Okay, so I've started all my meds: Metformin, Synthroid, and Provera (for the next 8 days.) Wow, is this a cocktail for much stomach discomfort! The first day after taking the Metformin for the first time, I had really bad diarrhea. Since Metformin is taken at night, it has all night to work through your bloodstream. That next morning, I was laying there is bed half asleep and out of the blue had horrible cramps, no sooner, I literally sharted myself in bed....yes you read it right. I have never popped out of bed so fast in my life. I was mortified and tried to clean it up as fast as I could before Mike woke up, but of coarse that wasn't the case. He woke and asked me what I was doing, and there was no hiding it. I had to tell him what happened. He was just smiling like he wanted to laugh, but knew he shouldn't. Even though I started hysterically laughing myself. He soon joined me in laughing and made a joke about it. He said " now I know that only happened because of the meds, but if that were an all the time thing, we'd have to talk. Haha, we can count on Mike to make light of a very embarrassing moment.
I quickly learned too that what I eat on this med has a huge impact on how I feel the next day. No carbs are the very best way to go. We do pretty good in this department as far as making sure we have more of the complex carbs. I made a very bad dinner decision last Sunday. We decided to have breakfast for dinner! Yumm, who doesn't love that? We decided to have sausage gravy and biscuits and eggs over easy. The biscuits were the buttermilk kind in the cans. The gravy was homemade with flour and milk. Need I say more? Carb City! I woke up early the next day with such a sick feeling in my stomach. I lay there writhing for a while then when I no longer could take it I got up and sat on the toilet. Well, shortly there after I had it coming from both ends. I did end up going to work, but was very slow moving. I am so thankful for such a great group of girls to work with. We had got as far as we could for the day and decided to cut out early. I was home by noon and just vegged on the couch the whole rest of the day. I ate some soup and drank a lot of fluids. I did eat a small dinner of cereal too. Both Mike and I went to bed early and I for one, slept like a baby. Thankfully, the next day, I woke bright eyed and bushy tailed. I was also excited because this is the day we were getting our new furnace and ca! So I learned a very valuable lesson about being on Metformin. If you eat like shit, you are going to feel like shit!
This week I have decided to try a few new recipes out of a Rachel Ray cookbook that my girlfriend Bri gave me:) Last night we had Bacon Bit Burgers with Baby Spinach Salad. Tonight is one of my own concoctions, a Mediterranean Chicken Tomato Basil Pizza. Yummo:) I have been on Metformin for 1 1/2 wks and have lost 5 lbs so far. Weight Watchers is definitely still an option for us. We are currently checking into meetings around the area. It would be great to have another friend join. Anybody interested? Call me! I need a kick in the butt.
I am taking Synthroid for my Hyperthyroid as well. This med is not causing any side effects thus far. I have been on it only for 3 days though. Time will tell.
It's nice and comforting to know that things in my body are being leveled out. I am curious as to what kind of meds and treatments I will be on post-baby. I enjoy knowing why I feel the way I do. Not, "I don't know why I'm crazy!" Before, when my hormones are wacked, I felt like my feelings might not even be valid, just because it's the hormones talking, not me. That sucks and is very uncomfortable. It's like you can't trust your own feelings. It's just nice to be able to truly trust myself and to know that my feelings are valid and pretty much always have been. Just now, I can deal with things much easier and with less drama. Deep, I know..haha.
I started taking Provera yesterday. I am to take this progesterone pill for 10 days. I should have a period and at that time will call the Dr. to be started on Clomid. The whole situation seems so surreal, like I can't believe it's happening. We are just getting closer and closer to the big days to come.
Today Mike and I are snowed in! Yay! Neither of us had to go to work so it's been a lazy day around here. I went back to bed and he shoveled for about 2 hours thanks to the beautiful blizzard that blew through last night. We had a small breakfast and I found something to watch on TV. Today we watched Raising Sextuplets. What! Six kids! They are all sooo cute too. But I stick to my guns when I say absolutely no more than THREE..Please!
Till next time:)
