My Contribution to the IVF Manual April 21, 2006
If I were to ever write an IVF manual (and I think I could do so at this point) it would include this piece of info:
Expect to feel like complete and total shit while cycling.
People tend to think that FET protocols are a walk in the park, but I’m here to tell you that any time you’re forced to spend four long weeks on the most evil drug known to man, Lupron, that it’s not easy. I have been feeling so badly lately. Ugh.
I was really hoping that I’d start feeling better when I got to start patches. I guess the E2 can’t combat the evil Lupron side effects enough to help any yet. I’m still on one patch every other day at this point. On Wednesday I go up to two, three a week from today, and four a week from Sunday. Hopefully that will help some.
I know I’m a champion whiner, and I apologize to anyone who reads this drivel, but I just can’t help it right now. I just feel like shit. Thank goodness Dan knows the drill by now. He’s been great. Poor thing is feasting on a can of Chef Boyardee he had stashed in his desk for lunch today, because I felt too badly to go grocery shopping yesterday to buy real food for his lunch. Thanks, honey. You’re the best.
I have no doubt I’ll make it through this. This obviously is not the first time Lupron has had it’s evil grasp on me. I just can’t wait to feel better. 15 days and counting until I get to throw that damn vial in the trash. 3 weeks and counting until ET day. (Of course I’m furiously knocking on wood over here, because I know not to assume a damn thing in all of this.)
Anyway, my point is that I have to remember that this is temporary. I will not always feel like shit, at least not because of Lupron anyway. I have no doubt that if/when this cycle goes to hell, and I have to walk away from IVF with nothing to show for everything I’ve gone through, that I’ll be wishing to go back to dealing with this. It’s bad, but it’s not as bad as that. Not nearly.
- Posted in : IVF Part 7: FET #3
- Author : amanda
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Yes, you could definitely write a book by now. Four weeks of Lupron would drive anyone batty. And about the lunch, you are just preparing for what it will be like when you’re pregnant. You’ll be too tired to shop or cook.
I have the same obliging husband who gets soup for his dinner every night because that is all that I want!!! Where do we find them?
I hear you on all the rest, my friend. We can do this.
I don’t know how you even feel like communicating, not with all that Lupron in your system. And two more weeks to go. Damn. Yes, you will feel better but I think you are doing incredibly well, all things considered.
You have a cartload of sympathy from me. All the drugs have been hard to take this time. And my husband does all the food shopping, luckily, otheriwise our fridge would be a sad place.
God lupron sucks and being on it for a month sucks ass. I’m so sorry you feel awful. Please don’t feel guilty for complaining. Anyone would under those circumstances! Plus, that’s what we’re here for. Hang in there.
Sweetie, you are NOT a whiner. This stuff is hard, especially when the physical symptoms start to match the emotional strain. I hope the additional patches help.
I think the FETs are harder…I had a tough time getting my E2 where it should have been, and the lining was a bitch too. Lupron is evil, you have every reason to feel like crapola. Thank goodness for wonderful husbands. Hope it goes quickly
So sorry that you feel so sucky!! Two weeks probably feels like an eternity, but hang in there.
I’m sorry that you feel like shit…but your body is responding. It’s good in a sense. to feel better, I recommend next time you’re driving, roll down that window and yell obscentities at pedestrians…
I’m so sorry about your feeling shitty, Amanda. Lupron sounds awful. I hope this time passes quickly and that it turns out to be Gloriously Worth It.
I’m sorry you’re suffering and that you know so much about it that experience. I’m glad it is temporary. I hope there’s some chocolate in your house that always seems to help everything, it seems to me.
Gosh I am so sorry you are feeling so terrible! I am thinking of you and hoping for lots of good things.
If it makes you feel any better, I whine much more than you about this stuff. That’s why I don’t even dare start a blog!
Sorry you’re feeling like crap. Lupron is the worst. Hopefully, the estrogen will kick in soon.
Hang in there Amanda. Hopefully that Lupron hangover will taper off soon.
it’s not a whine if your taking lupron it’s pressure release. That drug was made by sadists with too much time on their hands. and to think I wanted a Medicated FET not any more I don’t understand how you stay so human and lucid your doing great even tho it may not feel like it to you.
and you had how many weeks of the pill before this? yes, allsucks!
Whine away girl… It all sucks. My FET was hell, and I didn’t even have the evil lupron. Bring on the estrogen. Large doses please!
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