CD8: Bats in the Bellfry
We went out to a Halloween party last night and got home way too late (3AM) - but the cats don't care about my schedule or how much sleep "I" got the night before and were crawling all over me meowing to high hell for breakfast at 10:15AM.
They woke me at 10:05 or so yesterday, too. It's funny how these little felines' stomachs seem to have a circadian clock of their own?
I fell out of bed to feed them. My pattern is to put the water kettle on for coffee, take my meds, feed the felines, then return to the kitchen to make coffee. I must have been exhausted this morning as I vaguely remember opening the dexamethasone bottle (and seeing a half tab and thinking - "Ah, yes, a half tab from when I downregulated last time.") and pulling one out. I remember opening the adderal bottle and thinking, "Wow, it's so full", and taking one out. I think I remember taking a 3rd pill (my EE2) and then washing them down with water.
After feeding the cats, I returned to the kitchen counter where I keep my meds and vitamins and noticed that my levothyroxin bottle was still on the shelf.
Hmmm....and I can't remember taking 4 pills. So I took one. Then wondered, "Did I really take my EE2 this morning rather than this evening?! Crap."
I couldn't remember if I actually TOOK the EE2 or not this morning. I was simply too exhausted. It's a red pill. I'm pretty sure I took 3 pills at first, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.
So now I'm wondering how disastrous would it be for me to take another 0.02mg EE2 late this evening (midnight?) and then go back to night time for my EE2?
It won't affect my E2 blood values - but it may totally tank my FSH further. Is that a bad thing? I'm not sure what to do here.
Darn.
I guess I need to create a fail safe method for making sure I don't do this again. Maybe just setting them out the night before into separate little dishes will be the trick.
How do you organize your meds so that you don't do silly things like this?
BTW: Here's what I'm doing so far this cycle:
Cycle Meds (Dr. Czech):
0.02mg EE2 (started CD3)
Immune Meds (Dr. Strick@r):
40mg/0.4ml Lovenox (started CD7)
1mg Dexamethasone (started CD7)
50mcg Levothyroxin (Since 2009)
100mg 5-HTP
4 fish oil pills (720mg EPA, 480mg DHA)
Experimental Meds (Dr. Czech):
25mg Adderal (Since July 2010)
Supplements
1 g Calcium / 500mg Magnesium
4000iu D3
800iu Natural E
100mcg Selenium
2500mcg B-12
660mg kelp (400mcg iodine)
CCRM Supplements since June 2010? (I'm not a patient here but Mo had success with this so why not try?):
3mg melatonin
4g Inositol powder
600mg CoQ-10 (think they use 800)
Diet:
100% gluten free
Caffeine free
Mostly dairy free (I'm allergic to casein)
Mostly organic veggies
Occasional wine
Fish, meat, eggs
They woke me at 10:05 or so yesterday, too. It's funny how these little felines' stomachs seem to have a circadian clock of their own?
I fell out of bed to feed them. My pattern is to put the water kettle on for coffee, take my meds, feed the felines, then return to the kitchen to make coffee. I must have been exhausted this morning as I vaguely remember opening the dexamethasone bottle (and seeing a half tab and thinking - "Ah, yes, a half tab from when I downregulated last time.") and pulling one out. I remember opening the adderal bottle and thinking, "Wow, it's so full", and taking one out. I think I remember taking a 3rd pill (my EE2) and then washing them down with water.
After feeding the cats, I returned to the kitchen counter where I keep my meds and vitamins and noticed that my levothyroxin bottle was still on the shelf.
Hmmm....and I can't remember taking 4 pills. So I took one. Then wondered, "Did I really take my EE2 this morning rather than this evening?! Crap."
I couldn't remember if I actually TOOK the EE2 or not this morning. I was simply too exhausted. It's a red pill. I'm pretty sure I took 3 pills at first, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.
So now I'm wondering how disastrous would it be for me to take another 0.02mg EE2 late this evening (midnight?) and then go back to night time for my EE2?
It won't affect my E2 blood values - but it may totally tank my FSH further. Is that a bad thing? I'm not sure what to do here.
Darn.
I guess I need to create a fail safe method for making sure I don't do this again. Maybe just setting them out the night before into separate little dishes will be the trick.
How do you organize your meds so that you don't do silly things like this?
BTW: Here's what I'm doing so far this cycle:
Cycle Meds (Dr. Czech):
0.02mg EE2 (started CD3)
Immune Meds (Dr. Strick@r):
40mg/0.4ml Lovenox (started CD7)
1mg Dexamethasone (started CD7)
50mcg Levothyroxin (Since 2009)
100mg 5-HTP
4 fish oil pills (720mg EPA, 480mg DHA)
Experimental Meds (Dr. Czech):
25mg Adderal (Since July 2010)
Supplements
1 g Calcium / 500mg Magnesium
4000iu D3
800iu Natural E
100mcg Selenium
2500mcg B-12
660mg kelp (400mcg iodine)
CCRM Supplements since June 2010? (I'm not a patient here but Mo had success with this so why not try?):
3mg melatonin
4g Inositol powder
600mg CoQ-10 (think they use 800)
Diet:
100% gluten free
Caffeine free
Mostly dairy free (I'm allergic to casein)
Mostly organic veggies
Occasional wine
Fish, meat, eggs
posted by linda at 11:33 AM
Comments on "CD8: Bats in the Bellfry"
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Brave IVF Girl said ... (2:42 PM) :
post a commentI'm pretty terrible at organizing my meds, and often forget whether I've taken them (especially if it's early morning). A month ago I bought one of those terrible, geriatric-looking pill trays, that break meds down by day/time. And by golly it works.
Hoping that the timing of the EE2 won't make too much of a difference to things.
I agree, the old lady pill things are a lifesaver when you are taking a million drugs. It gets a bit dicey when you have to take them several times a day, but I know some people have an AM tray and a PM tray (or whatever times work for you). Good luck!
I have a 4-boxes per day old lady pill trays. And for the one med I have to take as soon as I wake up, I set it out the night before on my nightstand next to the water bottle (since I snooze after taking it, the only way I know I did is that it's missing. :)