Well I have technically been waiting for a
while now, but now I have to wait another
3 months.
I went to the doctor for the second
treatment this past Monday and my last
treatment is next Monday 4/30. I asked
the doctor when I will be able to start
ttc again and she said that I need to wait
about 3 months after the last treatment
and after that three months if I have a
clean pap, then we can start ttc again.
So I wait, and wait, and ohhh wait some
more....
So I will not officially be ttc until the
begining of August. My birthday is in
August, so maybe that will be my lucky
month and I will get a nice birthday
present.
Oh and the treatment that the doctor said
doesn't usually hurt....ummmmm wrong....
it hurts alright. I had the worst
cramping afterwards and she said "that's
strange, it doesn't affect most women"
Well it certainly affected me. The pain
was like bad af lcramps. They went away
after a while, but man did it hurt.
On another better note... dh and I just
got back from our anniversary weekend. We
had a blast. We were the typical
tourists. The only thing that wasn't good
about the vacation was how much money was
spent. I guess you lose track of money
when you are having fun. But it was worth
it!!!
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mc4ever02
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Posted: 04-23-07 18:20pm
It's amazing how much money you can go
through when you don't think about every
nickel and dime!
I'm glad you had a good trip!!
I'm sorry you'll have to wait even longer
now. How is your husband taking it?
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Posted: 04-24-07 07:48am
Thanks Mc. We had a great time. We just
kept saying...we only will have our first
anniversary once. So we were livin it
up.
I really just have to wait about a month
later than the original 3 months, since I
will have had all of my treatments in the
month of April.
Dh is ok with it. He just says...well we
have to do what we have to do. He is ok
with the whole "protection" thing now. He
had a hard time with it at first.
It's amazing how much I am not bothered
by the fact that af decided to show her
ugly face on our anniversary!!! When you
are not really trying, it doesn't feel so
bad when she comes.
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Posted: 04-24-07 07:56am
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wrote:
Dh is ok with it. He just
says...well we have to do what we have to
do. He is ok with the whole "protection"
thing now. He had a hard time with it at
first.
I remember you saying that. That is why I
asked.
I'm glad you had a good first anniversary.
Your right, you only get to do it once.
Did you get a bunch of great pictures?
Before we started ttc. When af would show,
quite honestly, I barely noticed. It was
just another thing. Then as I became more
baby crazy, even when I was on birth
control I would cry. It
is amazing how different we can view the
same thing from month to month. (It must
be a self preservation thing).
I don't mean to be nosey. How is your
treatment done? You mentioned it was
uncomfortable. Is it a shot or something
else? Please feel free to disregard if you
are uncomfortable answering.
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Posted: 04-24-07 08:33am
We took a ton of pictures. At the end of
the trip, he said...ok I think you have
enough pictures now...I did! I took over
100 pictures. But Photography was my
minor in college, so I love taking
pictures.
This is what my doctor said about what I
have...
**** There is a much more common version
of HPV, referred to as "subclinical," in
which the virus resides under the skin and
cannot be seen. Some experts believe that
HPV causes warts in about 30 percent of
infected people and subclinical infections
in the other 70 percent. The subclinical
varieties have been linked to cancer, so
it is important for women to have yearly
checkups including Pap smears to detect
precancerous cervical changes. ****
So I have the mild version of this which
affects 70% of women. That statistic
alone is pretty scary.
The treatment that they are doing is done
once every 2 weeks for 3 treatments. It
is called Trichloroacetic acid (TCA).
They litterally "paint" it on the bad
cells and then she puts something else...I
think bicarbonate it's called that dulls
the acid so it doesn't hurt so bad. It is
uncomfortable because it is like getting a
pap done every two weeks. Last time it
was more uncomfortable than the first
time. next monday is the last one.
Yeah!!!
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Posted: 04-24-07 09:37am
That sounds very
uncomfortable.
The stat about 70% is very scary. And very
true. I know many women that have been
diagnosed. But no one ever discussed the
treatment. I was just curious.
Its 3 months after your last treatment,
right? So three months from monday? That
isn't very far. It'll be here before you
know it.
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Posted: 04-24-07 09:47am
I know it will go by faster than I think.
My birthday is in August, so hopefully I
will get a wonderful little present for my
birthday.
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Posted: 04-24-07 10:05am
My birthday is in May. I am 75% sure that
I will get a bfp just before then. My
husband wanted to take me somewhere
special and we were talking about using
protection until we got back, because we
are both pretty sure it will happen just
before. But
things fell trough. So I'm just waiting...
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Posted: 04-26-07 20:59pm
Star - I hope the extra three month wait
will be worth it! BTW, what did you end
up getting your dh for your anniversary?
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Posted: 04-27-07 07:59am
shortgeek
wrote:
BTW, what did you end up
getting your dh for your
anniversary?
Well, we spent a boat load of money on our
vacation, so we decided that we didn't
need to get individual gifts. I still
gave him some cute love coupons with the
card. We found a framed print for our
house that we both liked so we bought that
for our present. We just bought a new
house and we are still decorating it.
Well I am still decorating it. He could
really care less what I do. He thinks the
walls are fine the way they are with
off-white paint How
boring! We had a blast on our trip.
shortgeek
wrote:
Star - I hope the extra
three month wait will be worth it!
I hope so to. I was told by my mom that
one reason I may be getting such bad
cramps is because I use tampons all the
time. Well for the past 3 af's I have
been using pads and man what a difference.
I only had about half a day where they
were really bad instead of the two or
three full days of killer cramps. I got
by on regular tylenol instead of my pain
killers.
I have my last treatment next monday so I
am preparing for the pain!!!
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shortgeek
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Posted: 04-27-07 14:43pm
I wish you the best for the treatment. I
hope it is the last one you will ever
need!
That sounds very
uncomfortable.
How
boring! We had a blast on our trip.
