Finally I have moved on to the next cycle. AF arrived on Saturday making the previous cycle almost 60days long. I went in for my day 3 baseline ultrasound and blood tests. Everything looked normal at the ultrasound. I have 12 follicles on the right ovary and 24 on the left. With PCOS I guess having so many follicles is normal. I get my blood test results tomorrow and if everything is normal then I start Femara on Wednesday.
I get to take 2 of the 2.5mg tablets during CD5 - CD11 and go back for ultrasound on CD12. Only the ultrasound will decide if I have to continue taking the tablets. I think 5mg is the maximum dosage available so if I don't respond to this then we move on to injectables.
I also need to get an endoscopic sinus surgery done. Lately my sinus problems have gotten worse and the doctor I saw 2 weeks ago strongly recommended surgery. He said that it would be an 1 hr outpatient procedure and I would be asleep for it. He said recovery is about one weeks time and I can get back to work after that. Me and my husband are thinking that this week would be a good time to get it done. I have a few concerns though.
1. Will Femara affect my surgery?
2. If I ended up ovulating next week on time (CD14- Aug29) then I will not be able to take painkillers for a week after the surgery. (Honestly I don't think that I will ovulate that early)
3. Will my body not respond to Femara because it would be in trauma?
I so badly want to get the surgery out of the way as I need it badly and I cannot get it done if I get pregnant. Even though I am terrified about this procedure and pain, I am more worried about how it will affect my cycle. It is very frustrating that every aspect of our lives are revolving around IF and even making simple decisions get so complicated. I am waiting to hear back from my sinus doctor to see if they can squeeze me in this week.
2 comments:
I'm so glad af finally appeared so you can move on to the next cycle.
I hear you with IF forcing everything else in our lives to revolve around it. I really need to go to the dentist to have a deep gum cleaning- they can't do it while I'm pregnant, and I keep having trouble scheduling it because I don't want to mess up my cycles. Gah!
Good luck with the surgery- hopefully if you get it done early it won't have any impact on ovulation even if it could (I think the drugs pretty much force our bodies to go).
Thanks for your thoughts on my blog. I am leaning towards going ahead and crossing the selective reduction bridge if/when we get there, but it is still worrying.
Good luck- I hope this cycle (if nothing else) is a much shorter one!
I have no idea the answer to your surgery, but I'd defer to the specialist. If they say it's ok - then go for it.
I'm glad you're finally on CD 4!!
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