Endometriosis Awareness Month 2015
Today one of the office staff at work asked how I was. We had a nice chat about my endometriosis and me being on the Zoladex injections. I really do not mind people asking about it after all the more we talk about this horrible disease the more people will understand that it is not just painful periods but a life changing disease.
I am sat on the floor surrounded by a mountain of paperwork, every single bit from the hospital and I know I have more somewhere I just have lost it over the years. I am sorting out what could be relevant to the IVF people and what is not. I am having a break at the moment because I have been going through this mountain since 9.00am and it is now 13:10 and I still have more to go through. The folder we brought for IVF and other relevant things is almost full and this is before we start the IVF process, just a small amount of my Endometriosis notes.
My husband is to have his detailed semen analysis tomorrow and then 11 days after that is our initial appointment. Next week I am due my Zoladex injection. I swear that has come round a bit too quickly but I am ready for it. This past week I have had increasing pain in my right side and pelvic area as well as increasing amounts of bloating. The pain has varied between a level 4.5 and going u; to a 6.5. I thought I was not meant to get this level of pain now that I am well into the Zoladex injections. I shall mention this to the nurse if it continues to my injection day. Hopefully this will be my last injection before the IVF starts.
My husband went to his appointment earlier today and asked about my Zoladex injection and the AMH blood test. The nurse that he spoke to said that I should stop the Zoladex injection as it will only delay the process now that we are this far down the line. They have postponed the initial consultation appointment to 20th March 2015 and have given me a date for my pelvic assessment on 17th March 2015. I have to wait for my period to start to have my AMH blood test. I cannot believe how quickly this is all moving now. I just hope that it will not take long before my period to start. Never thought that I would hear myself saying that after the last few months. A week ago I was preparing myself mentally for having my next Zoladex injection this week, but now instead of having my Zoladex I am preparing myself mentally for my pelvic examination next week. In exactly seven days I shall be just getting home after the examination. This is my only day off this week I have 6 days at work then the whole of next week off as Monday and Thursday there is nobody in and Tuesday I have my pelvic examination and because they normally hurt I will need a day to chill so that is what I plan on doing on Wednesday and on Friday we have our initial Consultation.
I am halfway through my 6 day week just 3 more days to go until I am off work for 5 days. I am shattered and sore.
I woke up this morning with a pain level of 7. It has now eased down to a level 5 as the day has gone on.
Not long now until my pelvic examination I am trying to keep myself busy to keep my mind off it. Yes I am looking forward to it because it is one more step closer to starting the IVF, but as each day comes and goes I think more and more about how much it is going to hurt. We have a busy weekend at work this weekend then on Monday I plan to strip the wallpaper in the bathroom. That should keep me busy, during the day anyway but as soon as I put my head on my pillow at night I just think about this pelvic examination. Another thing that keeps going around my head is also that 2 years ago yesterday (11th March 2013) I came out of hospital after 3 weeks of admission. I cannot believe it has been 2 years since my Endometriosis made me the sickest that I have ever been in my life. It seems like only yesterday that I was laying in that hospital bed being violently sick as the nurses inserted a NG tube. Just thinking about it sends a shudder down my spine. I wonder will this strange feeling ever go away? Most of the year I am fine and just get on with it but around this time of year I seem to get flash backs (if you like).
Not long now until Saturday 28th March 2015, the Endometriosis Awareness March in London. I am really looking forward to this. I just hope that my Endometriosis pain keeps at bay for the day.
As I am writing the pain is in my right pelvis and side is starting to creap up again. I wonder id this is because I have not had my Zoladex injection this week. I know that I was supposed to have the injection yesterday but for the past 10 or so days the pain has been slowly creaping up and I was wondering if it is down to the Zoladex injection running out, I just do not know.
I am so excited about starting the IVF. I really cannot wait. And yet at the same time I part of me is scared. Scared of the unknown, scared of how my body is going to react to having my period again which could happen any day now. I am hoping that as I have had 2 months break it will now be as painful. I am scared of having my pelvic examination, I am scared of how my body is going to react to the hormonal drugs that I will have to have. But all the time that I am scared I am also excited and I know that it is worth every moment of it. I shall beat this horrible disease a disease that I would not wish on my worst enemy.
There are so many medical advances these days I know that one day they will find a preventative measure, if not a cure for endometriosis. I just pray that it will be sooner than later and if it is too late for me at least it will not be too late for someone else. The sooner they find a preventative measure or cure the less girls or women that will suffer and go through what I have had to go through.
