it's always something. really.
Wednesday night I did not sleep particularly well, and woke up feeling crappy Thursday morning. I slept through my 7:30am meeting, and could not get moving. I was supposed to meet up with Strahd for lunch, but I canceled on him because I couldn't get up.
On my drive into work, I noticed one of my eyes was really puffy. I figured it was allergies, so when I stopped at the store to get food I snagged a bottle of Benadryl.
At work, I had people asking me who punched me in the face, because that is pretty much exactly what it looked like. The Benadryl didn't do anything to lessen the swelling, and my eye kept wanting to close because keeping it open took effort. This worried me, and continued to worry me as the day went on and it did not get better. And, of course, since I was worrying about it I started noticing other issues that probably weren't related in any way.
I ended up going to the ER because I was freaked out, and the doctor initially was pretty dismissive and told me it was likely allergies and they could give me some drops for it and if it didn't get better in a couple days to follow up with my PCP. I wasn't thrilled by his attitude, because again, I was freaked out about why it felt like half my face was swollen, and I pointed out that Benadryl hadn't done a damn thing.
They ended up doing some tests, and the upshot is that the doc thinks I have facial cellulitis, which is an infection around my eye. So they gave me a dose of IV antibiotics, a scrip for ten days of pills, and a warning that if my eye starts bulging I need to go immediately to the ER because that's a sign the infection moved behind my eye and might require surgery. So that was lovely to hear, but he didn't think it was all that likely. Then again, he originally thought I just had allergies, so I'm not sure how much weight I want to put on his opinion.
They didn't see a high white blood cell count or anything, but the doc said it's possible this was early enough they wouldn't have. They saw something in my urine that was some kind of not normal, so they sent that to be cultured. I don't remember what it was, though. The nurse didn't think it would be a big deal, though.
So of course I'm still a bit freaked out, and the swelling is better today but it's not gone, and I called in sick to work because it's hard to focus on things like driving or even looking at the computer because my eye is not happy with me. I am probably overreacting to this whole thing, to be honest, and I feel guilty about that.
(I almost asked for Ativan in the ER last night because I was that anxious. I didn't ask for it, but it would have been really really helpful.)
My period showed up on Wednesday, like it was supposed to, so I called Dr. B's office and requested they refill the letrozole. They called me back a few minutes ago and said Dr. B okayed the scrip but I really need to come in for a follicle check because she doesn't want to keep prescribing it if they can't confirm whether it's making me ovulate or not. But they would have wanted me to come in on 6/15 this month, and, uh, I'll be in NC then so that's not doable. I think they'll still give me the scrip for this month and then after this I'll need to come in before they'll give me another one, assuming I don't get pregnant this month.
It's totally fair, and it's my fault I haven't been able to get in to get the check done. Well, it's kind of work's fault because every time I'm supposed to go in something comes up at work and I can't make it. So we'll see if anything happens this month, and if not, I'll have to make damn sure I can get in in July. So hope with me we can sort this out. If the letrozole isn't actually inducing ovulation, I'm not sure what the next steps are. I think they can adjust the dosage, or it might mean we need to go to Seattle Reproductive Medicine and discuss other options.
We'll see.
So I was hoping to see Dad after the trip to NC, by changing my ticket home so I could go up to NJ, see him for a few days, and then fly home. But due to ticket issues and the whole thing where my MIL bought the tickets for us using miles, that ended up not being a workable idea. Which was really disappointing, especially since it's right around Mom's birthday.
But I also wanted to see
sanders, like really badly, so I scratched my head and looked at plane tickets and came up with a workable situation.
I didn't have quite enough miles to get a round trip ticket to Louisville, KY. However, flying from Newark to Seattle costs half as many miles. I wrangled some dates, and came up with a pretty awesome plan.
I'm going to fly to Louisville the end of August. sanders and I will rent a car, and the day after I fly in we're going to hit the road. The plan is to drive to Pittsburgh the first day, so we can see friends of hers. We'll spend the night in Pittsburgh, and the day after that we'll hit the road again and drive to my dad's. We'll spend a few days in NJ with him, and then we'll drop the car off at Newark airport and fly back to our respective homes. I have enough miles to do this; the tickets cost me about $11 all told. Dad has a bunch of hotel points he can use, so we won't have to pay for lodging on the road. The only real expense will be the rental car, and we can manage that.
sanders has wanted to meet my parents for a while, and I've wanted her to meet them, and it just never worked out. It's obviously too late for her to meet Mom in person, but we can go to the cemetery, at least. I think she and Dad will get along okay...we'll find out!
So I'm really looking forward to this. sanders and I do well on road trips; the first time we ever met in person I picked her up at the airport and we drove to San Francisco. We managed not to kill each other, and I expect we'll do the same this time around.
The one minor issue is that Dad has a wedding to go to on 8/29. Mom's first cousin's son is getting married. When Dad and I talked about me coming out in August, he said he could take me with him, but with sanders that's not an option. And it would be really stupid and rude for me to go with him and leave sanders behind. So Dad will go to the wedding solo, and sanders and I will have the house to ourselves for a night. I think we'll manage.
