Comments for Whitney & Erick http://t3ch99.wordpress.com Thoughts about life, sports, food and other random stuff Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Costa Rica – the trip of a lifetime! Pura Vida! by Candra Haven http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/costa-rica-the-trip-of-a-lifetime-pura-vida/#comment-162 Candra Haven Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:37:07 +0000 http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/?p=626#comment-162 Hi Whitney and Erick! Your trip looks amazing! I leave for Costa Rica tomorrow and am so freaking excited. I definitely got nervous after looking through your pictures... OMG... you saw so many scary creatures! Did you actually see everything you have a picture of? So many snakes and scorpions... SCARY! Did you love the hot springs? We are starting in Manuel Antonio and then heading to Arenal - I was really excited about the hot springs. :) Thanks for posting all your pics. Love seeing all the fun things I have to look forward to. Pura Vida! Candra Hi Whitney and Erick! Your trip looks amazing! I leave for Costa Rica tomorrow and am so freaking excited. I definitely got nervous after looking through your pictures… OMG… you saw so many scary creatures! Did you actually see everything you have a picture of? So many snakes and scorpions… SCARY!

Did you love the hot springs? We are starting in Manuel Antonio and then heading to Arenal – I was really excited about the hot springs. :)

Thanks for posting all your pics. Love seeing all the fun things I have to look forward to.

Pura Vida!
Candra

]]> Comment on A real-life guide to mild and moderate Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) by Maria http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/a-real-life-guide-to-mild-and-moderate-ovarian-hyperstimulation-syndrome-ohss/#comment-160 Maria Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:16:29 +0000 http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/?p=852#comment-160 Hello Whitney I am still recovering from my OHSS!! I had my egg retrieval done on Tues. The doctors told me I would feel period like cramping...nothing prepared me for what I was about to experience. A little after I got home I became extremely dizzy and nauseous. I started throwing up and after a few of these episodes, my husband called my doctor and eventually got me meds that really helped my nausea. A few hours later began this excruciating pain that I am still traumatized about. I could not laugh, I could not cry, I could not lie down, and I could only speak in a monotone voice as to not use any muscles anywhere near or around my stomach. I called the emergency number for my doctor office and all they told me to do was take 4 advils every 6 hrs. Well I took 12 advils in about 11 hours and all it did was allow me to sit on my couch. I closed my eyes for about 2 hours that night. I went to see my doc at 8 the next morning where he diagnosed me with mild to moderate OHSS and prescribed me VICADIN!!! Thank GOD!!!!!! I only took two that day a few hours apart, but it made such a big difference. It has been 3 days since my egg retrieval and I am bloated and still recovering. Tomorrow would be a day 3 transfer but my doc says he wants to wait until day 5 to see if my symptoms get any better. What a catch 22--What to do?? Wait until my next cycle for a transfer or do the transfer without letting my ovaries completely heal?!?!? UGHHHH well it is up to my doc anyways...I just wish I got some kind of warning. This pain was excruciating and I wish I had been more prepared and more medicated. When my muscles surrounding my ovaries contracted and I couldn’t do anything but wait until the pain passed OMG so painful…I mean I am trembling just thinking about it. My doctor said it was referring pain--Girls—if you are doing IVF please research OHSS because it happens and it is soooo painful. Hello Whitney
I am still recovering from my OHSS!! I had my egg retrieval done on Tues. The doctors told me I would feel period like cramping…nothing prepared me for what I was about to experience. A little after I got home I became extremely dizzy and nauseous. I started throwing up and after a few of these episodes, my husband called my doctor and eventually got me meds that really helped my nausea. A few hours later began this excruciating pain that I am still traumatized about. I could not laugh, I could not cry, I could not lie down, and I could only speak in a monotone voice as to not use any muscles anywhere near or around my stomach. I called the emergency number for my doctor office and all they told me to do was take 4 advils every 6 hrs. Well I took 12 advils in about 11 hours and all it did was allow me to sit on my couch. I closed my eyes for about 2 hours that night. I went to see my doc at 8 the next morning where he diagnosed me with mild to moderate OHSS and prescribed me VICADIN!!! Thank GOD!!!!!! I only took two that day a few hours apart, but it made such a big difference. It has been 3 days since my egg retrieval and I am bloated and still recovering. Tomorrow would be a day 3 transfer but my doc says he wants to wait until day 5 to see if my symptoms get any better. What a catch 22–What to do?? Wait until my next cycle for a transfer or do the transfer without letting my ovaries completely heal?!?!? UGHHHH well it is up to my doc anyways…I just wish I got some kind of warning. This pain was excruciating and I wish I had been more prepared and more medicated. When my muscles surrounding my ovaries contracted and I couldn’t do anything but wait until the pain passed OMG so painful…I mean I am trembling just thinking about it. My doctor said it was referring pain–Girls—if you are doing IVF please research OHSS because it happens and it is soooo painful.