It is not just me that suffers because of Endometriosis, yes I have the pain, surgeries and infertility. But this disease also affects my husband, my mum, dad, sister and the rest of my family and close friends. I say this because they are the ones that see me go through this and they are always there to support me. People tell me that I am brave and strong going through as much as I have but I am only as strong as the support network around me.
Tomorrow I have my pelvic examination I just want it to be over and done with, get the pain that goes with is out of the way.
One week off work and what happens? I come down with a stinker of a cold. It feels exactly the same as the start of the ‘Woman Flu’ I had last month. I just hope that it does not take hold as much as before.
OH my God some people are just so ignorant! Dolce and Gabbana have really put their foot in it by describing IFV babies as synthetic. The news is stating that their words were:-
“We oppose gay adoptions” “the only family is the traditional one”
As well as offending gay families they criticise IVF and surrogate parents by saying:-
“No chemical offspring and rented uterus life had a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed”.
“You are born to a mother and a father – or at least that’s how it should be, I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Rented uterus, semen chosen from a catalogue”.
This whole thing makes me so ANGRY!!!! Just because they do not have the urge to have a family does not mean that everyone that cannot naturally conceive for some reason or another should not be allowed to. I can guarantee that if we are lucky enough to conceive through our IVF treatment our baby or babies will NOT be synthetic but a real live child that shall not go without love is that not what is important not how the child is conceived but the love that the parents give him or her?
It just makes me so angry the closed-mindedness of some people, just because they do not require treatment for something, whether it be assisted fertilisation, surgery or other medical treatment does not mean that there is no need for that particular treatment. After all if there was no need for it why the money would be spent to create that particular treatment. I hope that you don’t mind me saying all this it is just that I had to get that little moan about the closed-mindedness of some people out, I feel so much better now that I have written it down and not just held in inside me.
Today I have kept myself busy to stop me thinking about my pelvic examination tomorrow. I woke up feeling rough with this cold but still managed to fight against the fatigue and managed to strip the wallpaper in the bathroom. I am glad I was able to do it even though I am shattered and sore. There is nothing more to say other than I hope that at 2.30 pm tomorrow that my pelvic examination goes well and without too much pain.
Well what can I say but I am pleasantly surprised. The pelvic examination was not as bad as previous examinations. Don’t get me wrong it was uncomfortable but it was not painful. The nurse that done the examination said she could see a fair sized cyst on both the right and left ovaries. I explained that I had a cyst on my left ovary drained and deroofed in January. She said that could be what she was seeing as to save the ovary they sometimes leave part of the cyst. She said that she could see several follicles however there may be some hidden behind the cyst.
She also told me that my endometrial lining is thin so when my period does come it should be light. This is all down to the Zoladex.
I thought that I had got away with the pain but this morning I woke up very sore about a level 8. I wonder if this is a sign of my period coming or just where I had my examination yesterday. The nurse said that she will write her report on what she found ready for Friday. I did ask her if what she saw looked OK and she said that it all looked good. Such a relief that the Zoladex has done what it was supposed to do. Let’s just hope that it has not hindered the IVF process.
Not long to go until our initial consultation, on Friday, I am so excited I just wish that I had my AMH blood test beforehand but as of yet I have not come on my period. Hopefully I will come on before Friday so that I can at least have the blood test before the appointment even if it is too late to get the results back to discuss it during the consultation, at least I would have had it done. My pain is creeping up now to level 8.5 around my right lower back, going round to my abdomen down to my pelvis.
I am feeling fed up not only is this pain getting boring but this cold is dragging me down. I am so tired I managed to make it down the stairs and onto the sofa and that is where I have stayed all day. My head feels heavy and it feels like a herd of elephants are sitting on my sinuses. Also my shoulders ache traveling down to my fingertips. It is a good job that I booked this week off. I think that if this pain in my abdomen and pelvic area was not as bad then I am sure that this cold would not be bringing me down as much as it is now.
My endo belly is so big! Instead of being between 75cm and 77cm my stomach is 87cm and it feels like it is getting bigger. This is the biggest bloat that I have measured but not the biggest bloat that I have had. I am going to have a hot bath and see if it eases my pain. I think a facemask may also be in order and this may give me a pick me up.
I cannot believe it I am so excited, so happy word cannot describe how I am feeling right now. I am so shocked at how quickly things are moving. We met the consultant this morning. It just so happened that my consultant was my surgeon back in 2013, and he remembered me. Both my husband and I went into the initial consultation believing that all we were going to do was talk about our results and a possible treatment plan, especially as I had not had my AMH blood test. We were wrong.
