CD 2: Owwwww

I went to the clinic today for my baseline U/S and bloodwork. I had a thirty-something millimeter sized ovarian cyst on the left side. We already knew I had a cyst there, but it had grown since the last ultrasound.

So he tried to aspirate me on the table. No anesthesia. But it was just too painful to have forceps, an ultrasound wand, and the needle holder all crammed in there. I was recoiling in pain. He said that he felt we should do this under anesthesia. Yep. I quickly agreed ("Just get that stuff out of me already"). So I went and busied myself for 2 hours while the anesthesiologist showed up for the day's retrievals.

It was a fast procedure but I feel a bit torn up down there. I have clear vaginal tears, both inside and out. They burn. Owww. My skin is thinner down there with age, so tearing happens more often, but this just smarts.

So I'm riding the couch tonight. Got a few movies on the DVR and I'll just drink my nettle tea and cozy down with the cats. I start taking femara today (5mg/night) and on Sunday the Gonal-F starts. Following Friday I do an intralipid infusion after my first monitoring ultrasound and then we inch closer toward retrieval.

But the good news I've saved for last.

The results of my baseline U/S showed 9 antral follicles. 4 on the left (where the cyst was) and 5 on my crappy right ovary that had all the endometrioas (that were removed by needle aspiration/sclerotherapy in December).

9 is amazing for someone my age (45). I think he might have been looking at the same ovary twice though: my ovaries tend to get stuck next to each other behind my uterus. It wouldn't be the first time someone did this.

But even if there are only 4 or 5, it's still not that bad.

My vote's for the 9 though. :-)