Wednesday 12/02 (CD1 #1). I decided it was time to call the hospital to start my first Clomiphene cycle...why wait? Still not up to 56 kgs (BMI baseline of 20) but decided to call the hospital anyway. My nurse at GYN Outpatients was really helpful, normally it would be a case of needing to lose weight, so she said "lets just do it" and see what happens. So she faxed a script through to my chemist for me to pick up and start on Friday (CD3).
Later on that day I found out my husbands grandmother passed away. Tickets were booked for Sunday morning Christchurch to Auckland so we could meet Fraser's sister from Sydney there and drive to up to Whangarei to be with the family.
After talking to my mother that night she asked if it was a good idea to be starting this cycle with all of this going on? I said, of course! we will be fine, sooner we start the better.
Thursday (CD2) I called the chemist to confirm the script was ready to be collected and they queried why I had half a tablet for Day 3 to Day 5, I said I suppose that's right? I later on found out later in the month that this was not right, on reflection I should have checked with the hospital.
Friday came, Valentines Day (CD3). As I take Thyroid meds in the morning I opted to start my Clomiphene in the evening, so after I got home from work I took my first half a tablet, so 25mg. Later on that night I definitely started to feel hot and cold, wondering if I had picked up a bug. After doing some packing I decided to go off to bed.
Next morning I got out of bed in a rush as things to get done before we left for Auckland but after getting up I found that I could hardly walk fron lethargy, nausea and dizziness. Great... side effects from meds? bug? wasn't sure, all I knew is I got worse throughout the day and was anxious as I had a 7am flight the next morning (Im a terrible flyer anyway).
I made it to Auckland in once piece, just! after a very nauseating drive to Whangarei I spent the next two nights hardly sleeping due to intense stomach cramps, hot flashes and headaches so bad I could hardly move my eyes or head. I managed to make it through the funeral and family get together.
When it came time to leave Whangarei the following Wednesday I was stoked to be going home, and off the meds, still blaming them for these "side effects" which later I found to be common for alot of women but not that common.
CD10 arrived Friday 21/02. Time for my blood-test. Went in before work as need to get them done before 9am so results will be across to hospital that afternoon. Testing for FSH, Estradoil, etc. Results came in, weren't good, so off next day for another blood-test in the hopes we were too early, and nope, levels dropped again. No ultrasound for me this month, the whole cycle was a bust. Nurse said she was concerned my dose wasn't right and she would check with GYN, lets get it sorted and try again next month. I counted out my 30 day cycle and realised that cycle would be just before my 34th birthday.
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