If you can believe it, I actually left out a part of yesterday’s story… the part where I threw up in a parking lot. Oh yeah, it was a fantastic day, I tell you. I was standing in the store, picking up a work order, when I started feeling ill. Very, very ill. It seemed to take forever to pick up the stuff and get outside, and by then I just wanted to heave. I managed to drive a little ways away before opening the door and throwing up my non-existent breakfast. It felt aweful. I hadn’t even eaten! Only took that…. pill…. oh son of a BITCH. Remember last cycle?? Oh yeah. antibiotics on an empty stomach. IDIOT.

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I told you yesterday… I TOLD you. The urine culture came back negative for bacteria. WTF? Like I said, this has happened before to me. Well, I am feeling better today so I have no clue what was going on with that. But as long as my bladder is relaxing and having a good time then I frankly don’t care.

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Stars be blessed, today was a better day. Not a great day, not by any stretch, but a better day for sure. Yesterday’s injection didn’t swell up nearly as much as the first ones, and my UTI symptoms disappeared. I felt almost human today… other than the fact that I looked completely dishevelled and was drinking cranberry juice all day (which, by the way, I don’t even like).

Plus… well, I think it’s fair to say I’ve been a little emotional the last couple of days. Today, even though I physically felt fine, there were times where I was sitting at my computer wanting to just burst into tears. Why? I have’t a clue!

And then evening rolled around and I got a nice headache.

Seriously, is this how most of you feel during stim cycles? If it is, I am SO SORRY. I know I’ve always felt a little big smug that I was special and never really got any side-effects to any of the drugs I took. Clomid, lupron, follistim… I hear some real horror stories, but nope, nothing of note for me.

And now I am lumpy, red, itchy and weepy. Serves me right.

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More good news is that my E2 level is quite nice, right where it should be. That at least helps reassure me that the menopur is doing something. Will it be too much or too little? Only time will tell. I go in friday for an ultrasound and bloodwork.