Down regulation

Ha, job done! Called the unit yesterday and they told me I had down regulated and can start injecting the up regulating hormone as of today. I can’t believe I was so lucky as to not have any symptoms. I only felt really tired in the evenings. If that’s a sneak preview of how I will go through menopause I will be a very happy mid 50s menopausal woman!

I’ll let you know how I get on with injecting myself. I am a bit nervous about it. My next appointment is in 9 days for a blood test and a scan of my ovaries.

week 2 of down regulation

I am now into the second week of down regulation and I can’t say I feel any different. Either the medication isn’t working or the effect must be very different for me. Not that I want to have headaches and hot flushes and mood swings and tiredness. I started bleeding on Friday, a week after starting the medication and exactly when my period would have been due anyway. The bleeding was just about as a normal period. If it;s a “withdrawal bleed” or my normal period who knows. One more week to go and then I’ll have a blood test at the unit to check that the estrogen levels are low and I can start injecting the follicle stimulating hormone.