This morning started with me waking up to a strong impression that I should get a hold of an old friend. Funny things is, I haven't heard from her since she was married. I also have no contact number or address...besides her mom's address and I don't think her mom really like me at the moment for some reason.
Anyways, after I got right out of bed, the Dr. office asked if I wanted to reschedule to an early time like 11:30 or noon. So I picked 11:30. I let Logan know considering that he was going with me to the appointment. We got there and got to business.
Dr. Wheeler said that my thyroid is better than it has been for a long time but than again she is confused to why my thyroid not going down. So she started to talk to us about iodine replacement therapy for my thyroid. She thinks that there is a possibility that I am low on iodine. I guess iodine helps the thyroid in a way but I am not sure how yet. More studying for me! She wants me to start taking iodine once a day (just a drop...I guess a drop has 500mg of iodine in it...) and she wants me to go on the gluten-free diet (for 3 months) and see if I have a gluten problem. She said that gluten problems and infertility are common together. I don't know if that's true but whatever. I am willing to try about anything natural over western medicine. She also having me read up on the iodine therapy from a Dr. Brownstein.
After she talked about that, Logan and I asked about the low progesterone. At first, she was a little confused to the reason why we was asking about it until we told her what we found out. She than started asking me questions about my cycle. Come to find out that she did know everything that was going on with my cycles (every pcos woman symptoms are different and no one is the same). So we (Logan and I) talked more about the symptoms and what the natural progesterone cream can do for me. From the appointment, it sounded like she didn't even considered that I am be low in progesterone but now she is wondering if I am low in both estrogen and progesterone. She is willing to try the NPC if I am low on progesterone.
So now we are looking at 2 things: 1) We need to figured out if the problem is hormonal or just my thyroid or both and 2) get me off of all the medicines due to the fact I have a hard time with them.
The funniest part about the appointment today was when I told her about what Dr. Leavitt was planning on doing. She was so annoyed with him. She told me not to even worry about going back for a while. She wants to get down the problem sooner than later and Dr. Leavitt was just starting at the beginning which I have already done.
Later Logan and I went to the public library and checked out some books on gluten-free diet and meals along with one on progesterone. We also ordered some books that we wasn't able to get at the library. We will be getting those books next Tuesday. Logan and I both think that we are heading in the right direction and that soon we will figure out what is the really problem behind everything that's going on.
My next appointment is on May 9th. Before than I have to get a lot of blood test done. One is to check my thyroid levels (like normal), one to check to see if my thyroid is being attacked by my body, and one for checking my progesterone level.
Lots is going on. I just hope it's figured out soon!
Friday, March 29, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Treatment Plan
I know I haven't been up to date with my health conditions and fertility treatment. Well, for round 3 of clomid was a no and along with round 4. Here I am about to start round 5 and I have a feeling that it won't work either. Well, let's just say I can tell you it's not working for me. Every since I started the Metformin again I can't sleep hardly at all...I have no energy to do anything. As for the Provera (which induces my period) has made very period since on it 10 times worst. I always get really bad back pain...like when you get before a miscarriage and most days it won't go away until my period stops. As far as I know the Clomid is working but side effects. I get heat flashes, headaches and more things. I am tired of medicine and how they only take care of symptoms instead of the actually problem and always making me sick in someway.
So I have decided to go back to Dr. Wheeler and let her know that I just want to start over. I want to go back to the beginning of my beginning treatment plan that I had gotten pregnant on. Well, most of it. I don't want to be on any medicine anymore unless it is a huge need. I have already been working on my eating habits. I am been lacking in the department of exercising due to the fact that I have a lot of stress on me right now and we don't really have the money to do what I was doing.
I also want to try out natural progesterone cream...I think that my body isn't producing enough of progesterone (it is the hormone that helps you have your period, release your egg during ovulation and maintain pregnancy). I looked up about low progesterone and it symptoms and I have about 3/4 of what the list had to say. It is also common that after you get pregnant and have the child hormones get better and fix themselves. In a way it will be annoying that this is all I have to do. So here is what I want or need to do for the next two to three months.
