Hi everyone
Tiggerlinda - have you had your ET yet?I am sending you baby dust and sticky vibes
Brisvegas - how are you feeling? Nausea and vomitting is one of my big symptoms so my thought are with you!
Writing this has just reminded me of a diagnosis that hugely improved my pain symptoms and nausea about 18 months ago - it is the norm in my daily routine so I don't give it much thought. I was getting a painful spasm in my belly - it caused vomitting and at its worse I started to go grey and black out particularly after I ate (my poor Mum was with me when it first happened). It took about 6 months to be diagnosed as interstitial cystis due to the damage the endo had doen to the outer muscle of my bladder. The solution was quite simple - 10mg of Endep (neurological inhibitor - stops pain messages getting to my brain) and 20-40mg Nexium (reflux meds) every night. I felt better within weeks - if I stop the meds i have nausea/vomitting when I have my AF.
There is a down side - weight gain - but hey I generally feel a lot better. Apparently endep is given to anorexic patients as it helps with weight gain - I found this out later.
Oh - Brisvegas - keep in mind that IVF costs are medicare costs not private health fund (well not mine anyway). The good news is that your first cycle will result in you hitting the medicare threshold and once there you get 80% of your out of pocket costs back. At my clinic you pay the medicare gap up front (about $2200) then at the end of your cycle they send you the tax invoice you use to claim the 80% from medicare. So this cycle has cost me about $450 plus about $110 for a drug. The medicare threshold is per calender year - so if you need more than one cycle you want them in the same calender year to reduce costs. I hope this helps with the $ thoughts.
Yes I have rambled on - trying to keep busy and not think about the 2ww - stick stick stick baby(s)!!
Hugs Clover
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