Jo - If i were you, I'd quit this process. i admire your altruistic impulse, but it is not worth ruining your own health over. If these doctors had your own best interests at heart, they would not be advising you to continue - unfortunately, they just want your eggs. Like I said before, you are not really their patient in this situation. The infertile woman is their patient, and you are just a commodity.
Yes I am thinking along the lines of not doing anymore. I certainly won't if these symptoms don't clear soon. It scares me as hyperacusis is a real disability and it ruins quality of life and I really don't want to go through all that again.
Mind you, one of the main reasons I had it so many years is that the doctors didn't know what it was and I wasn't diagnosed until 2000.
When they told me what it was and gave me ideas how to fix it so I cured myself in 2001, after roughly a year of self-therapy. For the last 3 and a half years, despite having all this DB drama, I haven't been in pain so my life actually improved a lot.
It comes back briefly if I have a cold, but I've never known it to stay for days like this I'm sure it has to be those drugs. Of course, the dr says it 'might not be' but then he wouldn't have told me to stop them if it wasn't.
Ellie, thanks for being so honest. Most doctors I have dealt with aren't. The only 1 doctor I have ever really admired was my OB - he was lovely, really helpful and non-interventionist. He recognised that the birth was my experience and that he was only there if I wanted him.
I remember getting into difficulties at the 3rd stage with DD2 and I said that I didn't want any men present at the birth, and most OB's are men, so he located the only female OB on duty in the whole hospital to come and help me.
Hi there folks, and thanks for the nice message, Kevin!
Well, yesterday I didn't have a needle after being in pain constantly for 4 days with resurging hyperacusis and I tried every which way I could think of to aleviate it.
Finally I managed to get the swelling to go down with enchinacea and frozen food bags!
This morning when I woke up, the pain is subsiding and I can now turn my head without pain, which is a relief.
My perception of sound still isn't correct. You know how when someone scrapes their nails on a chalkboard? well, every time DD4 speaks to me, it grates like that, so I've been asking her to whisper when she talks to me.
Everything is on LOUD. It's like someone turned the volume up on the world.
I expect my perception will return to normal in a few days, now the pain is settling down. But it's such good news because I was panicking I'd be stuck with this earache for years!
Other news: I was supposed to be taking DD4 to a country park today but they cancelled it because the weather is bad, so that's a shame. It's a good job I couldn't take my other DD's or they would have been disappointed. I am taking her to 'Planet Happy' children's play centre, next week instead.
My book now has ISBN numbers!
Softcover: ISBN 1-59344-116-9. Hardcover: ISBN 1-59344-117-7.
It's at the press now being made, so you still can't buy one yet, though
It's still at the press, but they are available to order now.
It hasn't circulated to other shops etc yet, but you can order a copy from:
www.proteapublishing.com Just click on the little picture of my book and it'll take you to the purchasing page.
Please bear in mind, though, that it contains sex scenes and violence and tough subjects like self-harm, rape etc. There's quite a few things I've done that aren't great, but hell, I had to tell the story!
Please forgive me in advance. I can't be an angel all the time
Oh, and another thing, if anyone has any questions about the text, I'm afraid I won't be able to discuss it online.
I think I'll let my S11 and S13 read it first. he he he
Love the cover. I'm so excited for you. Hope this sells like hotcakes and we get to see you on Oprah's book of the month club and on her show.
Glad to hear things are a little improved today. I second the opinion that perhaps you should reconsider donating. It was so sweet of you to offer, but your health comes first in this situation.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
No Wes, we need to get it on Oprah's first, then it will take off like hotcakes!
Jo, glad to hear you're feeling a little better today, you've actually got my interest on the hypersensitivity issues as that is what my s9 deals w/along w/his autism symptoms. When his senses are overwhelmed, I can see him 'shut down' to every1. I have tried many of the herbals and dietary stuff w/him. Currently he is cf/gf, and on a metal cleansing formula. More natural convos and eye contact, so I will continue this for a while.
Take care of yourself first, I still think you are an angel for trying the donation.
And one more - Men are like..... Government bonds. They take so long to mature. T
I'm sure it has to be those drugs. Of course, the dr says it 'might not be' but then he wouldn't have told me to stop them if it wasn't.
