My mom pointed out to me today that I haven't updated my blog in a while. I guess I haven't had much to report other than the fact that my OHSS symptoms seem to be getting worse and worse. I'm pretty much constantly in some sort of pain, whether it's my upper abdomen area, chest pains, ovarian region, sides, or collarbone. Breathing has become difficult and I really just don't have much energy. Sometimes the symptoms just make me feel a little uncomfortable, other times I'm in excruciating pain.
The other night at like 3 AM, it got so bad that James asked me if I needed to go to the ER. I didn't want to do that, but I was feeling miserable, so we called the on-call doctor. He had me take a one-time Percocet to help me with the pain so I could sleep a little and then insisted that I come in first thing in the morning to be seen. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot you can do for OHSS. If you're bloated enough, they can drain the fluid out. They typically only do this in the most severe cases, where patients are gaining large amounts of weight (2+ lbs a day). I've actually lost 5 lbs since my retrieval (just can't seem to eat much at a time without feeling really full), so they didn't see any reason to drain me. My doctor gave me some prescriptions to help me feel more comfortable and told me to get lots of rest.
So now, I'm just taking it easy. I feel like I've missed so much work lately but have the feeling I might have to continue half days for the beginning of next week. We'll see....
I have to continue to tell myself that this will all worth it in the end....that when I get to hold my baby in my arms, I won't even remember all this pain.
Thinking about you and praying for your health and comfort every day!!
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