Monday, February 12, 2007

This feels like deja vu all over again

Last night I took a Flexiril (muscle relaxant) and codeine along with my nightly medications. The good news is that I woke up without much of a headache, but the bad news is I'm not entirely convinced that I'm even awake yet. Flexiril always does this to me, and yet I never learn my lesson. All I really want to do right now is curl up into a little tiny ball and sleep for a few more hours. Hard to do in a desk chair at the office. Bah.

Something about my monitoring appointment this morning felt "off"... like I'd already done this before. Oh wait, I had... just yesterday! Same bat room, same bat channel. Today's ultrasound was promising, but troubling. I've got a lot of good growth, which is great, but unfortunately, there may be too much. The doctor covering monitoring today said that they'll have to balance their options after getting my bloodwork results back, but that right now it's a choice between triggering tonight, possibly a little too early or going in for one day of monitoring, risking too much growth and having to cancel due to too many follicles. Here's where things are right now:

Right Ovary: 15.4, 14.2, 13.4
Left Ovary: 16.4, 14.2, 14.0
Lining: 15.23mm (huhwha? I've never had a lining that thick. Is that good or bad?? I know in theory the thicker the better, but isn't that getting a little ridiculous?)

There are some other follicles, but I'm not so worried about them. I suppose I'll know more after today's phone call with my E2 level. I expect it's likely that I'll trigger tonight and have an IUI on Wednesday. I'm hoping the weather cooperates with these plans. If that is indeed the case, it won't interfere with us going to Florida on Sunday, which is good news.

An IUI on Wednesday would put Beta day on March 1st. According to the normal timeline, I'd then be on BCPs for 3 weeks and start stims. However, that would possibly conflict with Passover, which can't happen, which means I'd have to be on BCPs through April 11th or so before starting back up with the Follistim. I am not loving this timing, but I don't think the solution is to squeeze one more IUI in, even though that would still end up around the same timing. I think I'm best off trying to stick as closely to the original plan as possible. So on March 1st, I expect to start taking BCPs, which is going to mean a lot of migraines for all of March and much of April. Especially when you factor in the Lupron, which tends to cause headaches as a side effect. Yay!

Well, hopefully I'll get some definitive news this afternoon. Here's hoping.

1 comment:

twirl said...

Re: headaches - Should you end up moving on to IVF, you could talk with your RE about a protocol that doesn't involve lupron. I'm on an antagonist protocol (ganirelix) and used no lupron prior to (or during) stims. I did use bcps, but some people just begin with the timing of their natural cycle.

Just a thought, hopefully you won't need it!