Saturday, January 19, 2013

Prep for Monday

Tonight is my last shot. I must take it at exactly 930pm. No ifs ands or buts.
Sunday night I will take Dramamine at bedtime along with my first dose of the zpack. Then Monday at 730 ill take another does of Dramamine and sit and wait and probably find some sort of busy work to take my mind of things. 
Monday is the big day. I am to arrive at 9am and will get prepped for surgery. I will be put under at 930am. I know I will not be under for very long because I have 8 follicles that they think are a good size for retrieval. The good thing is that the ultrasound is 2D so there is a possibility that there are a couple more hiding there. Thank goodness! The rate of retrieval is about 70% and from there about a third will actually be viable. I am praying that my percentage and numbers are higher than that. Considering I was on the max dose the whole time and that things will only go downhill with age, this is the best its going to be ever.
I typically like to read up about this through blogs and the internet but my prognosis is very very different from most people that I read about. Most people I know or have read about have 20-30 retrieved and are able to freeze about 8 or so. So reading about other people is not what I want to do right now. My emotions are so crazy right now. I could cry at the drop of a pin for no reason at all! (Darn hormones!) I know Monday am will be filled with a lot more emotion and I am going to do my best to keep it together. (Thanks again hormones) I'm not scared about the procedure, I'm scared about the outcome. I fear that with so few follicles, none will survive and grow. This is the last medical resort and with big fat fails every other time, I am trying to be positive and optimistic but also realistic.
Ill keep everyone posted the best I can. We will know Tuesday sometime how many have made it and what day I go in for the final step. My guess is that Ill go in on Thursday but we shall see.

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