getting somewhat use to how I'm feeling and able to carry on normal life, well, normally. But I'm not going to lie and say that I'm feeling great.
This past Wednesday I had my baseline ultrasound, which was super quick and easy. Things are looking great and still on track. I stopped birth control pills last week but started taking my aspirin a day on Wednesday and added in Estrogen 3 times a day as of yesterday. Time will tell how those effect me (inset a picture of me gritting my teeth). Things will basically stay the same for the next 12ish days - Lupron injections, Aspirin, Estrogen x3 and prenatal vitamins. On the 12th I go back in for another ultrasound which will tell if my body is looking ready for the embryo transfer and then I will start (Mike will give me) the Progesterone Injections. Hooray for more drugs? (eek!) We are hoping to do the transfer the week of the 17th but time will tell if that works out. How is it still so far away but so close at the same time!?
I started the injections last Monday evening. They need to be taken at the same time each night so we decided post-bed time was probably the best idea. As my case worker said, "What? You don't want your kids running into you while your giving yourself a shot?" No thanks! Wednesday morning I woke up super cranky and with a neck ache. I had a mid-morning check-in call with my support person (I'll get into all the people involved throughout my catch up blogs) and she was asking how things were going so far. I told her great but I was cranky for no apparent reason and I was trying to write it off as I just slept bad or something. She gently brought me back to reality letting me know that unless I often wake-up cranky for no reason, it was most likely the Lupron. Ugh. I was still in denial until as the day went on I started to feel worse and worse and so unbelievably tired I would have thought I was pregnant if I hadn't just had an ultrasound saying otherwise. Thursday morning was an amplified repeat of Wednesday. The best way for me to describe how I was (am) feeling is like I'm waking up with a really bad hangover that lasts all day long and gets worse at the end of the day. Plus tiredness. Throughout the next week I went through my days as normal, which did help me "forgot" that I was feeling awful, but the second I sat down to drive, work at my desk, sit on the couch... it would hit like a ton of bricks. Last weekend we were out of the house quite a bit but the second we got home I was in bed or laying down on the couch. Saturday I slept more than I was awake. Thankfully I seem to be getting somewhat use to how I'm feeling and able to carry on normal life, well, normally. But I'm not going to lie and say that I'm feeling great.
This weeks calendar-o-fun
This past Wednesday I had my baseline ultrasound, which was super quick and easy. Things are looking great and still on track. I stopped birth control pills last week but started taking my aspirin a day on Wednesday and added in Estrogen 3 times a day as of yesterday. Time will tell how those effect me (inset a picture of me gritting my teeth). Things will basically stay the same for the next 12ish days - Lupron injections, Aspirin, Estrogen x3 and prenatal vitamins. On the 12th I go back in for another ultrasound which will tell if my body is looking ready for the embryo transfer and then I will start (Mike will give me) the Progesterone Injections. Hooray for more drugs? (eek!) We are hoping to do the transfer the week of the 17th but time will tell if that works out. How is it still so far away but so close at the same time!?
I didn't think I would need a pill organizer this soon in life!
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