Hair-loss Horrors!

Things get crazier and crazier by the day!! On top of the nausea, sore (.)(.)s and permanent exhaustion, I now have to deal with hair loss........yes, hair loss!!!!!
It is coming out by the handful, especially when I wash it. And idiot that I am sometimes, I keep forgetting how bad it is and wash my hair in the bath. That leads to some serious problems, because when I wash my hair in the bath, I always do it before my husband joins me, so now, there is always a mission to retrieve all floating hair before he can get in, and that takes ages!!!
Now, I was warned about the hair loss when I was diagnosed with a prolactinoma, but I simply assumed that because it had not already happened, it wouldn't! Asshole!!!

Non Stop Nausea

I have it all the time, it never stops! Even tablets don't help the nausea, and I have had it since I started the bromocriptine!!!!!(two weeks now)

I know I was warned, but f...k, how long will this go on???? It really doesn't do much for my lifestyle! I am turning in to an old woman who never wants to go anywhere or do anything because I just feel too ill most of the time!

Does anyone out there have any suggestions to help me deal with the nausea?

Six Years Have Passed........

Saturday was our sixth wedding anniversary, and it put me in a very reflective mood. So much has happened in that time that it feels more like a lifetime........It has also made me appreciate what a wonderful husband I have!

In the last six years, my husband has seen me through nine operations, three miscarriages, nine IUIs, one IVF, countless minor illnesses, a number of visits to the emergency room, one hospitalisation for allergies, and now the prolactinoma. On top of all that he has put up with a whole heap of mood swings, temper, tears, depression, hopelessness, hormonal issues, PMS, and just about everything else that could be thrown at him. He has even attended every single doctor and RE's appointment with me, been there for each IUI and IVF, and waited on me hand and foot afterwards to make sure I don't overdo. The truly amazing part is that he has come through all that as loving and patient and strong as ever!!!

Here's to an amazing man......... my man!!!!

Results from my visit to the G.P

O.k, I am in a bit of shock right now, still trying to process everything. I went to my G.P to hear what she had to say about my hormones, all the time expecting to hear that the levels showed a possibility of cycts. Well, I was wrong!

The G.P says I have a prolactinoma, a tumour on the pituitary gland! Now, I know it isn't life threatening, but it's still a shock to the system. Apparently, I also have PCOS, but she says the medication she has given me to shrink the prolactinoma will also help with the cysts. The worst part of it all is the thought that the prolactinoma could have caused permanent infertility if it hadn't been found and treated! I don't recall the RE doing any of the blood tests I just had! He just said that we will do another IVF as soon as we can afford it. Just imagine, if my G.P hadn't sent me for all those blood tests I would've wasted all that money on an IVF cycle that had no chance at all of working!