Our consultant suggested to not bother about the AMH blood test and to go with the result from the test that Frimley Park Hospital took because of the result. He explained that the machine that tells the results are not as sensitive in Frimley Park Hospital as they are at Nuffield Hospital but he sends his results up to, I think he said, Glasgow because they have more accurate results from their machine. The reason why he is trusting my results is because they are between 2 figures that seem to give similar results at Frimley Park as the other machines. This will save a lot of time because now we do not have to wait for me to come on my period.
Still no sign of my period but the pain is still varying between a level 7 and 8. Hurry up and come so that I can have my AMH blood test.
I am feeling fed up not only is this pain getting boring but this cold is dragging me down. I am so tired I managed to make it down the stairs and onto the sofa and that is where I have stayed all day. My head feels heavy and it feels like a herd of elephants are sitting on my sinuses. Also my shoulders ache traveling down to my fingertips. It is a good job that I booked this week off. I think that if this pain in my abdomen and pelvic area was not as bad then I am sure that this cold would not be bringing me down as much as it is now.
My endo belly is so big! Instead of being between 75cm and 77cm my stomach is 87cm and it feels like it is getting bigger. This is the biggest bloat that I have measured but not the biggest bloat that I have had. I am going to have a hot bath and see if it eases my pain. I think a facemask may also be in order and this may give me a pick me up.
I cannot believe it I am so excited, so happy word cannot describe how I am feeling right now. I am so shocked at how quickly things are moving. We met the consultant this morning. It just so happened that my consultant was my surgeon back in 2013, and he remembered me. Both myself and my husband went into the initial consultation believing that all we were going to do was talk about our results and a possible treatment plan, especially as I had not had my AMH blood test. We were wrong.
Our consultant suggested to not bother about the AMH blood test and to go with the result from the test that Frimley Park Hospital took because of the result. He explained that the machine that tells the results are not as sensitive in Frimley Park Hospital as they are at Nuffield Hospital but he sends his results up to, I think he said, Glasgow because they have more accurate results from their machine. The reason why he is trusting my results is because they are between 2 figures that seem to give similar results at Frimley Park as the other machines. This will save a lot of time because now we do not have to wait for me to come on my period.
He also feels that because of the severity of my Endometriosis it is better that I had a Prostrap injection today and then start talking the drugs to increase my egg production next month. They are hoping to have 8-10 follicles/eggs for retrieval. I really cannot believe it. They cannot see the benefit of waiting any longer than is necessary.
Because of my figure and the severity of my Endometriosis and scaring that it has caused they will only be transferring 1 embryo/blastocyst to reduce the risk of me having a multiple pregnancy as this could be a serious risk of my health let alone a risk to the babies. I am also at risk of getting an infection during the egg retrieval. This is also higher down to the Endometriosis. He told us that since the clinic had opened in 1994 there has only been 3 women that have got this particular infection and all 3 women had very severe Endometriosis. Because of this and my history when they retrieve my eggs whilst I am still under the anaesthetic they will give me some strong anti-biotics just in case.
I asked about what would happen with the cysts and he told me that normally he would drain them whilst doing the egg retrieval.
After seeing the consultant we went back to see the nurse where she done some more blood tests and gave me mu Prostrap injection in my stomach. My veins were not playing game and the nurse had to get someone else to try and get some blood from my arm instead.
We also made our following appointments:-
Tuesday 14th April 2015 at 8.00am – We have our implications appointment which lasts about 2-2 ½ hours.
Wednesday 15th April 2015 – I shall be having another internal scan.
Thursday 16th April 2015 – I start the drugs.
All going well then my egg retrieval should happen on Wednesday 29th April 2015 and the egg transfer should be either Friday 1st May 2015 or Monday 4th May 2015this is all so exciting I really was not expecting it to happen so quickly.
The Endo March 2015 in London was great. There was an amazing turnout. 300 people had registered for the march. We walked past number 10 Downing Street and the houses of parliament and into Trafalgar Square. Several people asked us what the march was for and I told them that it was to raise awareness for endometriosis and explained what it is. we were given leaflets to give to people. I am not the only one that was asked about what the march was for. This is great and done what it is meant to do – raise awareness about this evil disease.
