It's been a while since I've updated my blog; in my last post I was just waiting to start the Synarel nose spray. It's a GnRH analogue antagonist, so it's effectively shutting my ovaries down as we speak. Ok, maybe not 'shutting down', but sending them into a nice winter's dormant state.
So far I've had a few side-effects from the spray. My nasal cavities are insanely dry and bleeding, despite consciously switching sides for each dose. I'm sure the current weather conditions aren't helping any but I don't normally ever get nose bleeds, so I'm sure the one's not helping the other.
I'm sneezing constantly - again, something I hardly ever do unless I'm sick. But actually, the sneezing I don't mind so much (it's one of my favorite bodily functions - it's like a little mini orgasm for your nose every time). What I do mind though is the fact that each time I sneeze I worry that I just expelled $50 from my nose, wasting the dose. Now I know, logically, that the meds are absorbed within 30 minutes so I try my best to hold any sneezes in for that long. But I've heard rumors that it's not good for your brain or something to stiffle your sneezes. What to do, what to do?
And then there's the hot flashes. They're not TOO bad yet, and hopefully they don't get any worse because I don't think my husband will be able to sleep with me much longer with a summer quilt and the window wide open in the dead of winter. Wimp.
My skin and, a-hem! lady bits, are very dry. Abnormally dry. I'm an oily person, but holy cow right now I could build a new person with all of the skin cells I'm shedding. Ewww gross.
The clinic called the day I started my nose spray and wanted me to pony up on the funds. Gah. That one hurt. And what kind of clinic only takes MasterCard or Cash/Cert Check? Whatever happened to American Express and Visa? It was just a very good thing that we actually had a high enough limit for this.
The things we do for kids.
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