Woohooo....its almost the weekend! How is everyone doing?
My cat (who has a history of seizures, but only 1-3 a month) had 6+ seizures yesterday so I am bringing him in this morning. I don't think there is much they can do for him except start medication. Poor guy.
As for IF, I am still in my 2.75 week wait (due to the mini HCG shots), so no testing until next saturday at the earliest I think. Beta is that following monday. My RE apt for next cycle is Monday. I am going to talk to her about IUI vs. IVF. She was so sure IUI would work for us (and it has only been 2 cycles now), but before we had MFI, but now DHs numbers are back to normal (thanks to meds). So now it seems the problem is me and my endo, and I think IUI is not so great for endo, right? We will still probably try 1-2 more times since IUI is mostly covered by insurance.
Oh no. Poor kitty I'm sorry starryfish. I don't know anything about IUI v. IVF for endo, but I hope that you don't have to worry about it because you get your BFP
I'm pretty uncomfortable today. I think when I started getting all of the pain, the rest of my system got completely out of whack. I now feel like I have about 400 pounds of trapped air in my rib cage. I'm going to drink some mint tea and then chug some sparkling water and just hope to sit at my desk and burp all day. It is so incredibly painful.
Not much going on...I am so glad it's Friday. It's been a hell of a week. Last night I called my parents and my dad was not having a very good night. He spent 30 minutes bawling on the phone to me about how he wanted to see his kids, and why were we keeping him locked up in the hospital against his will. He's at home with my mom, but had no clue where he was. He also thinks we've all abandoned him. I basically just got off the phone and cried the rest of the night. Fucking Alzheimer's...it's like he's not even the same person any more.
I still need to call my case manager about the meds today. I also started spotting yesterday on progesterone, which google tells me is completely normal, but I want to check with her. Who knows, maybe she will have SA results for me!
Oh I am so sorry oneslybookworm, that is so hard. My grandmother had Alzheimers and it was so hard to watch. It is so heartbreaking. I'm sorry that you and your family are going through that.
knx9211, I strongly suggest some good gas pills. Hopefully that can ease your pain a bit.
I am so sorry you are going through that, oneslybookworm. How heartbreaking.
I had a rough night--a friend just reached out to tell me that she was pregnant (14 weeks) after 2 years of IF; they had their first IVF and it was successful. She said she wanted to personally let me know and to stay positive, etc. But it just feels like a slap in the face that some people get pregnant on the first try of a treatment. I truly am happy for her, anyone who goes through IF deserves good outcomes, but it was just another reminder that nothing is working for us. The good thing that came out of it is she told me about another clinic about an hour and a half away and for IVF it is about $4000 cheaper than the clinic we go to, so I am calling today to make an appointment.
I had a dream last night that I couldn't fit into any of my clothes. I'm taking this "no exercise during stim" harder than I thought. I won't even start stimming for another couple of weeks. Stupid brain.
Crap, knx9211, they didn't have you do that right away? I don't know the effect, but I would be very frustrated that they didn't have you do that right away.
Huge hugs, oneslybookworm! I am so sorry for you and your family.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
Hang in there, pixy0stix. It won't be as bad as you're thinking. But, having restrictions definitely sucks. I was to avoid strenuous activity, but honestly, stims made me so tired the only thing I did was binge watch Netflix on the couch.
Post by oneslybookworm on Mar 18, 2016 10:34:31 GMT -5
Oh! Some happy news!
We got our paperwork back from the agency for the Dutch background check, and we've both been fingerprinted for our federal background check! Things are moving along!!
I also got bloodwork done yesterday...my bloodwork showed I have high potassium...does anyone know what the hell that means?!
I am tired and stressed. Icky sickies have hit my house, and my parents are helping me cover because I can't be out right now. Our buyer is being picky on the repair request, and I just want to scream. We're supposed to sign on her purchase on Monday, for christssake.
Wtf and follow up appt this afternoon, and I'm so nervous for what he'll say.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
Crap, knx9211 , they didn't have you do that right away? I don't know the effect, but I would be very frustrated that they didn't have you do that right away.
That's the thing, no one seemed to know my blood type (or think about it) until they called me. WTF? I googled it and the internet says that it has absolutely no effect unless it's taken within 72 hours of bleeding. So what's the point? I just called to confirm because I am not in the mood to lose hours out of my work day again to get a shot that's not going to do anything.
We got our paperwork back from the agency for the Dutch background check, and we've both been fingerprinted for our federal background check! Things are moving along!!
I also got bloodwork done yesterday...my bloodwork showed I have high potassium...does anyone know what the hell that means?!
Crap, knx9211 , they didn't have you do that right away? I don't know the effect, but I would be very frustrated that they didn't have you do that right away.Â
That's the thing, no one seemed to know my blood type (or think about it) until they called me. WTF? I googled it and the internet says that it has absolutely no effect unless it's taken within 72 hours of bleeding. So what's the point? I just called to confirm because I am not in the mood to lose hours out of my work day again to get a shot that's not going to do anything.