This is the second march in London and the second march that I have attended. The weather was a bit colder than last year but that did not matter once we started walking and with the warm friendly atmosphere. It is really nice to talk to other women and their supporters that are affected some way or another with the effects of Endometriosis.
I am sat on the floor surrounded by a mountain of paperwork, every single bit from the hospital and I know I have more somewhere I just have lost it over the years. I am sorting out what could be relevant to the IVF people and what is not. I am having a break at the moment because I have been going through this mountain since 9.00am and it is now 13:10 and I still have more to go through. The folder we brought for IVF and other relevant things is almost full and this is before we start the IVF process, just a small amount of my Endometriosis notes.
My husband is to have his detailed semen analysis tomorrow and then 11 days after that is our initial appointment. Next week I am due my Zoladex injection. I swear that has come round a bit too quickly but I am ready for it. This past week I have had increasing pain in my right side and pelvic area as well as increasing amounts of bloating. The pain has varied between a level 4.5 and going u; to a 6.5. I thought I was not meant to get this level of pain now that I am well into the Zoladex injections. I shall mention this to the nurse if it continues to my injection day. Hopefully this will be my last injection before the IVF starts.
My husband went to his appointment earlier today and asked about my Zoladex injection and the AMH blood test. The nurse that he spoke to said that I should stop the Zoladex injection as it will only delay the process now that we are this far down the line. They have postponed the initial consultation appointment to 20th March 2015 and have given me a date for my pelvic assessment on 17th March 2015. I have to wait for my period to start to have my AMH blood test. I cannot believe how quickly this is all moving now. I just hope that it will not take long before my period to start. Never thought that I would hear myself saying that after the last few months. A week ago I was preparing myself mentally for having my next Zoladex injection this week, but now instead of having my Zoladex I am preparing myself mentally for my pelvic examination next week. In exactly seven days I shall be just getting home after the examination. This is my only day off this week I have 6 days at work then the whole of next week off as Monday and Thursday there is nobody in and Tuesday I have my pelvic examination and because they normally hurt I will need a day to chill so that is what I plan on doing on Wednesday and on Friday we have our initial Consultation.
I am halfway through my 6 day week just 3 more days to go until I am off work for 5 days. I am shattered and sore.
I woke up this morning with a pain level of 7. It has now eased down to a level 5 as the day has gone on.
Not long now until my pelvic examination I am trying to keep myself busy to keep my mind off it. Yes I am looking forward to it because it is one more step closer to starting the IVF, but as each day comes and goes I think more and more about how much it is going to hurt. We have a busy weekend at work this weekend then on Monday I plan to strip the wallpaper in the bathroom. That should keep me busy, during the day anyway but as soon as I put my head on my pillow at night I just think about this pelvic examination. Another thing that keeps going around my head is also that 2 years ago yesterday (11th March 2013) I came out of hospital after 3 weeks of admission. I cannot believe it has been 2 years since my Endometriosis made me the sickest that I have ever been in my life. It seems like only yesterday that I was laying in that hospital bed being violently sick as the nurses inserted a NG tube. Just thinking about it sends a shudder down my spine. I wonder will this strange feeling ever go away? Most of the year I am fine and just get on with it but around this time of year I seem to get flash backs (if you like).
Not long now until Saturday 28th March 2015, the Endometriosis Awareness March in London. I am really looking forward to this. I just hope that my Endometriosis pain keeps at bay for the day.
As I am writing the pain is in my right pelvis and side is starting to creap up again. I wonder id this is because I have not had my Zoladex injection this week. I know that I was supposed to have the injection yesterday but for the past 10 or so days the pain has been slowly creaping up and I was wondering if it is down to the Zoladex injection running out, I just do not know.
I am so excited about starting the IVF. I really cannot wait. And yet at the same time I part of me is scared. Scared of the unknown, scared of how my body is going to react to having my period again which could happen any day now. I am hoping that as I have had 2 months break it will now be as painful. I am scared of having my pelvic examination, I am scared of how my body is going to react to the hormonal drugs that I will have to have. But all the time that I am scared I am also excited and I know that it is worth every moment of it. I shall beat this horrible disease a disease that I would not wish on my worst enemy.
There are so many medical advances these days I know that one day they will find a preventative measure, if not a cure for endometriosis. I just pray that it will be sooner than later and if it is too late for me at least it will not be too late for someone else. The sooner they find a preventative measure or cure the less girls or women that will suffer and go through what I have had to go through.
