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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Day 23

141 lbs. The total lost in 23 days is now 17 lbs. I injected the same dose last night with no after effects, at least so far.

Tonight is restaurant challenge number three for the week. I'm down 2.5 lbs. for the week with some fluctuating and incidents in the middle. Considering, this is still pretty good. What would be really good about now is a big healthy dump!! I'm sure I'm holding 2-3 lbs. hostage.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Day 22

142 lbs. Pain has subsided. Now it just feels like I've done 100 sit-ups.

OK, I've talked to some people on the hCG Yahoo Chat today and they really stressed that they weren't qualified to give an opinion. I understand this. I also emailed a friend who works for a fertility clinic about my episode, but I haven't heard back from her yet.

So, I researched ovarian hyperstimulation on my own. It's common in woman taking fertility drugs, which is what hCG is....I knew it sounded familiar when I started all this. Based on the symptoms, I think I had a mild bout since it is subsiding quite well. They say if the pain doesn't go away in a week you should seek medical attention...assuming that you're not able to stand the pain prior to the end of a week! I didn't and don't have any of the other symptoms. With this, I will proceed to the next injection.

When I mix up the last hCG for this round I think I will mix it up with a lower dose than what I was taking. I believe I was taking 175 and the range was 125-200. It might be prudent, at least for me, to drop down to 150. This whole ordeal was a little scary, but I handled it right. Soaking in a tub and ibuprophen, although they said acetamenaphen or Tylenol was recommended. That type just doesn't work well for me. 

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Day 21

143 lbs. I feel slightly better today. The pain in my pelvic area is still there, but not as extreme. I can at least walk faster than a 90 year old! I'll go on the hCG Yahoo Chat and see if I can find anything about my issue. Today is an injection skip day.

Even though I got called into work right after posting this, I was able to take it a little easier today. Didn't get a chance to check out the chat.

A friend saw my blog today and became concerned about my condition. We played a little phone tag and finally got to speak. He suggested that I stop this treatment. Then he called me back after he had Googled "hCG pelvic pain." I will have to look at it tomorrow. I don't want to stop! Whaaaaa!!! But, I am the captain of this ship and must avoid all obstacles.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Day 20 ~ Hitting a Slight Brick in the Wall

143.5 lbs. I've seen this number before. Well, I guess I'm getting better at ordering while going out to eat. Chicken and salad seems to do the trick. I've got one more dinner out later this week.

Long work day ahead of me. It's been done before and I'll do it again.

Today I've experienced some abdominal pain. It started out as pain in the inner tops of my legs. The only way I can equate this is if you'd been riding a horse for about 10 hours your legs would hurt like this. Before noon the pain had moved up to my pelvic area and I was moving pretty slowly, which wasn't a good thing in my job. I didn't know what to think.  It felt much better when I sat down. 

When I got home all I wanted to do was eat and go to bed with a heating pad. I did end up taking 800mg of Ibuprofen to ease the pain. I know I read somewhere that I could take aspirin in certain cases, but I couldn't locate the passage in the book.

I looked up the section on fibroids and hoped that I don't have a tumor. I know I have some small fibroids. The book says that once you lose the abnormal fat in the belly and the innerds start resting on the pelvic wall you might get some irritation by any fibroids.

I drank more water and went to bed, hoping to feel better tomorrow.



Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Day 19

144 lbs. Another chance to see how I do while going out to dinner. Tonight I had blackened grilled chicken and a salad with basalmic vinegar. A lot like the other night, different restaurant. Had to purchase an ice cream for my daughter since it's her birthday. I was very strong. It's odd when you start looking forward to going through this process a second time so that you can partake in the "load" days. That's what I find myself thinking about. 

Day 18 - February 22

144 lbs. Only gained a half lb. from dinner out last night. I tried really hard to be good. I had a salad with grilled chicken on top and basalmic vinegar on the side. There were little pieces of carrot and cabbage sprinkled on the salad that I picked out. I also had two slices of cucumber and one slice of tomato (neither are actually allowed). I saved half of the salad for today. One half lb. gained was not too bad.

There's a little constipation going on (sorry for the too much info here) but nothing that is uncomfortable. Since this diet requires you to drink so much water, that issue should resolve itself.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Day 17

143.5 lbs. Finally broke through that little barrier.

I actually woke up feeling really good today. I wasn't hungry in the morning and my stomach wasn't growling.

I found some grissini sticks and was trying to figure out the calories in one. Ended up assuming that two would be OK since one serving was nine and that was 110 calories. Later, I found in the book that I should just have one. They and the Melba toast are so small! I guess I'm still a carb craver.

Had an instinct to go to the movies and order a big bucket of popcorn, no butter. Was able to resist.

Tonight will be the first real challenge. I have to go out to eat...at an Irish restaurant! We'll see how compliant with this diet I can be.