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‘Better than a kick in the teeth’

18/05/201518/05/2015 ~ infertileman ~ 2 Comments

E's oft used phrase. It acknowledges getting something better than expectation. 8 follies. 1 more than last time. I walked into recovery to see a smiling E. The egg collection was a success, although she wasn't given morphine like when she had the myomectomy, but the GA allowed her to at least sleep a bit. Last … Continue reading ‘Better than a kick in the teeth’

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Psycho-active drugs and the worst Xmas ever!

16/04/201417/04/2014 ~ infertileman ~ Leave a comment

In order to make the myomectomy surgery more manageable, it was decided by Dr Z that E needed to go on a medication to try and shrink the fibroid. The best way to shrink the fibroid is to stop the substance promoting its growth. In this case, the female hormone oestrogen needed to be stopped. … Continue reading Psycho-active drugs and the worst Xmas ever!

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That crucial second opinion

15/04/201416/04/2014 ~ infertileman ~ Leave a comment

After Dr Y (see Old Dogs entry) gave E and I the devastating news and suggested we go down the adoption route, we were both basically shell shocked with E crying and me just holding things together. We went down the adoption route, but I'll write about this another time. Post adoption course, we both … Continue reading That crucial second opinion

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