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Mother to an angel
Unexplained infertility
Chronic Pain Sufferer
Multiple herniated discs
Fibromyalgia patient
and now.... Sufferer of a pinched rotator cuff!
Wow, I love collecting things, but NOT labels!
I have neck and shoulder pain often as part of my "normal" state of being. On Monday, my shoulder was hurting and aching, Tuesday as well. On Wednesday, I had to lay on my stomach to get my acupuncture done and my shoulder was throbbing and my hand and arm went numb upto my elbow. I pointed this out to my therapist and she asked me to raise my hand up, lower it, push against her in various directions and then she gave me another label. Great! This obviously won't kill me, but I need to take it easy, ice it and hopefully it will loosen up on its own.
The crappy part, from what I've read, is that this can be a recurrent issue that I may have to deal with on and off. Also, the fact that my mom has pain in the same shoulder also scares me a bit, that perhaps this is also a hereditary 'weakness' if you will. My mom is at the point that trigger point injections don't help much. It's all scary to me as I seem to have many of my mom's illnesses, but about 15 years before hers developed! I worry what I will look/feel like in 20 years, but I also worry whether I will pass on these nasties to any future children. So much worrying....
...And I'm clearly well into the 2ww. This was our FIRST Clomid cycle! I was fine while taking the meds, but at ovulation time my abdomen swelled up so much that I already looked 3 months pregnant [I wish!] and gained about 8lbs in water weight. A few days before and after ovulation, my lower abdomen around the ovaries was so painful I had trouble sitting down, sneezing or heaven forbid passing gas...yes, I know TMI... this calmed down a few days later and now I just get the occasional twinge. My stomach swelling is almost gone and I've lost 5lbs in water weight already, the rest I'm sure is chocolate and cookie weight! I'm on day 20 today and can't wait to test - I pray each night and am so hopeful that Clomid was the answer to our problems.
Have you had any strange symptoms while on Clomid? Did it work for you?
So sorry about the additional label. ((HUGS))
ReplyDeletePraying the clomid works for you. I actually don't know anything about it.
Hi Joanna!
ReplyDeleteSorry to read about yet another label! Hope that the shoulder pain doesn't become worse. I am still struggling with my chronic plantar fasciitis. After 6-weeks in a foot cast, about the same number of weeks in PT I still have chronic foot pain. I feel 90 some days. :(
Anyway, with regard to Clomid, tried it, but it didn't work for us. BUT, we discovered AFTER THE FACT that the problem wasn't me, but rather hubby. I could have had 20 eggs in there, but with very few healthy sperm, the Clomid wasn't enough to help. BUT...I do know of a gal who suffered from male-factor infertility and they were the 1-in-whatever couple that the Clomid worked for. So...I guess it's up to God's timing!
Good luck the 2WW is awful!
Blessings,
Valerie
Thanks Debby!
ReplyDeleteValerie - that's terrible about your foot. I can totally relate! Especially the 90 part :-) Thanks for the Clomid info - I'm praying that it will work for us, now I'm just dying to test!
I came over from Laurie's blog to say hi. I used to blog, but closed mine out as I am going through a divorce and don't want the enemy to read it. lol.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry for all your pain. I read your mother's day post and it brought tears to my eyes.
My son and daughter-in-law have done invitro
4 or 5 times and finally had a healthy boy. They tried again for a second child but it didn't happen and they are done trying now. I pray that you are successful.
Hi Ginger, Thanks so much for your kind words. I'm so sorry to hear about your divorce, that's so painful to have your most trusted friend become an enemy - you have my sympathy. Thank you for your prayers, I really appreciate it!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to see that my other comments have disappeared :-(
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