So blueyedrmr and Grammy, just went to the bathroom... it's official. TOM is here. CRAP!!! I only have two needles left too. And oh, how I was sooooo looking forward to Turkey. ANd I have to cook for the whole family. PLUS, I have 3 HUGE zits on my nose. Could it BE any worse???
blueyedrmr--Yeh, I always wondered why people thought it was an apple. They MUST be getting confused with Snow White. :) And now I selfishly have to say I hope you start your TOM so I can have someone to commiserate with. Grammy-- Are there ANY options??? And what's the dealio? No injections the whole way thru TOM and then finish up with 3 more?? (I'll have to buy 1 more from my clinic I guess)
Well shoot. I was praying it wouldn't appear. :-( He says to skip through TOM then do three more days at the end but many now take their shots through TOM. I suppose you could just take your last 3 shots and guess on what your LIW should be. Sheesh, what a dilemma! Colleen
i think i'd do that and take a chance, especially since you're at goal weight. finish up your shots and take your best guess at what your liw should be.
I don't understand the rule at all. So lets say you are doing a long round and you start TOM the day of your 40th injection. Are you suppose to seriously stop injections through TOM, then take 3 additional injections which would put you at 43 injections?
I think I would just go on as planned and do what Margie said about choosing your LIW, that is if there is an increase in your weight because of TOM. I thin that 50 years ago they were a lot weirder about TOM than they are today, maybe because we know more now.
Okay. So that's what I'll do. I think if it weren't Thanksgiving, it would be different. But plus, since I've been so dang sick, I think I need to stop and get my body back to normal. So that's the plan. Thanks everyone!!
Actually, wendyh, I'm praying that I do start tonight or tomorrow...lol.
Linda Lou, you make an excellent point!
I'm not at goal weight yet. I plan on a doing another round in Jan to get the remaining weight off. I guess I'll just risk it and go ahead and finish out my 23 days on Sat if I start on time and go by the weigh in day of the 24th as my LIW. Does that sound like it would be okay?
blueyedrmr - I think that if you go with the 24th as your LIW you will be fighting all the time. There will possibly be a loss on your final 72hrs without hcg but that's a buffer since adding a regular diet will naturally put a couple of lbs on you just from the bulk and all that food processing, if nothing else. I think that's why Dr. S. said LIW.
If you gain right at the end becasue of TOM maybe you could just subtract that gain and make that your LIW.