Ok so.....I will take the last pill of my first cycle of Clomid in the morning. I'm charting basal body temperature and have the ovulation predictor ready. (Digital cause I can never ever tell if those 2 lines are different shades of pink...omg really?!?)
The side effects were not too too bad....I was nauseated this weekend....all weekend. I think I may have had a touch of the flu though....I've experienced headaches and some cramping but nothing bad at all. I am on the lowest dosage...so maybe the side effects are worse as the dosage increases? I am hopeful and praying maybe this will be easy...maybe I'll be one of those people who get pregnant on their first cycle of Clomid. Not banking on it but hopeful.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Clomid
I was prescribed Clomid last week at my post-op visit...now I am just waiting for my cycle to return so I can start the Clomid. I am so anxious and excited to get started....of course my cycle decides to be "off" this month. I know it is common after a D&C to not return to a normal cycle for a few weeks but it is so frustrating! I am now 8 days late and assume this month will probably pass me by....I am so beyond ready to get this started!
Scopolomine BEWARE!!!
Ok....so you know how I told you all that I had surgery a few weeks ago....I had very little discomfort from the surgery itself. Let me just tell you what happened to me....
I am not a person who tolerates anesthesia well....I always am super sick and end up throwing up for days after surgery. (I've had about 7 surgeries in my lifetime) I always tell the Anesthesiologist about my nausea after surgery and generally they give me IV Phenergan and am good to go. This time the doctor is like I'm going to put this patch behind your ear and you are to wear it for the next three days. Before I apply it....do you have glaucoma? I was like no...he said are you sure cause this will make you go blind if you have glaucoma. I said no I don't have glaucoma and he placed it behind my right ear. This was Friday afternoon and he told me to take it off Monday night....which is exactly what I did.
I noticed Tuesday morning that my eyes were fully dilated. I could barely see any color in my eyes at all.. It was noticed by a few of my co workers as well. I assumed that it was from the anesthesia or surgery and didn't really worry too much about it. By Thursday my eyes were fully crossed....both of them and dilated most of the time. I called my doctor that performed the surgery and she sent me to the er.
Come to find the patch the Anesthesiologist placed behind my ear is called Scopolomine. It is very potent....causes vision problems....hallucinations...makes the muscles in the eyes weak...which in turn causes them to cross. The emergency room doctor advised that most of the time the worst side effect is inability to urinate for days....then people have to go to the emergency room to have their bladders drained......YIKES!!! I was instructed to wear my glasses not contacts for the next week and as the Scopolomine wore off, my vision would improve. It took a full 2 weeks to see a significant improvement and my left eye still appears to be slightly off. (I am going to see an Opthamologist in a few weeks)
So if any of you have issues with nausea after anesthesia please be careful of this patch. It was not communicated to me that this could impair my vision or my ability to think and rationalize (which is another side effect) I was scared to death that my eyes would stay crossed and that my vision would not improve. I am very thankful that things seem to be almost back to normal. Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks :)
I am not a person who tolerates anesthesia well....I always am super sick and end up throwing up for days after surgery. (I've had about 7 surgeries in my lifetime) I always tell the Anesthesiologist about my nausea after surgery and generally they give me IV Phenergan and am good to go. This time the doctor is like I'm going to put this patch behind your ear and you are to wear it for the next three days. Before I apply it....do you have glaucoma? I was like no...he said are you sure cause this will make you go blind if you have glaucoma. I said no I don't have glaucoma and he placed it behind my right ear. This was Friday afternoon and he told me to take it off Monday night....which is exactly what I did.
I noticed Tuesday morning that my eyes were fully dilated. I could barely see any color in my eyes at all.. It was noticed by a few of my co workers as well. I assumed that it was from the anesthesia or surgery and didn't really worry too much about it. By Thursday my eyes were fully crossed....both of them and dilated most of the time. I called my doctor that performed the surgery and she sent me to the er.
Come to find the patch the Anesthesiologist placed behind my ear is called Scopolomine. It is very potent....causes vision problems....hallucinations...makes the muscles in the eyes weak...which in turn causes them to cross. The emergency room doctor advised that most of the time the worst side effect is inability to urinate for days....then people have to go to the emergency room to have their bladders drained......YIKES!!! I was instructed to wear my glasses not contacts for the next week and as the Scopolomine wore off, my vision would improve. It took a full 2 weeks to see a significant improvement and my left eye still appears to be slightly off. (I am going to see an Opthamologist in a few weeks)
So if any of you have issues with nausea after anesthesia please be careful of this patch. It was not communicated to me that this could impair my vision or my ability to think and rationalize (which is another side effect) I was scared to death that my eyes would stay crossed and that my vision would not improve. I am very thankful that things seem to be almost back to normal. Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks :)
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