I started the Lurpon shots saturday morning, 20cc. It went o.k. at first, needle in, meds out. Shortly later though I start swelling up. First about the size of a mosquito bite, but then bigger, and then bigger. And it itched like crazy. The swelling lasted an hour and a half. We had gone Kayaking and when we got back I called the answering service and talked to the oncall nurse. She suggested I take Benedril 20 minutes or so before the next shot.
O.k., so now it's Sunday, I took the Benedril and then the shot, and everything was good. No swelling. This time however, I got soooo very sleepy. I ended up sleeping until 5pm. Not exactly the best way to spend part of a 3-day weekend. At this point I have also started taking 100mg of Doxycycline. At first I assumed it was like most antibiotics and are taken once a day. Well we did that for two days before I realized we were supposed to be taking two of these a day.
Monday, I take my Lupron shot, this time using Benedril cream around the injection site and I take my morning Doxy. The anti-cream worked just as well as the pill so that's good, but the Doxy made both me and my husband very nauseous (we took it on an empty stomach). It's confusing because the paperwork from the pharmacist says take on an empty stomach and the paperwork from the doctor says take with food. Lesson learned I suppose. Eventually it wore off and we were able to enjoy the second half of our day. I took the second Doxy an hour or so before bed. I ended up sleeping terribly. I started getting very weird chest pains. At first I was dreaming someone was squeezing my heart, it felt so uncomfortable. It was and actually still is coming in waves. Almost every time I swallow, especially with food, I feel pain down my chest.
I just want to be asleep now. I'm no longer taking the Doxy and I hope very soon, this pain goes away.
I took my last BC pill yesterday and now have 5 more days of the Lupron. I get to look forward to a lovely painful period this week, hopefully my last one for a while. I sure hope this cycle works on the first try or my body builds up a tolerance to all these drugs. My boobs are still super sore from the prescreening & BC pills.
I contacted an acupuncturist today. Kind of expensive and she can't see me for a while. The earliest would be Saturday or next Wednesday. It's $140 for the first consultation, then $80 each, if I buy two with the consult, I will save $50. She says the follow up visits are 30 minutes. I'm not sure what I am going to do at this point. She's local. The other place I am looking into is actually associated with Shady Grove and may be more flexible timing wise with my transfer (they are in the same building). I would have to drive a ways to get there though for the other appointments. I will try to call them tomorrow to ask questions. I wasn't up for it today.
I'm going to take something to help me sleep. Goodnight.
Yes - def take the doxy WITH food. I'm sorry you are having so many side effects. I guess I'm lucy that I've never really had any reaction to the meds. I'm hoping you are one of the lucky ones that gets a BFP on the first try!!!
ReplyDeleteOuch! Those side effects do not sound pleasant at all. I'm sorry this is so difficult. The lupron did make me a bit more tired, but I got used to it rather quickly.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I did once I went down to 10 Units of Lupron was to 'pre-load' my syringes 5 at a time. It just made it so much easier to grab one in the morning and shoot up without all of the prep work.
Are you taking it in the morning or night? It can cause insomnia, so I do mine in the morning.