New cycle, new start

I think CD1 was yesterday. That's the trouble with spotting on day one as I normally do: I won't know if it's the start of a new cycle until things get heavier or if it's the start of three days of pre-cycle spotting. I'm assuming it will be CD1.

I called Dr. Stegman's office yesterday to let them know another cycle is starting. The nurse is going to call me back today, but it looks like I'll be going in for day 3 FSH blood work to start with. He's going to give her more - "directives" I think she called it - today. I assume the directives will be any other blood work he wants done today and maybe information on where we'll be going with the ultrasounds.

I sent in the prescription for Amoxicillin to my mail-order pharmacy on Saturday. I was happy to see when I check my account this morning that it's scheduled to be shipped tomorrow. That'll give it nearly a week. I should get it in time for CD8. Should. I won't count my chickens until they're hatched and scratching around the pen.

On an aside, I was petting my pup yesterday and noticed how soft her fur is now. She was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in May. She didn't seem that off when she was diagnosed. She wasn't losing fur nor did it seem particularly coarse. She was overweight, but she had just lost a pound since her previous vet appointment. She wasn't easily fatigued or lethargic that I had noticed. She was normal. Since starting her medication, though, she's lost more weight - the vet's very happy about this since "pudgy" and "dachshund" aren't a good combination - and her fur is full, soft, and fluffy. Even the groomer noticed it. And Sadie loves her morning and evening cheesy treat (we don't tell her it's her medicine). The moment she hears me getting the cheese out of the fridge, she's there. She's like a cat with a can opener (in the days when canned cat food didn't come with an easy open tab).

I was worried when we started her on the medication. After an animal starts on hypothyroid medication, the thyroid can become dependent on it and lose whatever functionality it still had. At that point, the animal is dependent on the stuff for life. But the medication is working. I can't argue with the results.

I'm thankful it's Sadie who has the thyroid problem and not our cat, Muggles. I hate to imagine the difficulty in getting Mugs to take a twice daily pill. She knows. You can hide it in the best treat in the world, but she knows when something's not right. We'd have to resort to shoving it in her mouth and holding it shut until she swallowed and then pray we don't find a small pile of uneaten pills in some secluded spot in the basement. I am so very thankful for a dachshund's innate greediness when it comes to food. As long as it's good, she'll inhale it without ever knowing there's something hidden inside.