1. I have an appointment with Dr. Wheeler on the 4th. She wants to talk about what the specialist has decided to do and I want to do to talk her about my decision. I will probably also ask for a progesterone test to be done. I want to know it that is the cause of everything because it will be easier to fix instead of all these things that I have been doing. Along with trying the NPC (natural progesterone cream), I want to see if there is anything else I can do to help the progesterone levels. I will also talk to her about how I feel about Dr. Leavitt.
2. I do not think I will be going back to Dr. Leavitt. He's very much into prescribing medicine for a problem instead for figuring out what is the problem. Also he said that if the clomid doesn't work that he will probably put me on a pill that helps cancer patients....I don't have cancer. I did not like that at all. I know he is a great guy and doctor but right now I need to know what is causing all these problems and to fix it so I don't have anymore miscarriages (to this date, we don't know if there as been more than the one we know about).
3. If Logan gets a job out at NRF, I will probably go see Amanda's doctor because she is a specialist in hormonal therapy (natural). Amanda has gotten so health from having her with her problem. And I am willing to go see her. I would actually go see her now but she doesn't take insurance and Logan and I do not have enough money to pay for everything that it will cost but I am going to go no matter what happens.
4. Again, if Logan gets the job, I want to do a juicing cleanse and then eat raw food for 21 days. In doing this I am hoping to jump start my body's system naturally and not cause it so much pain anymore. I am hoping that Logan will also do this with me because it's hard to do something like this alone plus it will be great for his health too. If dad is still living with us maybe I can talk him in doing it too. Who knows. I am actually get lucky.
5. For some miracle, if I get pregnant on medicine that I am on now or the NPC than that's great but I will be seeing Amanda's doctor. I am tried of being sick and not being able to control it either.
So pretty much I will eat healthy like I have been, start exercising again no matter what and come off the medicine. I just hope this works because I am going to be an aunt again but I was hoping to have a child before them...and no, it's not Amanda. I am just going to work on getting healthy like I did before. The best part of this all is that Logan is still willing to help and listen to me. He's the best guy friend and husband I will ever have.
So I have decided to go back to Dr. Wheeler and let her know that I just want to start over. I want to go back to the beginning of my beginning treatment plan that I had gotten pregnant on. Well, most of it. I don't want to be on any medicine anymore unless it is a huge need. I have already been working on my eating habits. I am been lacking in the department of exercising due to the fact that I have a lot of stress on me right now and we don't really have the money to do what I was doing.
I also want to try out natural progesterone cream...I think that my body isn't producing enough of progesterone (it is the hormone that helps you have your period, release your egg during ovulation and maintain pregnancy). I looked up about low progesterone and it symptoms and I have about 3/4 of what the list had to say. It is also common that after you get pregnant and have the child hormones get better and fix themselves. In a way it will be annoying that this is all I have to do. So here is what I want or need to do for the next two to three months.
1. I have an appointment with Dr. Wheeler on the 4th. She wants to talk about what the specialist has decided to do and I want to do to talk her about my decision. I will probably also ask for a progesterone test to be done. I want to know it that is the cause of everything because it will be easier to fix instead of all these things that I have been doing. Along with trying the NPC (natural progesterone cream), I want to see if there is anything else I can do to help the progesterone levels. I will also talk to her about how I feel about Dr. Leavitt.
2. I do not think I will be going back to Dr. Leavitt. He's very much into prescribing medicine for a problem instead for figuring out what is the problem. Also he said that if the clomid doesn't work that he will probably put me on a pill that helps cancer patients....I don't have cancer. I did not like that at all. I know he is a great guy and doctor but right now I need to know what is causing all these problems and to fix it so I don't have anymore miscarriages (to this date, we don't know if there as been more than the one we know about).
3. If Logan gets a job out at NRF, I will probably go see Amanda's doctor because she is a specialist in hormonal therapy (natural). Amanda has gotten so health from having her with her problem. And I am willing to go see her. I would actually go see her now but she doesn't take insurance and Logan and I do not have enough money to pay for everything that it will cost but I am going to go no matter what happens.
