Estrogen
level: 1961
Medications:
1 prefilled syringue of Ganirelix in the morning, 150 IU Menopur in the evening
Follicle
number and size: too many to count, 11- 19 mm
The doctor’s
office called me in the evening to ask me to come into the DC office in the
morning. But the receptionist was
off on Sunday, so I could only leave a message. I decide nonetheless to come in early this morning to get my
blood work and ultrasound. I doubt
they’ll refuse to test me…
At this
point, I’m able to manage my panic attacks and start taking this whole process
more in stride.
The medical
office is packed – I’ve never seen that many people there before. It’s like a factory: they call
someone’s name, she get her blood drawn up, gets an ultrasound, and is given a
piece of paper to bring to the front desk to be dispensed. Wow, a real windmill.
My arms are
starting to look like track work, and I alternate the draw to the arm that has
fewer red welts on it.
Today, the
ultrasound is very uncomfortable and I let the nurse know. She says “that’s kind of normal. At this stage, your two ovaries which
are usually the size of almonds are now the size of grapefruits”. So the rest of the day, I imagine
large, squishy/soft grapefruits on either side of my bellybutton just jiggling
as I walk around, lie down, put the laptop on my lap… And I feel infinitely more uncomfortable with the image and
the cramping feeling.
Before I
leave the office, I just assume I’ll have another appointment the next day and
make an appointment with the front desk automatically.
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