Thursday, April 23, 2009

Bloodwork and first ultrasound

After my Lupron period began, I was instructed by my coordinator to come into the clinic two days later for bloodwork and my first ultrasound. 

I was at the clinic this morning for my appointment to determine how my body is responding to the Lurpon and determine when to start the next injections, Follistim. They also did a second round of bloodwork and a urine sample for STD screening. I just heard from my coordinator and she instructed me to decrease my Lupron injections to 5 units and start my Follistim injections two days later. I will be taking 5 units of Lupron (just a tiny bit)  for the remainder of this cycle and 175 IU of Follistim, starting on Saturday. I will do these injections this at same time at night before I go to bed. I go back to the clinic on Tuesday morning for bloodwork and another ultrasound. The reason for the monitoring is to make sure that my follicles are progressing and my ovaries are not being overstimulated.

I have felt pretty much normal these past few days on 20 units of Lupron. The only side effects that I am experiencing are a few heat flashes and some trouble sleeping through the night.

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