After discussing things with Dustin we decided we wanted to go to shots and this is the response I got from the nurse practitioner:
HI Kristin!
I am glad that you and Dustin had a chance to talk things out.
I am thinking that Skipping over to straight shots is not your best option. The risk of hyperstimulation and multiple births is high. So we would like to have that as our "big guns" so to speak. It doesn't really make sense to move to something super aggressive then go back to something less aggressive. We are giving you a better chance at responding to the drugs by putting you on metformin. It would be safer and more sensible to do the intermediate step first. I know you want to get everything in before the stress of the school year sets in, but we also are thinking about what is the best thing for you medically.
Don't want to discount your plan, because I know you have a lot of other things going on, but our first consideration is what is best for you medically that poses the least amount of risk. That would be the combination cycle.
Talk about that with D and let me know,
Stephanie
Feeling very powerless.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
hhhmmm
"Although back pain may seem normal, it could be a sign of a cyst on your ovary.
Do you feel pain from your back and your lower abdominal quadrants when lifting an object from the ground or having a bowel movement?
Stand with your back straight and feet shoulder length apart, bend your body at the waist and try to touch your toes. Does this induce back pain?"
http://howconceive.com/ovarian-cyst-back-pain/
"There are three crucial elements when it comes to ovarian cyst and back pain:
Fibers
Water
Heating pad "
The third and last step is drinking herbal tea. This step can be an important one considering that heat usually helps you to relief from the pain you feeling what you have ovarian cyst.
http://ovariancysttreatmentblog.com/ovarian-cyst-and-back-pain-3-golden-rules-to-relief-your-backache-for-good/
Do you feel pain from your back and your lower abdominal quadrants when lifting an object from the ground or having a bowel movement?
Stand with your back straight and feet shoulder length apart, bend your body at the waist and try to touch your toes. Does this induce back pain?"
http://howconceive.com/ovarian-cyst-back-pain/
"There are three crucial elements when it comes to ovarian cyst and back pain:
Fibers
Water
Heating pad "
The third and last step is drinking herbal tea. This step can be an important one considering that heat usually helps you to relief from the pain you feeling what you have ovarian cyst.
http://ovariancysttreatmentblog.com/ovarian-cyst-and-back-pain-3-golden-rules-to-relief-your-backache-for-good/
Surgery
- Laparoscopy (lap-uh-ROSS-kuh-pee)—done if the cyst is small and looks benign (noncancerous) on the ultrasound. While you are under general anesthesia, a very small cut is made above or below your navel. A small instrument that acts like a telescope is put into your abdomen. Then your doctor can remove the cyst.
- Laparotomy (lap-uh-ROT-uh-mee)—done if the cyst is large and may be cancerous. While you are under general anesthesia, larger incisions are made in the stomach to remove the cyst. The cyst is then tested for cancer. If it is cancerous, the doctor may need to take out the ovary and other tissues, like the uterus. If only one ovary is taken out, your body is still fertile and can still produce estrogen.
- taken from http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/ovarian-cysts.cfm
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Another Doctor Visit
So, I cried from 11 to 6pm...didn't feel better until the morning.
The last few visits have been with Stephanie Martin and this visit was with Dr Goud. So, of course, another party in the violation room. And, sadly, no results...not even a tiny reaction to this drug. They couldn't see the left ovary too well because I had pee in my bladder. I had to hop off the table and with my paper towel sheet and shoeless walk across the hall to go relieve myself. Then we had a clear view of my ovary doing nothing.
When he was finished pulling out his instrument for the second time he discussed how he would like me to be on metphormin for 3 months, lose weight and exercise, and surgically remove the 7 plus cysts from one ovary and 5 plus from the other.
At this point I shut down~ exercise...do you realize that my tailbone still hurts me...I said something and he stated metphormin will help. Surgery?~ do you realize that I was just cut open 5 times for my tailbone and have spend way too much time in hospitals for the last 7 months?
Then in my haze he said something about trying both drugs again (of which I do not want to do because clomid makes me crazy and femara gave me the worst headache) he thinks weight loss and metphormine will stimulate the right hormones (yeah, fing right, I want to laugh in his face). I dont think it will work. I am willing to bet money on it.
Then I said something about the fact that we had discussed with Stephanie that the next step will be shots or I at least, what I thought would be, a higher dose of femara.
we looked at the calendar and he didn't want to give me progesterone to start my period ~WTF
He didn't want me to do anything until three weeks from now~ WTF and summer is over and there went my dream of getting this done over summer...there went my thought of trying to do the hard stuff over the summer.
I whined and said something about the shots in which both doctor and nurse explained we would be missing steps and that we would increase triplets do 20%...then he would have triplets everywhere...but he would be willing if that is what we decide...but everyone is making it out like it is such a sin to jump to that. The other complication is that when i will be able to start my next treatment school will have started (Aug 8th) and IF i did start shot treatment then I would need to be in their office every 3 days (at $175 a pop)...I can't skip school the first month...and these visits are so traumatizing to me every time (makes me feel broken).
So I want to break and throw things and scream at the top of my lungs.
The last few visits have been with Stephanie Martin and this visit was with Dr Goud. So, of course, another party in the violation room. And, sadly, no results...not even a tiny reaction to this drug. They couldn't see the left ovary too well because I had pee in my bladder. I had to hop off the table and with my paper towel sheet and shoeless walk across the hall to go relieve myself. Then we had a clear view of my ovary doing nothing.
When he was finished pulling out his instrument for the second time he discussed how he would like me to be on metphormin for 3 months, lose weight and exercise, and surgically remove the 7 plus cysts from one ovary and 5 plus from the other.
At this point I shut down~ exercise...do you realize that my tailbone still hurts me...I said something and he stated metphormin will help. Surgery?~ do you realize that I was just cut open 5 times for my tailbone and have spend way too much time in hospitals for the last 7 months?
Then in my haze he said something about trying both drugs again (of which I do not want to do because clomid makes me crazy and femara gave me the worst headache) he thinks weight loss and metphormine will stimulate the right hormones (yeah, fing right, I want to laugh in his face). I dont think it will work. I am willing to bet money on it.
Then I said something about the fact that we had discussed with Stephanie that the next step will be shots or I at least, what I thought would be, a higher dose of femara.
we looked at the calendar and he didn't want to give me progesterone to start my period ~WTF
He didn't want me to do anything until three weeks from now~ WTF and summer is over and there went my dream of getting this done over summer...there went my thought of trying to do the hard stuff over the summer.
I whined and said something about the shots in which both doctor and nurse explained we would be missing steps and that we would increase triplets do 20%...then he would have triplets everywhere...but he would be willing if that is what we decide...but everyone is making it out like it is such a sin to jump to that. The other complication is that when i will be able to start my next treatment school will have started (Aug 8th) and IF i did start shot treatment then I would need to be in their office every 3 days (at $175 a pop)...I can't skip school the first month...and these visits are so traumatizing to me every time (makes me feel broken).
So I want to break and throw things and scream at the top of my lungs.
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