Today was day 5 of the Gonal F injections so, if my ovaries are playing ball, this could be about halfway to egg collection. I'm starting to get a little nervous for the scan on Friday in case nothing is happening, but I can definitely feel something going on down there.
My stomach has been really gassy all day today and I've had to go to the toilet quite a few times as well, which is irritating. I'm assuming this is injection related and it certainly doesn't feel like a bug as I'm okay in myself.
The other side effect I forgot to mention yesterday is spots - I'm breaking out like a teenager! I had really bad acne in my early teens and even now my skin isn't great, but it's been a long time since it was this bad. It's a small price to pay though.
I really thought I'd be missing the gym by now but, to be honest, I'm quite glad that I'm on orders to rest and take it easy because I'm absolutely drained and really don't feel like training. I'm getting plenty of gentle exercise in by going walking (the new Pokemon Go game is really helping with the motivation for this) every day. If ALS is working I have to walk either to or from work anyway so even on days where I really don't feel like it, at least I'm getting a bit of exercise.
I'm going to try and get an early night in tonight as we've got to be up extra early tomorrow to start the Cetrotide injections - wish me luck!
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