Time flies...

After resting for 2 weeks, time to go back to work. Just when I am about to get use to the lazing around and immediately, holiday ended.

Appreciated the break and looking forward to get back to work too. The next date that I am hoping to arrive faster is 2nd Aug and knowing the result..is your fingers and eyes still crossed?

Farewell to Penny's granny

Unexpected farewell are always the toughest and most shocking. His granny left in a manner that I believed he would have this little regret. His granny was alone in her final hour and it was sad to learn how she was found.

Again, this is very valuable lesson learnt, spend time with our loves one. Let's not let any regret hit us if we can still do something about it.

Mr Lau, sorry for not showing up at your granny's wake.

Torture staying at home

Since the extraction and transfer, I have been advice rest, not carrying out heavy stuffs and no strenuous activities (jogging is a NO NO). However, Louis does not allow me to step out of the house although the nurse said, slowing walking like shopping is fine as long as I don't carry heavy stuffs. Of cause, the bloatedness cause by the sore ovaries is also a factor that make me unwell and unable to do much.

After staying home for 4 days, lying in the bed most of the time almost drive me nuts. It just make me feel so lazy and lethargy. So, I beg Louis to bring me to United Square for a short while. We went there for dinner and bought some fruits and I woke up feeling refresh this morning. Haha

By the way, on Friday, when Doctor and nurse were checking on my condition and progress, they asked me how's my appetite? They advice, even if I don't feel like eating, I must force myself to eat, tough but I must try. Sigh, but my problem is....I don't have that issue, my appetite is good, I am eating on time and normal even when the discomfort caused by the bloatedness was at it peak. Only thing is, I can't eat too much, cause me indigestion, so the solution is eat less but more frequently, I am fine with that arrangement.

Embyro Transfer

Finally, transfer completed and the process was swift. While Doctor Loh was performing the transfer, he had a deep medical discussion with another senior doctor. The scene was amusing, they hehaviour as if they are discussing work over a cup of coffee and all this while I was lying there looking at both of them. I have 11 embyro, 2 are in my womb now waiting to harvest, 9 will be freeze for later used. Another 2 might mature before freezing.

The two embyro that are transferred are grade 5 and grade 4, grade 5 is the best. So, people, time to cross all your body parts and pray that these two funny looking embyro will be Sincerity and Righteousness very soon.

Egg Extraction

The egg extraction procedure take place on Wednesday morning, if I remember correctly, the whole process is about 15min. But the after OPs rest took 4 hours before I am allow to leave. I was given deep sedation and I vividly open my eyes during the ops and hear some noise, of cos I can't figure what's going on. First time in the Op theatre, it look quite like what we saw on TV, very bright, lots of equipments and lots of people.

Sedation came with some side effects, that's why I need to rest to let the effect wear off, unfortunately I got 3 out of the possible 5 side effects. I experienced faintness, tiredness and nausea. I vomit out hot milo that the nurse just gave me, can't be help, I am not very friendly with milo these days.

Did I said the nurse told me I got 31 eggs extracted and I have most for the day? I don't know what reaction that the nurse was looking for, but that piece of news does not excite me. 31 eggs? Does that make me sound like mother hen?? Yuck!! And having that many eggs is not a good thing for me, due to the quantity, my after effect bloatedness will be BAD and is still bad up to this point.

What happened next? Friday, we must be back for the transfer, apparently only need 10min, no sedation required. Thereafter, I must really rest (best in bed) and not stress the body. As the embyro will take at least 5-6 days to stick to the linning. What left after is waiting and praying, I will know if I am pregnant on 2 August.

Can't wait for tomorrow

I am feeling very uncomfortable all over, can't wait for the many follicles to be remove from my body. After the night jab on my thigh, everything just got worst.

