I didn’t have to get an ultrasound yesterday when I went to see Dr. Z. YAY!
(And I know you’ve just been sitting around, getting a repetitive stress injury hitting refresh, refresh, REFRESH just waiting for an answer to that age-old question: Did Watson’s hoo-ha make an appearance on The Crotch Cam Show recently?? I know you were.)
But since I got my period a couple of days after taking my last BCP, my Cha Cha found herself fully clothed and protected from the evil PROBE. YAY!
And my Estradiol came back at 17. YAY! I am cleared to start the Bravelle and Menopur tonight, and lower the Lupron dose. YAY!
But, I have had the headache from HELL since Saturday night. BOO! I felt so bad yesterday, I was in tears and made BeBop take a day off work to drive me to the doctor’s office, because I felt like absolute crap. BOO!
(I think it’s stopping the BCPs, getting my period and having such a low estrogen level causing this migraine, and I will continue to think that because it means I should start feeling better asap. The alternative, that my migraine is caused by the injectible medications, just doesn’t work for me. For that would mean I might have this headache for the foreseeable future and that just doesn’t cut it for me, you dig?)
I started to feel better this morning. Until I took my first dose of the Medrol, which is a corticosteroid. I am currently shaking like I’ve had fourteen frillion cups of coffee and have taken on the unfortunate appearance of a small, hairless Chihuahua, all quivery and anxious. BOO! (Plus the barking is really bothering my co-workers, but what can you do?)
So, anyway, as far as an update, here you go: I start the Medrol, the anti-biotics and the stims today. I am like a little old lady, with prescription drugs coming out of my ass. I need one of those pill cases that beeps every hour to remind me to take all these frigging pills.
I have my thyroid, Folgard and Omega-3s in the morning, along with the Medrol. And also the anti-biotics but not with these other meds and not with dairy but preferably with food. And then in evening, another dose of the anti-biotics (but again on its own) plus my pre-natal, my Metformin and baby aspirin. And I’m also taking pro-biotics to stave off any ill effects of the anti-biotics. In case you’re keeping track. And by GOD, why wouldn’t you be keeping track of this fascinating series of events?!?
In other news:
Just to make myself crazy (HA! Like that’s a long trip!!) I broke
my no-Googling mandate and did a little looksy on Lupron, the substance
I am injecting directly into my fatty tissue each night.
I found a HI-LARIOUS article about the use of Lupron in avian medicine. YES! You read that right…BIRDS! Those feathered creatures with wings and beaks who fly around and sometimes crap on our newly-washed cars!
According to this article, people (and I’m assuming trained people of some sort, not just random infertiles who run from their homes, needles in hand, jabbing at the local bird population residing in their trees because that would be really disturbing…) use Lupron on birds for a variety of reasons. Reasons including "chronic egg laying (usually seen in cockatiels, just FYI)
to feather destruction to behavioral issues such as biting and
aggressive behavior."
How’s that for irony? Those damn birds get Lupron for chronic egg laying and we have to take it for the exact opposite reason.
Also? I think it’s funny that the birds get treated by Lupron for feather destruction and biting and aggressive behavior, because I personally think the drug has CAUSED these side effects in me! (And sadly, I think BeBop would whole-heartedly agree!)
I also learned that in the avian world, behaviors
such as aggression, regurgitation and inappropriate sexual activities
demonstrated improvement with Lupron…
Hmmmm…I don’t quite know what to make of that. Again, I feel like the Lupron might be causing these side effects in me. The aggression is just worse than usual, I simply cannot go into details about the inappropriate sexual activities here and BeBop would surely agree that lately, my regurgitation problem has gotten worse. It’s really a nightmare to go out to dinner with me, I’ll tell you that.
Our feathered friends also seem to have it easier in the side effects department: The main side effect that has
been reported, states this article, is "mild, brief facial skin flushing in a Scarlet macaw."
Oh poor little Scarlet macaw, waaahhhh…cry, baby, cry! Over a little skin flushing.
Bird, PLEASE!
I’m the one dealing with the migraine, the aggressive biting, the lack of egg laying and let us not forget the regurgitation issue. I can’t wait to see what the next set of meds brings me.
Wish me luck?
OK, call me an old lady. I have one of those daily pill boxes. It just got to be too much to keep track of…
I think your headache will go away once you’ve been on stims a few days… that has been my experience with Lupron.
And I too had the jitters right after starting the steroids… I couldn’t stop cleaning!
i wonder how they define inappropriate sexual behavior in a bird?
and i sort of disagree with you, i suspect it IS deranged infertiles running around sticking needles in birds. or whatever. i’m DYING to shove a needle in my husband’s ass cheek.
oh my word.
admit it…you stuck the needle in the bird. and then bit its feathers off! Poor be-bop is lubron making you hump his leg again?
j/k. you poor thing. migraines suck. hope it goes away very soon.
So, now that you’re on an avian drug can we start referring to you as chick? As in, “hey chick, what’s up?” Or does that sound too much like a guy dressed 80’s attire ala Don Johson in Miami Vice?
p.s. I get migraines that are directly connected to my estrogen level and they are awful. Best of luck and hope you feel better soon
Oh, great. The Lupron is gonna bring back my regurgitation problem??!! And I really thought I’d had that licked. (Pun intended.)
Seriously, I hope the migraine subsides. There’s nothing worse than the severe need to sit in a darkened room with two pillows shoved into your ears because the BREATHING IS TOO LOUD AND MAKES YOUR HEAD HURT WORSE.
When will the next installment of crotch cam take place?
Hopefully, the suppression headache will go away as your estrogen levels start to rise. If they don’t, I am sure your mom could arrange for someone to help you with them. š
Good luck! And I hope the headache goes away soon.
And did you google “birds and [any other medication you’re taking]” after that? Tell me you did. Enquiring minds want to know.
Bea
The headaches are a real bummer. Thankfully I have not had to suffer a migraine, Iām sorry you had to. FYI, birds are not the only animals to get regular injections of lupron. Ferrets are sometimes put on it for adrenal disease, which results in overproduction of sex hormones. The side effects of the sex hormones that usually motivate owners to bring them to see the vet is hair loss and an enlarged vulva!!
I’m so depressed…. I was looking forward to crotch cam report….
Those macaws are just plain wussy!
Your posts always crack me up! So, how would one know if a scarlet macaw had mild facial flushing…Isn’t it already red?
Oh, the hormone-level migraines — ouch! I’m forging through one now (brought on by my period, not shots). I literally feel your pain and hope you can shake it soon.
Have you asked your doc about adding migraine meds to the mix, or are they forbidden? I *heart* imitrex for knocking mine out, but I know a lot of people can’t stand the side-effects.
I just laughed so hard at that post. Thank you!
They could make t-shirts:
“I stuck a bird with a Lupron shot and all I got was this t-shirt”
Poor featherless, sexual deviant birds.
What I want to know is if the birds’ insurance companies cover the Lupron. And if the birds have leftover Lupron, where are they donating it? Gotta get me hands on a little bird Lupron…
Another hilarious post – thank you!! TONS of luck heading your way, stat. Hang in there!
Good luck, you hilarious blogger, you!
oh the migraines, I hate the migraines and am so afraid that the drugs will cause them, reducing me to a dribbling, crying, fetal positioned wreck. I really hope they get better for you. Cause as usual you are scaring the CRAP out of me. š
Good Luck with the meds, with the pill box, with everything Watson sweetie. I am thinking GOOD thoughts for you !!!!