]]> Comment on A real-life guide to mild and moderate Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) by JenRN4Kids http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/a-real-life-guide-to-mild-and-moderate-ovarian-hyperstimulation-syndrome-ohss/#comment-159 JenRN4Kids Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:02:49 +0000 http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/?p=852#comment-159 Hey Whitney, Thanks for the info. I found your website while on fertility forums today. You know, I am pretty scared about this. I had a very mild case with my last IUI after using 2 days of follistim of only 75. We had to cancel because of so many follicles and I was hurting. So now that we are starting IVF this month and doing lots more of the injections at higher doses, I am VERY scared. I mean, it is very likely this will happen worse now. My doc is not too worried but come on!! I have all the risk factors too. My follistim is starting out at 175 now so I am getting prepared to deal with what you dealt with. Thanks for the info-it really helps! Hey Whitney, Thanks for the info. I found your website while on fertility forums today. You know, I am pretty scared about this. I had a very mild case with my last IUI after using 2 days of follistim of only 75. We had to cancel because of so many follicles and I was hurting. So now that we are starting IVF this month and doing lots more of the injections at higher doses, I am VERY scared. I mean, it is very likely this will happen worse now. My doc is not too worried but come on!! I have all the risk factors too. My follistim is starting out at 175 now so I am getting prepared to deal with what you dealt with. Thanks for the info-it really helps!

]]> Comment on Virginia Tech Football Clinic by Debbie http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/virginia-tech-football-clinic/#comment-158 Debbie Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:43:04 +0000 http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-158 What website can you go to, to sign up for this clinic? What website can you go to, to sign up for this clinic?

]]> Comment on Beautiful beach, spa and mountains – Uvita, Costa Rica by Del http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/beautiful-beach-spa-and-mountains-uvita-costa-rica/#comment-152 Del Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:56:04 +0000 http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/?p=697#comment-152 Checkout our house which is all the way up the mountain(all lefts instead of right to Rancho Pacifico)and much more private. Let me know what you think . Checkout our house which is all the way up the mountain(all lefts instead of right to Rancho Pacifico)and much more private. Let me know what you think .

]]> Comment on We won’t be back to Pomegranate any time soon… by Ditto http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/we-wont-be-back-to-pomegranate-any-time-soon/#comment-150 Ditto Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:28:06 +0000 http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/?p=835#comment-150 We had the same experience. We'll never go back. We had the same experience. We’ll never go back.

]]> Comment on About by Gary Saunders http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/about/#comment-149 Gary Saunders Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:57:36 +0000 http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/?page_id=51#comment-149 As usual your site and articles are very well done and very professional. Where did you inherit that love of Va Tech?? Love, Dad As usual your site and articles are very well done and very professional. Where did you inherit that love of Va Tech??

Love, Dad

]]> Comment on We won’t be back to Pomegranate any time soon… by Gary Saunders http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/we-wont-be-back-to-pomegranate-any-time-soon/#comment-148 Gary Saunders Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:52:29 +0000 http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/?p=835#comment-148 Whitney, I think you captured the moment quite well. Also, remember I asked for the potatoes that never appeared and then they brought two. It was obviously a knee jerk reaction to fix things when in fact they really did remember but was pitifully late in bringing them. Very good review! Love, Dad Whitney,

I think you captured the moment quite well. Also, remember I asked for the potatoes that never appeared and then they brought two. It was obviously a knee jerk reaction to fix things when in fact they really did remember but was pitifully late in bringing them.

Very good review!

Love, Dad

]]> Comment on We won’t be back to Pomegranate any time soon… by wine blog http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/we-wont-be-back-to-pomegranate-any-time-soon/#comment-147 wine blog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:57:07 +0000 http://t3ch99.wordpress.com/?p=835#comment-147 That's too bad you had a sub par experience there. In today's economy restaurants need to treat every customer like gold. Every customer should get the very best so that they decide to return. Return business is everything right now regardless of the quality of the food the service needs to be top notch. That’s too bad you had a sub par experience there. In today’s economy restaurants need to treat every customer like gold. Every customer should get the very best so that they decide to return. Return business is everything right now regardless of the quality of the food the service needs to be top notch.

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