Meanwhile my head is pounding, so I think I'm going to go lie down and avoid light.
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On my drive into work, I noticed one of my eyes was really puffy. I figured it was allergies, so when I stopped at the store to get food I snagged a bottle of Benadryl.
At work, I had people asking me who punched me in the face, because that is pretty much exactly what it looked like. The Benadryl didn't do anything to lessen the swelling, and my eye kept wanting to close because keeping it open took effort. This worried me, and continued to worry me as the day went on and it did not get better. And, of course, since I was worrying about it I started noticing other issues that probably weren't related in any way.
I ended up going to the ER because I was freaked out, and the doctor initially was pretty dismissive and told me it was likely allergies and they could give me some drops for it and if it didn't get better in a couple days to follow up with my PCP. I wasn't thrilled by his attitude, because again, I was freaked out about why it felt like half my face was swollen, and I pointed out that Benadryl hadn't done a damn thing.
They ended up doing some tests, and the upshot is that the doc thinks I have facial cellulitis, which is an infection around my eye. So they gave me a dose of IV antibiotics, a scrip for ten days of pills, and a warning that if my eye starts bulging I need to go immediately to the ER because that's a sign the infection moved behind my eye and might require surgery. So that was lovely to hear, but he didn't think it was all that likely. Then again, he originally thought I just had allergies, so I'm not sure how much weight I want to put on his opinion.
They didn't see a high white blood cell count or anything, but the doc said it's possible this was early enough they wouldn't have. They saw something in my urine that was some kind of not normal, so they sent that to be cultured. I don't remember what it was, though. The nurse didn't think it would be a big deal, though.
So of course I'm still a bit freaked out, and the swelling is better today but it's not gone, and I called in sick to work because it's hard to focus on things like driving or even looking at the computer because my eye is not happy with me. I am probably overreacting to this whole thing, to be honest, and I feel guilty about that.
(I almost asked for Ativan in the ER last night because I was that anxious. I didn't ask for it, but it would have been really really helpful.)
My period showed up on Wednesday, like it was supposed to, so I called Dr. B's office and requested they refill the letrozole. They called me back a few minutes ago and said Dr. B okayed the scrip but I really need to come in for a follicle check because she doesn't want to keep prescribing it if they can't confirm whether it's making me ovulate or not. But they would have wanted me to come in on 6/15 this month, and, uh, I'll be in NC then so that's not doable. I think they'll still give me the scrip for this month and then after this I'll need to come in before they'll give me another one, assuming I don't get pregnant this month.
It's totally fair, and it's my fault I haven't been able to get in to get the check done. Well, it's kind of work's fault because every time I'm supposed to go in something comes up at work and I can't make it. So we'll see if anything happens this month, and if not, I'll have to make damn sure I can get in in July. So hope with me we can sort this out. If the letrozole isn't actually inducing ovulation, I'm not sure what the next steps are. I think they can adjust the dosage, or it might mean we need to go to Seattle Reproductive Medicine and discuss other options.
We'll see.
So I was hoping to see Dad after the trip to NC, by changing my ticket home so I could go up to NJ, see him for a few days, and then fly home. But due to ticket issues and the whole thing where my MIL bought the tickets for us using miles, that ended up not being a workable idea. Which was really disappointing, especially since it's right around Mom's birthday.
But I also wanted to see
sanders, like really badly, so I scratched my head and looked at plane tickets and came up with a workable situation.
I didn't have quite enough miles to get a round trip ticket to Louisville, KY. However, flying from Newark to Seattle costs half as many miles. I wrangled some dates, and came up with a pretty awesome plan.
I'm going to fly to Louisville the end of August. sanders and I will rent a car, and the day after I fly in we're going to hit the road. The plan is to drive to Pittsburgh the first day, so we can see friends of hers. We'll spend the night in Pittsburgh, and the day after that we'll hit the road again and drive to my dad's. We'll spend a few days in NJ with him, and then we'll drop the car off at Newark airport and fly back to our respective homes. I have enough miles to do this; the tickets cost me about $11 all told. Dad has a bunch of hotel points he can use, so we won't have to pay for lodging on the road. The only real expense will be the rental car, and we can manage that.
sanders has wanted to meet my parents for a while, and I've wanted her to meet them, and it just never worked out. It's obviously too late for her to meet Mom in person, but we can go to the cemetery, at least. I think she and Dad will get along okay...we'll find out!
So I'm really looking forward to this. sanders and I do well on road trips; the first time we ever met in person I picked her up at the airport and we drove to San Francisco. We managed not to kill each other, and I expect we'll do the same this time around.
The one minor issue is that Dad has a wedding to go to on 8/29. Mom's first cousin's son is getting married. When Dad and I talked about me coming out in August, he said he could take me with him, but with sanders that's not an option. And it would be really stupid and rude for me to go with him and leave sanders behind. So Dad will go to the wedding solo, and sanders and I will have the house to ourselves for a night. I think we'll manage.
Meanwhile my head is pounding, so I think I'm going to go lie down and avoid light.
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