About Me

Having been raised by a single mother, it's been my dream to have a "normal" family with a father, a mother, and children since I was a kid. I got married to a wonderful husband Mike eight years ago. I love my job - I am an oncology nurse taking care of people undergoing bone marrow transplant. Mike got his Master's in Clinical Social Work last year. He recently started his career as Substance Abuse Specialist. We thought it was time to expand our family. One year later, I was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve at age of 32 with an elevated FSH level. My doctor thinks I need "aggressive" interventions right away. I am going to have my first IVF in September 2010.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Juggling work and being a fertility patient

I am a nurse at a cancer hospital. I'm scheduled to work tomorrow night. It will be my first shift since the start of this cycle, and I'm expecting a busy night. Two of my colleagues are out sick, and we are very short-staffed. I guess I am nervous about how I can handle my work tomorrow. I'm doing all right physically. No significant side effects from lupron or decadron at this moment. I just can't sleep well without benadryl (I am not supposed to take any other medication during IVF). But my mind is saying that I want to take it easy because I have started something huge in my life. At the same time, my head is saying how I have to be 100% for my patients who are suffering from cancer. It's a battle between my mind vs my head, or my needs vs. my moral. At the end, I know I will do 100% even though it is going to be tough. Because how can I not? My patients have freaking cancer. How can I not be 100%?
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