It is not just me that suffers because of Endometriosis, yes I have the pain, surgeries and infertility. But this disease also affects my husband, my mum, dad, sister and the rest of my family and close friends. I say this because they are the ones that see me go through this and they are always there to support me. People tell me that I am brave and strong going through as much as I have but I am only as strong as the support network around me.
Tomorrow I have my pelvic examination I just want it to be over and done with, get the pain that goes with is out of the way.
One week off work and what happens? I come down with a stinker of a cold. It feels exactly the same as the start of the ‘Woman Flu’ I had last month. I just hope that it does not take hold as much as before.
OH my God some people are just so ignorant! Dolce and Gabbana have really put their foot in it by describing IFV babies as synthetic. The news is stating that their words were:-
“We oppose gay adoptions” “the only family is the traditional one”
As well as offending gay families they criticise IVF and surrogate parents by saying:-
“No chemical offspring and rented uterus life had a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed”.
“You are born to a mother and a father – or at least that’s how it should be, I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Rented uterus, semen chosen from a catalogue”.
This whole thing makes me so ANGRY!!!! Just because they do not have the urge to have a family does not mean that everyone that cannot naturally conceive for some reason or another should not be allowed to. I can guarantee that if we are lucky enough to conceive through our IVF treatment our baby or babies will NOT be synthetic but a real live child that shall not go without love is that not what is important not how the child is conceived but the love that the parents give him or her?
It just makes me so angry the closed-mindedness of some people, just because they do not require treatment for something, whether it be assisted fertilisation, surgery or other medical treatment does not mean that there is no need for that particular treatment. After all if there was no need for it why the money would be spent to create that particular treatment. I hope that you don’t mind me saying all this it is just that I had to get that little moan about the closed-mindedness of some people out, I feel so much better now that I have written it down and not just held in inside me.
Today I have kept myself busy to stop me thinking about my pelvic examination tomorrow. I woke up feeling rough with this cold but still managed to fight against the fatigue and managed to strip the wallpaper in the bathroom. I am glad I was able to do it even though I am shattered and sore. There is nothing more to say other than I hope that at 2.30 pm tomorrow that my pelvic examination goes well and without too much pain.
Well what can I say but I am pleasantly surprised. The pelvic examination was not as bad as previous examinations. Don’t get me wrong it was uncomfortable but it was not painful. The nurse that done the examination said she could see a fair sized cyst on both the right and left ovaries. I explained that I had a cyst on my left ovary drained and deroofed in January. She said that could be what she was seeing as to save the ovary they sometimes leave part of the cyst. She said that she could see several follicles however there may be some hidden behind the cyst.
She also told me that my endometrial lining is thin so when my period does come it should be light. This is all down to the Zoladex.
I thought that I had got away with the pain but this morning I woke up very sore about a level 8. I wonder if this is a sign of my period coming or just where I had my examination yesterday. The nurse said that she will write her report on what she found ready for Friday. I did ask her if what she saw looked OK and she said that it all looked good. Such a relief that the Zoladex has done what it was supposed to do. Let’s just hope that it has not hindered the IVF process.
Not long to go until our initial consultation, on Friday, I am so excited I just wish that I had my AMH blood test beforehand but as of yet I have not come on my period. Hopefully I will come on before Friday so that I can at least have the blood test before the appointment even if it is too late to get the results back to discuss it during the consultation, at least I would have had it done. My pain is creeping up now to level 8.5 around my right lower back, going round to my abdomen down to my pelvis.
I am feeling fed up not only is this pain getting boring but this cold is dragging me down. I am so tired I managed to make it down the stairs and onto the sofa and that is where I have stayed all day. My head feels heavy and it feels like a herd of elephants are sitting on my sinuses. Also my shoulders ache traveling down to my fingertips. It is a good job that I booked this week off. I think that if this pain in my abdomen and pelvic area was not as bad then I am sure that this cold would not be bringing me down as much as it is now.
My endo belly is so big! Instead of being between 75cm and 77cm my stomach is 87cm and it feels like it is getting bigger. This is the biggest bloat that I have measured but not the biggest bloat that I have had. I am going to have a hot bath and see if it eases my pain. I think a facemask may also be in order and this may give me a pick me up.
I cannot believe it I am so excited, so happy word cannot describe how I am feeling right now. I am so shocked at how quickly things are moving. We met the consultant this morning. It just so happened that my consultant was my surgeon back in 2013, and he remembered me. Both my husband and I went into the initial consultation believing that all we were going to do was talk about our results and a possible treatment plan, especially as I had not had my AMH blood test. We were wrong.
