Day 3

Its been an eventful morning....


I woke up with a rash that was on my face, neck, shoulders, chest and back. It was patchy red and itchy. It progressed down my arms and to my hands. The only thing it could really have been related to was my GonalF so I rang the on call nurse to get some advice. She initially said to just put some cream on it however I stressed that it was on my face and neck and seemed to be getting worse so she said she would call me back when she spoke with a doctor. 30mins later and she wasn't able to get in touch with a doctor so she recommended I went to the after hours clinic.


So we went there and waited an hour and a half. In this time my rash had virtually cleared so I wasn't too concerned, but just wondered what next. The doctor said it was a definite allergic reaction and her recommendation would be to not have anymore medications and wait till can talk to specialists tomorrow. I said I couldn't do this - I wasn't prepared to stop, that the reaction isn't too bad. As she couldn't guarantee that the next reaction wouldn't be worse, she said I would therefore need to go into hospital to have the next dose and then be monitored over night incase I went into anaphylactic shock and would need some medications as this could be serious.


Wow, I just can't believe this is happening. This is a tough road as it is and now im allergic to the medication needed to help get me pregnant!!! I only hope like hell there is an alternative medication I can take - would be great if I could get this today however thats unlikely (especially as no one can get ahold of the doctors at Repromed), so going into hospital is the next best thing to ensure I can keep taking the medication and not ruin things. Hopefully this wee blip won't effect the overall outcome however its hard to remain positive at this stage.


I just keep crying. This was meant to be my time.