Follicles are ready

The scan today shown that my follicles are ready, out of the 20 follicles, 7 of them are bigger than 16mm and 4 more might be ready by tonight. The size of the follicles explained the bloatedness and discomfort that I am experiencing. In fact, there is a condition called Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) caused by too many follicles developed due to the drugs given, which I might be expose to. I was advice to monitor my body condition and the side effects. I think I am fine so far...I think la.

My night jab is schedule at 10pm, it sounds painful according to the nurse, nothing can be done but go with flow. Today also mark the end of daily jab..Yeah!!

The nurse was telling me about my admission on Wednesday, she mentioned, no make up, no jewellery and no nail polish. I almost faint, no MAKE UP?? Fine, I can wear my nerdy glasses but NO NAIL POLISH?? I just did my gel nails and that costs me $138 and she wants it remove?? I was trying to tell her, 'this is gel, not nail polish, can I keep it?' She gave me a straight look, 'Sorry, you have to get it off before wednesday'!! Ouch..can you feel the pain?

Current body condition

Is my body reacting or getting ready for the procedure?? Having mild cramp, bloatedness and sore nipples.

Stage 3 and Stage 4

Had my 3rd ultrasound scan to check on the development of follicles and my inner linning. Good news was my linning is good thickness and I have 20 follicles, 9 on left and 11 on right. Meaning to say, I am on my way to start stage 3 and stage 4.

I must be back to KKH on next Monday for another scan to check the size of the follicles and on Monday night, I must return for stage 3, a night jab to fertlise the eggs. On Wednesday, I will be admited for eggs extraction and Friday for embyro implanation. During these period, I will be given two weeks hospitalisation leave to rest.

Suddenly, the process is moving so fast, it is getting me excited and raising my anticipation. This is also the first time that I will be away from work for the longest period of time. I have share my plan with my mum and she is showing her support by making me bird nest, that's the way to go, mummy.

Walkaround

Standing at my balcony, I always wonder what's the distance around my neighbourhood and I found it out yesterday with the help of 'iMapmyrun' application on my iPhone.

Initiately, I was lazing around, refuse to move much, then a strong desired got hold of me and I got myself ready and was out of the house in 5 mins. Started walking without any warming up and I am paying for the price now. One round of walking is about 1.4km. I did 2 rounds within 27 min which translate to 100m per min. Nice pace but can be faster to burn more fat. I am joining my colleagues for the training tomorrow and I can find out the exact walking distance. No more self-denial nor assumption on the distance anymore..Harsh fact of life!!

Precious letters

My mum gave the final order to clear my room 4 years after I officially moved out. I have ton of things in my room that includes photos, soft toys, nails related stuffs, CD and my precious letters. I thrown out most of the stuffs but I kept the letters.

It has been a long while since I last received a letter from a friend, reading back the letters brought back fond memories and some mixed feeling. Going thru the letters, some are from friends that I have lost contact long time ago, some I can't even remember we exchanged letters and of cos lots of them are from friends that came a long way with me.

Today, email, facebook and blog are so convenience and available that we forget the feeling of receiving the handwritten letter in the mailbox, what will be the feeling like? Before that, do we even have an address book these day that kept our friends addresses? I need to find my address book.

life so good

nice korean lunch

Stage 2!!! - Puregon injection

Puregon medication produced synthetically by recombinant DNA technology and is a purer form of FSH, which is used to stimulate the development of serval follicles, thus increasing the estrogen hormone production and building up the uterus lining. Consituted in a cartridge and it is given subcutaneous for 10 to 14 days in an accurate and ready to use pen delivery system.

Basically, in the layman term, it simply mean Puregon jab is to encourage and stimulate multiple eggs production. Meaning to say, starting tomorrow, I have to do two Jab daily. Lucrin and Puregon jabs...can't wait!!!

Stage 3 is a night jab that need to be taken at the hospital and thereafter for stage 4 is where I will get 2 weeks of hospitalisation leave. If all is on schedule, the leave should happened by mid of July. I can't remember what will happen next, all this stages was communicated to me while the nurse was taking my blood, she was fast and this is all I can remember.