Our consultant suggested to not bother about the AMH blood test and to go with the result from the test that Frimley Park Hospital took because of the result. He explained that the machine that tells the results are not as sensitive in Frimley Park Hospital as they are at Nuffield Hospital but he sends his results up to, I think he said, Glasgow because they have more accurate results from their machine. The reason why he is trusting my results is because they are between 2 figures that seem to give similar results at Frimley Park as the other machines. This will save a lot of time because now we do not have to wait for me to come on my period.
Still no sign of my period but the pain is still varying between a level 7 and 8. Hurry up and come so that I can have my AMH blood test.
I am feeling fed up not only is this pain getting boring but this cold is dragging me down. I am so tired I managed to make it down the stairs and onto the sofa and that is where I have stayed all day. My head feels heavy and it feels like a herd of elephants are sitting on my sinuses. Also my shoulders ache traveling down to my fingertips. It is a good job that I booked this week off. I think that if this pain in my abdomen and pelvic area was not as bad then I am sure that this cold would not be bringing me down as much as it is now.
My endo belly is so big! Instead of being between 75cm and 77cm my stomach is 87cm and it feels like it is getting bigger. This is the biggest bloat that I have measured but not the biggest bloat that I have had. I am going to have a hot bath and see if it eases my pain. I think a facemask may also be in order and this may give me a pick me up.
I cannot believe it I am so excited, so happy word cannot describe how I am feeling right now. I am so shocked at how quickly things are moving. We met the consultant this morning. It just so happened that my consultant was my surgeon back in 2013, and he remembered me. Both myself and my husband went into the initial consultation believing that all we were going to do was talk about our results and a possible treatment plan, especially as I had not had my AMH blood test. We were wrong.
Our consultant suggested to not bother about the AMH blood test and to go with the result from the test that Frimley Park Hospital took because of the result. He explained that the machine that tells the results are not as sensitive in Frimley Park Hospital as they are at Nuffield Hospital but he sends his results up to, I think he said, Glasgow because they have more accurate results from their machine. The reason why he is trusting my results is because they are between 2 figures that seem to give similar results at Frimley Park as the other machines. This will save a lot of time because now we do not have to wait for me to come on my period.
He also feels that because of the severity of my Endometriosis it is better that I had a Prostrap injection today and then start talking the drugs to increase my egg production next month. They are hoping to have 8-10 follicles/eggs for retrieval. I really cannot believe it. They cannot see the benefit of waiting any longer than is necessary.
Because of my figure and the severity of my Endometriosis and scaring that it has caused they will only be transferring 1 embryo/blastocyst to reduce the risk of me having a multiple pregnancy as this could be a serious risk of my health let alone a risk to the babies. I am also at risk of getting an infection during the egg retrieval. This is also higher down to the Endometriosis. He told us that since the clinic had opened in 1994 there has only been 3 women that have got this particular infection and all 3 women had very severe Endometriosis. Because of this and my history when they retrieve my eggs whilst I am still under the anaesthetic they will give me some strong anti-biotics just in case.
I asked about what would happen with the cysts and he told me that normally he would drain them whilst doing the egg retrieval.
After seeing the consultant we went back to see the nurse where she done some more blood tests and gave me mu Prostrap injection in my stomach. My veins were not playing game and the nurse had to get someone else to try and get some blood from my arm instead.
We also made our following appointments:-
Tuesday 14th April 2015 at 8.00am – We have our implications appointment which lasts about 2-2 ½ hours.
Wednesday 15th April 2015 – I shall be having another internal scan.
Thursday 16th April 2015 – I start the drugs.
All going well then my egg retrieval should happen on Wednesday 29th April 2015 and the egg transfer should be either Friday 1st May 2015 or Monday 4th May 2015this is all so exciting I really was not expecting it to happen so quickly.
The Endo March 2015 in London was great. There was an amazing turnout. 300 people had registered for the march. We walked past number 10 Downing Street and the houses of parliament and into Trafalgar Square. Several people asked us what the march was for and I told them that it was to raise awareness for endometriosis and explained what it is. we were given leaflets to give to people. I am not the only one that was asked about what the march was for. This is great and done what it is meant to do – raise awareness about this evil disease.
This is the second march in London and the second march that I have attended. The weather was a bit colder than last year but that did not matter once we started walking and with the warm friendly atmosphere. It is really nice to talk to other women and their supporters that are affected some way or another with the effects of Endometriosis.