May 2011
37 posts
Total abdominal hysterectomy scheduled for July.
If I hear one more person say “you’ll be happy when it’s over” I’ll scream. I’ll never be happy that I’m infertile, but I will learn to deal with it. Big difference.
Trying to be Positive
Last week I met with my Endocrinologist, Dr. L to hear my final options in a desperate attempt to find something that would get my ovaries working. He informed me that sometimes a breast cancer treatment for post-menopausal women can be used as an off-label treatment for infertility. This wonder-drug is called Femara. Now, how this study got linked between post-menopausal women and fertility is...
Wishing gets you no where.
If the trials and tribulations of being infertile and trying to have a child is half as hard as actually being a parent - then I think I’m on my way to developing the endurance for “Mother of the Year.”
I honestly don’t know how horrible pain gets worse and I still (barely) sustain my life, but somehow I do. After (while?) suffering from Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome...
“You never fail until you stop trying.”
– Albert Einstein (via kari-shma)
“There comes a time when every life goes off course. In this desperate moment you...”
– Lucas Scott, One Tree Hill (via creatingaquietmind)
If you haven't been to tomhaverfoods.com and watch...
“I hadn’t realized how much I’d been needing to meet someone I might be able to...”
– Elizabeth Berg
Target of an Attack
On Saturday I was at Target with my Mom and fell victim to the first of (I’m sure) many accidental “attacks.” I’ll explain. While spend gobs of money I shouldn’t on all of the other things you just have to have at Target, I picked up an ovulation kit. After the hyperstimulation, I promised myself that I would give up and not buy the expensive tests. I caved. And when...
