Another Delay

"You never cease to amaze me." That's the very first thing the doctor said when I saw him this morning. Apparently, I'm a pretty complicated patient. He decided that the cyst needed to by drained for fear that it would burst if we went ahead with the stimulation injections, so I went in this morning to have that done. It was a little more serious than the nurse let on due to the size of the cyst. It was 6 cm by 7 cm and the fluid that they drained from it was the size of a can of coke. I was pretty worried that the whole process would be extremely painful, but it ended up not being so bad. The worst part was the numbing medication going in, that burned. After that I really didn't feel anything until it was over and then the cramps set in.

Due to the size of the cyst, the doctor is hesitant to start the stimulation medication for a few weeks. He said the longer we let the ovary heal, the better our chances are of getting eggs from that ovary. The right ovary is fine and producing eggs, but he wants to wait for the left ovary to get its act together before we start the stimulation medication to help us out in the long run. If they get plenty of eggs this time, then I won't have to go through another egg retrieval. I have another appointment on Friday to see how the ovary is healing, and he will decide from there if we need to wait it out.

My frustration level is pretty high. It seems like our progress keeps getting interrupted and the minute I have a reason to get excited about moving forward we are told, "nope, not yet." Gus keeps reminding me that it could be a lot worse, and I know that it could, but I just don't understand why we have so many complications to deal with. I know the disappointments only hurt this bad because I want the end result so much.