Owwwwwwww!

So, I'm home, I've had a bite to eat and am now resting in bed, watching soaps, eating a cupcake with a hot water bottle on my belly.  Ahhhhhh.  Was up off and on all night writhing in pain.  Unfortunately, I kept HB up too, but he was being incredibly sweet and doing what he could to comfort me.  It didn't work, but the effort he put in warmed my heart :) Especially considering he wasn't feeling well either.

I got up around 2 crying my eyes out cuz it hurt so much and was also thinking, man, this is alot to bear for this to not work so it better work! When I spoke to the nurse this morning to report the meds were further aggravating my endo, she made mention of possibly canceling the cycle and I immediately teared up again.  She told me to come in at 9:20 today instead of waiting for my appointment tomorrow.

So, the doc says unfortunately the pain is a positive sign because it means my body is responding to the estrogen, which unfortunately means the endo is responding as well. I usually pop 4 ibuprofens or a vicodin the first couple of days of my period, so the 2 tylenol the nurse told me I could take yesterday weren't doing jack for me, but I didn't want to take anything else unless doc said it was okay.  ANYWAY, the ultrasound showed the 1 follie on my left side measuring 8.5.  It was 6.5 on Sunday. There might be a couple other small ones there that he can't see too well yet.  He couldn't get a great view of the right because of this huge collection of fluid on my belly trapped by post surgical adhesions. He thought it might relieve my pain a bit to drain the fluid so the nurse set up for that.  It's basically the same procedure as the egg retrieval except I was awake when he jabbed the huge ass needle thru my vag. It really didn't hurt, but the force with which he jabbed the needle in was startling and freaked me out.  Drawing out the fluid didn't hurt one bit.  There was a TON of it.  He drained 200ccs!!! My belly felt flatter immediately and I jokingly asked doc if he could do it again when it's time for me to squeeze into my wedding dress. While draining the fluid did help some with pain, vicodin is still necessary and I'm happy as heck now. 

The good news is that draining the fluid did indeed give him a better view of my right ovary where he saw another follie measuring 7.5!!! I know this isn't much, but 2 is better than one! So, I was thrilled about that.  I go back on Thursday for another ultrasound. I told HB I don't care if I still had pain.  I would endure just about anything to make our miracle happen. So, that's the story!  Despite everything, that other follie has me feeling positive again and the vicodin has me able to make it thru the day without screaming in pain.