I should re-title this blog to, "Faith and all of Angie's Medical Issues." I have nerve damage from getting my wisdom teeth out. (The consequence of waiting so long to have it done.) The prognosis was 3-6 months healing time. Lovely. I know pain. Been there, done that but this really takes the cake. Only two good things have come out of having my wisdom teeth taken out:
1. Dh moved in the extra TV into our bedroom so I could get reacquainted with the Gilmore Girls and
2. I've lost 5 lbs and I'm back at my goal weight of 115lbs. (that's what not eating does to me)
Onto a new subject...I thought I wouldn't even ovulate at all this month but to my surprise, I should be soon. I debated whether or not to go into deeper detail about how I know that, but for the men out there who read this, well, I think I may scare them off. I also debated whether or not to even TTC this cycle. I absolutely HATE that stage of "am I pg or am I not" right before I get af and this time, it will make my stress level even higher because of the lap surgery, which is right around the corner. I still haven't decided. If I did get pg I think I would be completely terrified that I would miscarry again because I *hadn't* had that surgery yet to check things out first. Though, my chances are so low of getting pg right now that it really shouldn't matter. All I do know is that it blows that my friends are getting pg and having beautiful babies and I can't join them. Don't get me wrong, I am THRILLED for them but it's still hard at the same time.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Here’s just a quick update to let you all know that I’m not dead. I’m still dealing with pain/swelling/numbness from getting my wisdom teeth removed but I’m slowly getting better every day. It’s been tough. My teeth are shifting so much that it’s keeping me up at night. I go back to the oral surgeon in two days so I’ll see if things are healing the way they should. Seriously, the first day after surgery, I looked like Lexi right after she had been bit by a rattlesnake. At least the swelling is going down some (hopefully just in time for the Air Force Ball this weekend-so much for my steak dinner). Thank goodness I don’t have to ever get my wisdom teeth removed again!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Random thoughts through random paragraphs (no this won’t have any cohesiveness).
Why am I in so much pain? I think I know the answer but I’m waiting until my rheumatologist says it first. I can’t even scratch my legs these days or put lotion on my arms…Indy just has to rub up against me and I cry out. I can’t rest my arm or legs against something or it hurts. The fatigue is getting to me too. I am noticing a bit of a pattern to my pain though. After I ovulate, when my progesterone is the highest, my pain gets pretty bad. Stress and changes in my sleep patterns also effect it. These two weeks have been miserable. Sometimes I forget that my body is so sensitive to touch that I’ll lean against the counter only to flinch one second later from the pain.
I was really hoping that I was pg this month. (oh, wait, I think that’s every month) But getting pg this cycle would have been even sweeter. I wouldn’t have to do my IVP in two days (CT of my kidney’s with contrast dye through an IV), I wouldn’t have to get my wisdom teeth out next week, and I wouldn’t have to do the lap surgery in Oct. My boobs hurt so much this time around (I sneezed in the car and felt like my boobs had been hit by a two ton boulder) that I actually thought I was pg until I got another negative two days ago. I’m planning to test again on Friday before the IVP just to make sure.
You know what’s funny? Carrying a HUGE jug of urine for a mile through a parking lot to the doc clinic and having people stare at you is what’s funny. That’s what happened to me today. Want to have all eyes on you? Just carry a condensation wrapped, bright orange (though in a plastic Target bag), gallon sized, pee filled container into the lab. I have to collect my urine for 24 hrs once a year for my kidneys but seeing it next to the fruit cups in the refrigerator is still quite disturbing (poor Dh). Indy ran for cover as I had to shake it “for one timed minute” after each use. All I can say is that I’m glad that’s over!
Happy almost Labor Day everyone!
Why am I in so much pain? I think I know the answer but I’m waiting until my rheumatologist says it first. I can’t even scratch my legs these days or put lotion on my arms…Indy just has to rub up against me and I cry out. I can’t rest my arm or legs against something or it hurts. The fatigue is getting to me too. I am noticing a bit of a pattern to my pain though. After I ovulate, when my progesterone is the highest, my pain gets pretty bad. Stress and changes in my sleep patterns also effect it. These two weeks have been miserable. Sometimes I forget that my body is so sensitive to touch that I’ll lean against the counter only to flinch one second later from the pain.
I was really hoping that I was pg this month. (oh, wait, I think that’s every month) But getting pg this cycle would have been even sweeter. I wouldn’t have to do my IVP in two days (CT of my kidney’s with contrast dye through an IV), I wouldn’t have to get my wisdom teeth out next week, and I wouldn’t have to do the lap surgery in Oct. My boobs hurt so much this time around (I sneezed in the car and felt like my boobs had been hit by a two ton boulder) that I actually thought I was pg until I got another negative two days ago. I’m planning to test again on Friday before the IVP just to make sure.
You know what’s funny? Carrying a HUGE jug of urine for a mile through a parking lot to the doc clinic and having people stare at you is what’s funny. That’s what happened to me today. Want to have all eyes on you? Just carry a condensation wrapped, bright orange (though in a plastic Target bag), gallon sized, pee filled container into the lab. I have to collect my urine for 24 hrs once a year for my kidneys but seeing it next to the fruit cups in the refrigerator is still quite disturbing (poor Dh). Indy ran for cover as I had to shake it “for one timed minute” after each use. All I can say is that I’m glad that’s over!
Happy almost Labor Day everyone!
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