I am on day four of taking Suprefact nasally. Five times a day, every four hours starting early, early in the morning, I spray a dose of Suprefact up each nostril. The first couple of days I was still on vacation in the Okanagan area of B.C. riding my road bike with a group of team mates and I felt great. I had zero side effects the first few days despite having to spray gross stuff up my nose at the top of a hill climb on a stomach full of gels and bananas.
And then yesterday morning I woke up a few hours after taking my morning dose (and going back to sleep for a few hours) with some pretty severe stomach cramps. The memories of stomach pain associated with the Suprefact during my IVF came flooding back. I think what happens is the small amount of medication that does not get absorbed by my sinuses runs down the back of my throat and in to my stomach. It's probably especially bad when the stomach is empty, like it is first thing in the morning. Of course, to compound the fun, I started getting hot flashes as well (and I run pretty hot already).
We made the eight hour drive home yesterday with me cringing in the passenger seat every 20 minutes or so from a stabby cramp. I put off taking my next doses until the very last minute in fear the cramps would worsen, and made sure my stomach was full of absorbent foods each time. The cramps eased up by about midnight, and despite taking it again this morning on an empty stomach, I am not cramping today. I do still feel like a furnace though, so I'm thankful for the cooler weather here at home.
So here we go, first medication is started! I should start AF late next week or weekend and we add estrogen to the mix. I can't believe in less than a month I will be PUPO!
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