Provera anyone, and if so....

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Provera anyone, and if so....
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Fri, 08-11-2006 - 11:53am
Why do some people take different doses at different lengths? I have been prescribed it for 10 days at 10 mg and I was wondering if I had to take it that long, some only take it for 5 days. I want to get my AF and get this cycle over with!
TIA
Leah

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Thu, 08-24-2006 - 8:58am
I am so jealous!! Still nothing!! This is so frustrating! I actually stopped spotting yesterday so I don't know if I should consider that AF....I have been kind of staying away too. I am leaving tonight for a 9 hour car ride to MO so I think my luck I will get it then, but oh well, if I do then I do and I can start over. Anyways, I am so jealous of you.....I have all the signs and symptoms that AF is here but nothing! I even have been temping and checking my cervix and everything is in position for AF to be here, but no flow...ugh...keep me posted, either by email or by this post!
Good luck!

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Thu, 08-24-2006 - 10:52am
Alice
I took your advice and called my MD. I couldn't get in till October 12th. Then my MD called back and said she's going to keep my appt that date and see how my cycle goes this month. She says maybe the spotting was AF or maybe the provera was enough to jumpstart my hormones to getting back to normal….let's hope and pray! Also, she scheduled for me to go the clinic and get some more blood work done, a TSH (thyroid test) and prolactin test. So hopefully I can figure something out….Just an update. Click on my icon in the left hand corner and you can choose to email me if I don’t come back on here. I want to stay connected with you to compare notes but like you and I agree we are trying to stay away a bit to ease our minds…hopefully this weekend away will. :-)

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Thu, 08-24-2006 - 2:14pm

hi Leah! I'm glad you called the dr, even if your af starts on its own at least you have a backup plan. that's good they're going to check your thyroid & prolactin, they are probably fine but you'll probably feel better knowing for sure and then you can relax a little and let nature take its course. ok that sounds good I will e-mail you to check in. trying to keep my mind off things too

wishing you all the best! enjoy your trip! take care!!!

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Mon, 08-28-2006 - 10:04am
Alice
prolactin and thyroid came back normal...now I am just sitting here wondering...now what!??? I just don't get it! Anyways, thought I'd update.

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Mon, 08-28-2006 - 3:36pm

hey Leah! thanks for the update, I was just checking in on you. that's great your other tests came back normal! my dr had said if af doesn't start could be a problem probably need to get estrogen levels checked. if you are producing estrogen then you should be starting af from what I remember her telling me. I'm sorry you're going through this... ugggh. when they gave you the b/w results did you tell them af still hasn't started? I wonder if they can try to get you in sooner, maybe they can put you on a list to get you in if someone has a cancellation?

did you have a long enough duration of protected sex before they did your last hcg blood test so that you know it was accurate? just wondering to make sure you are NOT pg!!!

please keep me posted, I am thinking about you...

best wishes

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Thu, 08-31-2006 - 8:54am
Alice
My MD said she's not going to bump up my appt because she thinks that the dose of provera even though it didn't bring on a full force AF (just spotting) that it might have been just what I needed to get going again. So she wants me to map out this cycle and keep my Oct. appt. We will see. I still have hope because a friend of mine did provera and it didn't work for her...her MD wanted her to go back on the bcp to get it started again and she was against that, anyways, she ended up pg a month later, so there's hope. I am temping and checking all the fertile signs plus bd'ing every other day just in case...we will see. As far as your question about pregnancy, I am pretty sure I am not. My temps are really low and I don't have any symptoms of it. I went off my pill in June and actively tried that first month so we had several times with unprotected sex. I decided to keep this in God's hands from now on. How are you doing? AF gone? Are you going to temp or anything?

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