Plenty happening…

 …not the least of which was the computer meltdown.  
Ahem.  No, it’s still not fixed, & it’s prone to random fatal errors.  So I’ll try to get all this out before another one occurs.  
Monday’s appointment went well.  This time, I asked if my doctor would tell me what he was seeing as he was seeing it.  [...]

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Appointment tomorrow…

 …at which point I should learn if this IVF thing is going to work this month or not.  
Yikes. 
First really noticeable side effects kicked in last night.  Sleeplessness.  Heart beating fast, so I couldn’t relax and fall back asleep.  Assisted, I’m sure, by the really crappy dreams playing in my brain when I did sleep.  And [...]

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Another day,

another bruise in the gut, another medical bill in the mail…
Actually, this evening’s Repronex injection doesn’t seem so painful.  We’ll see how it is tomorrow, because I’m still feeling yesterday’s injury pretty severely.  
Everything else is humming along.  It’s Monday night already, my first check-up is Friday.  
Oh, and I got the first request for a co-payment [...]

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Ah, now I see…

…why Menopur is the preferred FSH drug.  
Or at least so I assume.  Unlike all my other injection sites, the Repronex one from 16 hours ago is still tender – like a deep muscle bruise.  This is going to get uncomfortable very quickly, since I only have so much room to inject, and 4 shots a [...]

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Brava for Bravelle!

It’s a little weird.  Being an old lady of 38, I have to mix SIX bottles of powdered medicine with one of water, but it went relatively smoothly, and I’m thinking tonight’s (Repronex) will be easier, since it’s only two.  
I hardly hesitated at all this morning with jabbing myself in the gut with a needle.  
All that chub [...]

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