Love of my life baby boy born 11/11. One and done not by choice; 3 years of TTC yielded 4 MMC and 2 CPs, through 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs. Focusing on making the world a better place instead...and running.
We got our paperwork back from the agency for the Dutch background check, and we've both been fingerprinted for our federal background check! Things are moving along!!
I also got bloodwork done yesterday...my bloodwork showed I have high potassium...does anyone know what the hell that means?!
Do you eat a lot of stuff with potassium in it? Bananas? etc?
Poor kitty starryfish! Hope the meds help. knx9211 I hope you feel better soon. And definitely try some gas pills. shauni27 I hate that I'm bitter towards people whose first treatment cycles work. We're a year and a half into treatment with nothing to show for it, so I get exactly how you feel. Yay on the progress oneslybookworm! Good luck at your appointment Mushe.
Nothing much for me. Feeling bloated again, so not sure if I have a period coming (I stopped bcp a week ago) or if it's the delestrogen shots. I just pray that if I get a period, it's light and doesn't kill my lining again.
We got our paperwork back from the agency for the Dutch background check, and we've both been fingerprinted for our federal background check! Things are moving along!!
I also got bloodwork done yesterday...my bloodwork showed I have high potassium...does anyone know what the hell that means?!
Do you eat a lot of stuff with potassium in it? Bananas? etc?
Lol, usually those numbers are related to your kidneys. They didnt give you a specific GFR number? That is weird. Your creatinine is borderline high (some say over 1 or over 1.2 is high). I would ask your PCP what the high potassium means, but I think it is related to your kidneys. A quick google search shows that a lot of times you can get high potassium and its a false reading, so they recommend doing another blood sample.
And another google search says this" (from mayo clinic)
Your blood potassium level is normally 3.6 to 5.2 millimoles per liter (mmol/L)."
So i think you are fine, just on the high side of normal :-)
Excellent starryfish . I'm now no longer worried and not going another blood draw. Screw that. Lol
Yea those numbers look fine. I would only be concerned if they were a lot higher (like 30%+ above the highest normal number). I am a kidney number expert (except potassium, as mine is normal).
Post by ilovecandy on Mar 18, 2016 11:29:18 GMT -5
I am going to rant. You know what is fucked up. We have a friend here who h works with they are also having infertility problems. They had a miscarriage earlier this year. She messages me the other day and I told her what we were going through. Now she keeps messaging me wanting to talk about it. I don't want to talk I am done I have processed this and am now just waiting for my.bleeding to.stop. anyways apparently he told h at work the next day that she I'd pregnant again and is now concerned about another miscarriage because of us. So he essentially has taken our miscarriage and now made it about him. Fuck him.
Also he apparently.told all the supervisors this. H supervisors .knew nothing until yeasterday about.us since he took the afternoon off because my.Dr wanted to see me after i called them about my.pain yesterday. Apparently a miscarriage qualified him for bereavement leave too who knew.
I am easily.irritated lately. And am going to get drunk tonight.
Eta he told everyone they were having another miscarriage before going to the Dr. They went to Dr the other day and they are currently not having one. I am not completely heartless if they had one I would feel awful for them but he essientiall made our issues this week all about him before even confirming anything.
ilovecandy, so that couple has been blabbing all over about YOUR miscarriage? Fuck that. I'd tell the wife that you are no longer interested in talking with her since you can't trust her with personal information, and just leave it at that.
ilovecandy , so that couple has been blabbing all over about YOUR miscarriage? Fuck that. I'd tell the wife that you are no longer interested in talking with her since you can't trust her with personal information, and just leave it at that.
No the wife told the husband and the husband has been trying to talk to my husband about it at work. No not appropriate. Then he was all well wife is pregnant and she is miscarrying again when it turns out she wasn't. I maybe wanted to hurt him.
We will be distancing ourselves for the foreseeable future. And probably forever. There are some.other issues we have with these people anyways but yeah.
ETA: Friend's husband tyo our knowledge said nothing about our miscarriage to teh supervisor he told teh supervisors about eh miscarraige his wife was having which she wasn't. if friends husband told supervisors about our miscarriage I would have force H to file a formal complaint. So basic timeline is liek this
monday- wife messaged me after we got news about the miscarraige. I told her. I assume she told husband that night Tuesday- Husband tries to talk to my husband about it at work but my husband basically shuts it down because not something he wants to talk about with him. Friend then tells my husband his wife is also having another miscarraige, they are supposed to go to teh dr tomorrow. Friend also at this point tells supervisors that his wife is having a miscarraige Wednesday no miscarraige for the friends Thursday- I end up getting a dr appointmenn in the afternoon so h obviously wants to go so he ends up going to his supervisor and telling him about our miscarriage because he needed to know why he wanted the afternoon off.
Essentially our feelings are friend tried to tragedy whore by saying he was also having a miscarriage, before any confirmation of one because we were having one.
ilovecandy, so that couple has been blabbing all over about YOUR miscarriage? Fuck that. I'd tell the wife that you are no longer interested in talking with her since you can't trust her with personal information, and just leave it at that.