I don’t have cancer so that’s something that has at least gone right for me. I am having an MRI tomorrow, however, to check for a mass on my brain. High prolactin levels can be caused by a prolactinoma so they just want to rule that out first. I went private for the endocrinologist – I was able to get an appointment almost immediately and was prescribed (an expensive) medication to help bring down my prolactin levels. I’m in two minds about the MRI since the doctor said it’s unlikely that with my levels, I’d have a mass on my brain and even if I did, the medication I have will be able to shrink it. So this I’m not worried about as between infertility, cancer and a benign adenoma, I’d rather have the adenoma.
Our application for IVF has been submitted to the clinic so now we’re basically waiting to start! They haven’t been in touch yet but I hope they do get in touch this week! Telis and I are going on a much needed holiday at the beginning of April when I’ll be fertile so with my reduced prolactin levels, maybe we’d have one more shot of a natural conception. If not, once we return, we’ll be starting IVF.
I’ve spent most of the year going in and out of hospitals and clinics for one reason or another, I just hope that 2022 will be my last year of medical struggles.
I had my first bad demo at work. The customer hated it. Work have just implemented a new system with lots of changes and it’s still quite buggy so my demo didn’t go to plan and things weren’t working how I would have liked. My Internet connection was pretty shit too and I guess the customer got fed up. It is what it is, but maybe now it’s time to rethink my job and look for a new role. What I need is maternity leave so I can take a break. I should have been pregnant two times over by now. Annoying…
I have a friend called Bailey, we met online on a forum when we both started trying to conceive. We both ended up infertile and became good friends. We’ve met up in real life a few times and she’s become one of my closest friends. I went wedding dress shopping with her! She and I talk everyday and we’ve pretty much had our own parallel journey with trying to make a baby. She recently had laparoscopic surgery to remove a cyst that was near her ovary and had one tube removed, while her other tube is blocked. She’ll also be going through IVF, most likely a few months after me. It’s funny how our lives have overlapped as we both started off excited to get pregnant and then the months went by and neither of us were getting pregnant. In a way, it’s nice we could keep each other company in infertility. She too has rabbits, well she had two, one white and one grey, like I did, but her white one injured her grey one so she rehomed her white rabbit (like I did) and now she’s left with her grey rabbit, while I had an injured and now dead grey rabbit. Haha!
I’ve been trying to find ways to make money. I want a mansion and the only way to get one is if we become rich. I have loads of ideas but the followthrough is poor on my part. Ugh. I just need that killer idea that will make us rich!
My weight loss is still going well. I’ve lost just over 7kg and I’m getting smaller and smaller. I don’t know if I was too fat to get pregnant before but I must be healthy enough for pregnancy now, right? My BMI is 21.7 and I started at 24.2 so that should maybe make a difference to my fertility right? If not, then at least I have the body I want for this holiday and I can wear my crop tops and anything else I wanna.