Days 1-3

Well this cycle is off to a crazy start and I'm already behind with blogging. Tuesday morning I went it for my baseline blood work and ultrasound. Later that morning, I drove to Waltham for acupuncture. On the way home, I got rear ended by a semi-truck on the freeway. Seriously. I am ok, just very stiff and sore with primarily back and now rib pain. I had been stuck in stop-and-go traffic for almost an hour. Things started to pick up once we were past the work site, but then suddenly the cars in front of me stopped. I had to brake hard and fast and I honestly thought I was going to hit the car in front of me. I looked in my rear-view mirror just in time to see a black semi approaching at what I knew was much too fast and before I could do anything else, he had hit me and I was spinning across the road. Luckily, I didn't hit anyone or anything else (seriously a miracle). I was very shaken up and I never want to feel that kind of adrenaline again. I was able to pull my car over to the safety of the side of the road and then the driver of the truck came over and started yelling at me. This does not give me a lot of confidence about the way things are going to go. Hopefully it isn't too long of a process to get everything taken care of, but I don't have high hopes.

Anyway, my first fear was that this was going to interfere with my cycle. My nurse actually called while I was waiting for the ambulance and tow truck (yes, I went to the hospital to get checked out). She told me everything looked good from my baseline and that I was good to start stims that night. I told her I had been in an accident and asked her if I could still start. She said yes since my injuries don't require heavy pain killers or surgery or anything like that. I'm now more worried about how the stress of all this might effect the outcome of my cycle. I'm trying to chill out and not stress, but of course that is easier said than done. It doesn't help that it is ridiculously hot here and there is little relief. One silver lining is that the rental car has excellent AC.

I had my first ultrasound and blood work after starting stims today, and not much is happening since baseline. I have 5-10 small follicles (less than 12mm) on the left and then just one 12mm follicle on the right, so it seems all the action is going to be on the left this time.

My next ultra sound and blood draw is Sunday morning, and I will have stimmed for 3 more days at that point, so hopefully something more exciting will be happening by then. I also have acupuncture that day too. I also think I might find somewhere to get a massage to help with my back pain and help me with some stress relief too.

Join me in mourning the (most likely) loss of our little blue Subaru (we haven't heard yet if it will be totaled, but that is my best guess).

So sad