Goserelin Review: Month One
Hello everyone!
As you know, I like to share my experiences with different methods of pain relief etc to help others in the chronic illness boat. I'm on week three of my first dose of Goserelin (otherwise known as Zoladex), and so far things are going well. This combined with 300mg of Gabapentin every day means I'm
pain free most of the time and have even started a part time job which requires you to be on your feet a lot, in fact I've even asked for overtime! My body has completely stopped producing oestrogen now, so the Endometriosis will basically starve and won't be able to cause me any trouble for the next 5 months. I'm taking HRT daily to counteract the side effects of this, which have been as follows:
Strong headaches
Depression (wanting to cry for no reason)
Mood swings (my boyfriend has had a bad time with this yet again)
Fatigue
Other than that, there haven't been any other major side effects as a result of this injection so far.
There is, however, one type of pain which the injection hasn't tackled yet, which is everything related to my nerves. Although the Endometriosis pain has gone, without taking Gabapentin I'd still suffer with severe chest and nerve pain (all over my body). It can range from a very sharp to a burning pain which has overridden morphine and gas and air before! I actually tried coming off of Gabapentin with the doctor's help around a week and a half ago, as we thought I'd be alright but nope just missing one dose left me in unbearable pain. I really hope that after the second injection, which is in 6 days, the nerve pains will also begin to fade as this will mean that the doctors only have to deal with the Endometriosis. A week and a half after the 2nd injection I will try coming off of Gabapentin again in order to see whether it makes a difference, as the 2nd dose of Goserelin is supposed to completely get rid of any Endometriosis-related pain.
For now I'm going to keep my hopes up and enjoy leading a pain free life and working for the next couple of months. This is as smooth as it's going to get on this roller coaster journey!
L x
As you know, I like to share my experiences with different methods of pain relief etc to help others in the chronic illness boat. I'm on week three of my first dose of Goserelin (otherwise known as Zoladex), and so far things are going well. This combined with 300mg of Gabapentin every day means I'm
pain free most of the time and have even started a part time job which requires you to be on your feet a lot, in fact I've even asked for overtime! My body has completely stopped producing oestrogen now, so the Endometriosis will basically starve and won't be able to cause me any trouble for the next 5 months. I'm taking HRT daily to counteract the side effects of this, which have been as follows:
Strong headaches
Depression (wanting to cry for no reason)
Mood swings (my boyfriend has had a bad time with this yet again)
Fatigue
Other than that, there haven't been any other major side effects as a result of this injection so far.
There is, however, one type of pain which the injection hasn't tackled yet, which is everything related to my nerves. Although the Endometriosis pain has gone, without taking Gabapentin I'd still suffer with severe chest and nerve pain (all over my body). It can range from a very sharp to a burning pain which has overridden morphine and gas and air before! I actually tried coming off of Gabapentin with the doctor's help around a week and a half ago, as we thought I'd be alright but nope just missing one dose left me in unbearable pain. I really hope that after the second injection, which is in 6 days, the nerve pains will also begin to fade as this will mean that the doctors only have to deal with the Endometriosis. A week and a half after the 2nd injection I will try coming off of Gabapentin again in order to see whether it makes a difference, as the 2nd dose of Goserelin is supposed to completely get rid of any Endometriosis-related pain.
For now I'm going to keep my hopes up and enjoy leading a pain free life and working for the next couple of months. This is as smooth as it's going to get on this roller coaster journey!
L x
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