Made it 11 days...

I made it 11 days before getting a migraine. I'm talking a real hormone induced migraine. The kind that caused me to almost throw up at work-while teaching-...twice lol. I can laugh at it now but damn...not fun!! I may have had a mini melt down over it by the end of the evening but I have come to accept this as part of the process. I started follistim and "solution x" last night. I'm hoping these will start to counteract the lupron headachy-ness soon! 

Now today I have still been dealing with it but keeping it in check while I lay low. I am going shopping with the besties tonight and have several birthday and shower gifts to purchase...so I have to be ok :-) 

A picture of my nightly routine of 3-4 injections:  .1cc solution x (or 10 units on the insulin needle), .05 units Lupron (down from .1 previously), 250 units Follistim (administered in two pen injections since I had a partially used vial already in place). 

...and the aftermath of all of that. The bruising is definitely starting to become prominent around my thigh.  

Note: for anyone preparing to do this, most of these injections are painless to a mild sting. The follistim pen needle is actually so thin that it is barely noticeable going in. Sometimes it stings afterwards. It helps to have the meds at room temperature so I hold all refrigerated vials in my hand for a few minutes before injecting. The bruising it causes makes it look worse than it actually is.