So far, so good ...

Last tablet today, 24 tablets in total over 12 days. I guess that's the easy bit done with! No horrid effects, I don't feel any different. I did wonder about day 6 if they were affecting my moods as I felt very irritable. It didn't last, so I think I was just not having a great day!

Now I just wait for my next cycle to start, then I need to make an appointment for a scan and blood test and hope we get the go ahead to start the injections. I need to go in day 1-3, and I'm hoping that coincides with our injection lesson Tuesday, to save us doing 2 separate trips!

It all starts here

The day is here where I start the process (as opposed to the waiting, although there's still plenty more of that to come!)

First tablet this morning of Norethisterone, and a second this evening. I'll be taking this until Thursday 12th Jan inclusive. Here's hoping for no side effects!

I've looked up Norethisterone and found :

Type of medicine: Man-made form of progesterone
Used for: Problems with your periods
Breast cancer
Also called Primolut N®, Utovlan®
Available as Tablets

Norethisterone contains a hormone which is similar to the hormoneprogestogen that is naturally produced by the body. It is used to treat a number of menstrual cycle disorders. Norethisterone is also used to help treat breast cancer.

It is important for some people to start taking this medicine on a particular day of the menstrual cycle for a specific number of days. This depends on which condition is being treated.

Once you have finished taking a course of Norethisterone, you will usually have a menstrual bleed a few days after taking your last tablet.

I also read it can be used to delay menstruation, or control the timing.

Cetrotide confirmation

Spoke to Marion today. I think Monday's message must have got lost !

She confirmed that I would start certitude injections on Day 6 of cycle, not Day 1 as we originally believed. She did say sometimes they do things differently. So she had checked with the doctors

This means the first injections will be the Menopur and Gonal F, which I should start once they confirm all is ok after my scan on Day 1, 2 or 3 of my next cycle.

I have booked us in for a lesson on Tuesday 17th Jan.

So all I need to worry about for now is taking the Primolut twice a day from 1st Jan to 12th Jan inclusive.

So that's probably it for my blog this year. Here's to a promising 2012, and best wishes to all.