4. Again, if Logan gets the job, I want to do a juicing cleanse and then eat raw food for 21 days. In doing this I am hoping to jump start my body's system naturally and not cause it so much pain anymore. I am hoping that Logan will also do this with me because it's hard to do something like this alone plus it will be great for his health too. If dad is still living with us maybe I can talk him in doing it too. Who knows. I am actually get lucky.
5. For some miracle, if I get pregnant on medicine that I am on now or the NPC than that's great but I will be seeing Amanda's doctor. I am tried of being sick and not being able to control it either.
So pretty much I will eat healthy like I have been, start exercising again no matter what and come off the medicine. I just hope this works because I am going to be an aunt again but I was hoping to have a child before them...and no, it's not Amanda. I am just going to work on getting healthy like I did before. The best part of this all is that Logan is still willing to help and listen to me. He's the best guy friend and husband I will ever have.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
What's New with Logan and I
This post won't be long but I thought I would let you know how things are going for Logan and his job search and school. I've kind of been not doing much due to the suspend of him and how well he is going to do.
Logan is positive on that he will be graduating this semester. There was a chance that he wasn't gong to be able to but now he will. He has been working his butt off to graduate. I would be doing the same thing. He says that he may be able to finish his thesis her at the end of March but if not he will have to have it done by April 10 because he has to finish editing it and what-not before you shows it to the professors. He's at 200 pages and it is looking like he may finish with 250+.
As for his job searching...he has one interview on March 6 which last all day long because it's at NRF at the INL. He has also applied multiple times at the site too but since the INL is laying people off he started to look else where. We are so hoping that he gets this job. The pay is good and we gett great benefits which we really could use right now. Anyway, he has applied at many jobs and only gotten two reply back and that was in Pullman and it was a no and the interview that he has this coming Wednesday.
As for Logan, all he has been doing is pretty much school, homework, thesis, eating and sleeping. Yep...that's all he does. I really wish it wasn't truth but it is. I just hoping this passing soon because things need to be done and I need his help on somethings.
As for me, I am looking into photography school or online classes for it. I also plan on talking to someone I know about it and seeing what the best option is for me. I am hoping that it would be better not to go get another degree and if it is I may just take online class at eitc for cheap. I am also looking into working a little here and there so that Logan doesn't have worry as much about money and can have more time for thesis. I also have some wedding cakes to do this year. Here in a month I will have one and than 3 weeks later I have another one to make.
As now that's what's going on with us...nothing much right now. Here in a month I will be able to post more on how things are going for us and if Logan got that job at the INL. Also on the cakes, mom moving to her new house and getting ready for Italy.
Logan is positive on that he will be graduating this semester. There was a chance that he wasn't gong to be able to but now he will. He has been working his butt off to graduate. I would be doing the same thing. He says that he may be able to finish his thesis her at the end of March but if not he will have to have it done by April 10 because he has to finish editing it and what-not before you shows it to the professors. He's at 200 pages and it is looking like he may finish with 250+.
As for his job searching...he has one interview on March 6 which last all day long because it's at NRF at the INL. He has also applied multiple times at the site too but since the INL is laying people off he started to look else where. We are so hoping that he gets this job. The pay is good and we gett great benefits which we really could use right now. Anyway, he has applied at many jobs and only gotten two reply back and that was in Pullman and it was a no and the interview that he has this coming Wednesday.
As for Logan, all he has been doing is pretty much school, homework, thesis, eating and sleeping. Yep...that's all he does. I really wish it wasn't truth but it is. I just hoping this passing soon because things need to be done and I need his help on somethings.
As for me, I am looking into photography school or online classes for it. I also plan on talking to someone I know about it and seeing what the best option is for me. I am hoping that it would be better not to go get another degree and if it is I may just take online class at eitc for cheap. I am also looking into working a little here and there so that Logan doesn't have worry as much about money and can have more time for thesis. I also have some wedding cakes to do this year. Here in a month I will have one and than 3 weeks later I have another one to make.
As now that's what's going on with us...nothing much right now. Here in a month I will be able to post more on how things are going for us and if Logan got that job at the INL. Also on the cakes, mom moving to her new house and getting ready for Italy.
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