I had a bit of a scare today. I went to the restroom around 11am and found out I was spotting a bit. Considering that I'm supposed to be building up my endometrium lining in preparation of zygote implantation, any loss of blood is bad. I tried not to panic but I did end up calling the nurse and leaving a message for her. Then I went to lunch with my boss.
When I got back from lunch the nurse had left a message. She said that sometimes, patients experience spotting when they go from having really low estrogen levels to really high levels--they get overstimulated and their bodies freak out. She said this was likely the situation with me, considering that my estrogen levels on just Lupron last Tuesday were around 20 but now I've been on 3oo units of FSH for 3 days. I'm thinking to myself, what the heck is my level going to be on Wednesday when I go up for my next battery of tests? 100? 200? Does anyone want to place a bet? It could be fun! What does it need to be at? Ack!!!! Often I have such an out of body experience with this stuff thatI feel like my brain is floating 10 feet above my body, which has become a test subject for a lab, with people hovering over it, taking random samples from it and poking it in places.
No need to worry. Nothing more happened after that brief occurence and I went about my day as normal. I'm really tired right now but don't know if that is due to the sinus infection I've been battling for a while or all the meds I'm on. Sigh. I'm beginning to look forward to spending a week on the couch.
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Yeah, that post about spotting... That was Jessica using my account. I'm most certainly not spotting.
Scary! I'm glad to hear that it's common, though. Aaaaand I'm SO glad that you're going to get a week on the couch - what a welcome reprieve! I'm hoping for some Lego Star Wars time, too. ;) (I'm also glad to hear that Clint is not spotting.)
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