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On April 21, 2010 · 12 Comments · In Adoption, Food, ICLW, Judaism, National Infertility Awareness Week, Premature Ovarian Failure, Thyroid Issues, Travel
Hi there! If you’re stopping by from ICLW, welcome and thanks for visiting. I think most of my pages and tags should be good places to get started to know a little bit more about this blog, but here’s the quick and dirty reader’s digest version with links to relevant blog posts to get you [...]
I call bullshit.
So I got a second opinion about my thyroid & POF last month, and it’s basically the same. Next steps: birth control for hormone replacement therapy, up the thyroid meds. Pretty S.O.P. So I send Dr. G an email asking about whether I need to schedule an appt to get a scrip [...]
Got a second opinion re: thyroid and ovarian function yesterday. This doc basically confirmed everything, and actually told me I was right to trust my instincts about not taking the new 137mcg dose of Synthroid back in December. My sticking to the 125 mcg Levoxyl has paid off, as my numbers already show; he said [...]
This happens every year. I work in higher ed, so January just vanishes. November is also notorious for just disappearing. Work has been crazy. I hate my job, I hate the people I work with… it’s just a challenge to get out of bed every morning, which is extra hard when you live where you [...]
My appointment with Dr. G was a disaster. Despite the dosage increase, symptomatically, I’ve felt the worst I’ve felt so far (horrendous brain fog, lethargy, sleepiness, coldness in hands and feet – the usual). And yet the numbers say the inverse: my TSH was 0.024 – well in the hyperthyroid range. This is apparently common [...]
CD365
On December 21, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Marriage, Milestones, Thyroid Issues, Travel, Women's Empowerment
You read that right: tonight marks Cycle Day 365… it’s officially been a year since the start of my last period. I can’t believe it’s been a whole year already. CDs 1-4 were regular heavy flow and then… nothing. I thought for sure on CD15 I was ovulating – mittelschmerz and everything but alas, [...]
Brief Updates on Life
On December 17, 2009 · 3 Comments · In Adoption, Doctor's Visits, Donor Egg, Family, Good Stuff, Thyroid Issues, Travel
Sitting in the BWI airport, waiting to fly home. Larry’s great-aunt passed away Tuesday and we drove down from MA to NJ Wednesday night and then from NJ to MD for the funeral. I have to be at work tomorrow, so I’m flying back tonight and he’s driving back in the late morning tomorrow. Aunt [...]
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