I arrived for my appointment on Wednesday ten minutes early (6:50am) and had to wait outside the door until the staff arrived at 7am. I assumed my usual un-assigned seat and surfed facebook on my phone while I waited. A different woman brought me back to the ultrasound room. She never gave me her name and I've not see her before. Since it was so early, I didn't see Big Dallas Hair. I was told to relieve my bladder before I got undressed for my first ultrasound on stimulation. As soon as I got undressed and was sitting on the chair awaiting my date with the dildo cam, I suddenly felt like I was going to have diarrhea! My stomach started cramping, I had a hot flash and I started to sweat. All I could think about was these ladies sticking the dildo cam inside of me and all hell breaking loose. This was the first major hot flash (with nausea) that I've experienced thus far. I've had mild hot flashes but nothing that really formed sweat on my brow. I started to panic and thought maybe I should run back to the bathroom. As quickly as it came on, it went away. Whew!
Jodi and Dimples came in and so commenced my meeting with the dildo cam. There were lots of follicles on both sides and they took measurements and looked at my uterus. Everything was looking like it was supposed too. I did take note of a very large follice on the left ovary that was nearly double the size of its fellow follicles. Maybe this is an alpha follicle? The whole thing only took a few minutes. Dimples mixed the Menopur and drew up both injections for me to give while I was in the office (Menopur and Lupron). Jodi drew my blood for my estrogen level and then I was done. I made an appointment for Friday at 7:15am.
When I left, I was so glad I took my own advice from the other day and put the extra pair of panites in my purse. Those ladies are so generous with the lube, but I swear it seems like I can never get it all. I coudn't wait to get to work to change my underoos!
At about noon, LeeAnn called me and told me my E2 (estrogen level) was 930. She sounded a little freaked out and told me Dr. Nackley wanted me to return Thursday. They planned to repeat the E2 level and ultrasound and possibly adjust the medication. I remembered this had happened when I did IVF before, so I called Shadygrove and got a report of all my E2 levels and on what dates they were taken. My first E2 level was actually over 1500! I called LeeAnn back to give her this information and I think she was a little relieved.
In the mean time, my sperm is on its way via Fedx. This is a huge shoutout to Alicia (pronounced a-lees-sia) of ZyGen. They were willing to work with me and accept the only way that I could pay the $475 shipping costs. They also didn't charge me the deposit ($900) for the use of their Shipper. Alicia called me every step of the way: from receipt of my paperwork, receipt of my payment, when the shipper was sent to Shadygrove and when it arrived at Shadygrove. She was VERY understanding of my situation. I also had to pay an additional $100 processing fee to the clinic for them to accept my sperm.
I had my repeat appointment this morning with Dr. Nackley. I left early since it's an hour drive to Bedford from Rockwall. It took me an hour and half to get there, in traffic. I took some of my cards-for-troops stuff to work on in the car since I knew I would get there early. My bladder was full and I didn't drink any coffee for fear of the mysterious disappearing diarrhea cramps. I did NOT want to relive that again. The same person who took me back yesterday, took me back today. I still don't know her name. She drew my E2 level and then sent me to empy my bladder and wait. I felt the hot flash coming on as soon as I sat down. I started to get the cramps and started to freak out a little bit. Maybe its the fact that I am sitting there without any undies on and gravity taking advantage of the situation, but here it came again! I clenched and waited for it to pass, which it did. Dr. Nackley came in with Dimples and did the ultrasound today. All the follicles had grown from yesterday as expected. They decided to reduce my Menopur dose to two vials. We discussed my Estrogen level and Dr. Nackley anticipates my egg retrieval will be earlier than expected. Maybe by Sunday, Monday or Tuesday. Today is day 7 of stimulation medication so I've made it past the required 5 days for the study. I got a call from LeeAnn this afternoon that my Estrogen level is 1395 today and they just plan to follow me daily until it is time for retrieval. I feel like I'm cooking more eggs than a Waffle house on a Sunday Morning and that I need to come with a Disclaimer that says: Mood subject to change instantly, cannot be held responsible for the outcome.
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The Case of the Mysterious disappearing Diarrhea!
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