...everything as I imagined it, changed. The way I thought my life would go, that traditional path- these no longer became realistic options. One year ago today, I read, dumbstruck, this email from my doctor: [The results], if they are to be believed, indicate that premature … Read More »
Keiko's Journey
The Infertility Voice™ first started as Editor-in-Chief Keiko Zoll's personal infertility blog, Hannah Wept, Sarah Laughed in 2009, shortly after her diagnosis of premature ovarian failure. Here is the record of her personal journey from infertility to motherhood from 2009 through 2013.
“I feel so much spring.”
I feel so much spring within meBlow, winds, blow, spring has just begun.And something's taken wing within me,What was dark so long had felt like winter, Finally there's sun.And so I sing...That I feel so much Spring.- from the musical, "A New Brain" It is simply glorious out … Read More »
Has anyone seen my hormones?
Oh, here they are. It's like an endless ocean of estrogen. I need to check with my doc, but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to skip the white week in 3 months and go to the next 3-pack. I'm also not sure if I can skip every 4th week, so I can have a "period." Bottoms up. … Read More »
The luck o’the Irish.
Believe it or not, in addition to being a half-Japanese Jew-by-choice, I'm also Irish (thanks Mom!) :) It accounts for the freckles and ability to tan quickly, but the Japanese keeps me from getting sunburnt usually. I believe it also accounts for my new-found affinity for beer. … Read More »
General updates on life.
So I've come out of hibernation for a bit. It's that whole spring reawakening thing. I don't know how much I plan to update... the emotional release that was so vital and cathartic a year ago doesn't seem as relevant or pressing now.Exciting updates...Larry has a job! He starts … Read More »
Stroking ego in the name of medical care.
I call bullshit.So I got a second opinion about my thyroid & POF last month, and it's basically the same. Next steps: birth control for hormone replacement therapy, up the thyroid meds. Pretty S.O.P. So I send Dr. G an email asking about whether I need to schedule an appt to … Read More »
Second verse, same as the first.
Got a second opinion re: thyroid and ovarian function yesterday. This doc basically confirmed everything, and actually told me I was right to trust my instincts about not taking the new 137mcg dose of Synthroid back in December. My sticking to the 125 mcg Levoxyl has paid off, as … Read More »
IT’S NOT ENDO!
My doc assures me... it's not endo. It's a "transient active cystic structure." My follie threw my whole reproductive system for a surprise, probably created a fluid or blood filled cyst, and then went away, thus explaining all of my symptoms. As my doc put it, it would be near … Read More »
In diagnostic limbo…
So, my bloodwork from Saturday came back already - everything is pretty much super-low, which is "normal" for someone with POF. Crazy high FSH (62.4), mid-range LH (32.6), estradiol wicked low (20), progesterone (0.1).But that crazy u/s I had Friday, the one where I suddenly have … Read More »
Dear Wanda*
Dear Wanda*,Thanks for poking that pocket of newly discovered endo today as deeply and as uncomfortably as possible during our 15 minute tryst this morning. (Also- thanks for wearing a condom; we can never take our love for granted in this day and age.) All of the pain that I was … Read More »
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