Post by stellelinds25 on Sept 26, 2018 14:16:19 GMT -5
To top off my craptastic week in IVF world...I just got an email from the IVF coordinator that they are at their max number of patients for next cycle (1 of the RE's retired, so there is only 1 RE right now) and I can't get in...unless someone's cycle is cancelled and the timing works out. So basically, I have to wait for some poor woman to go through what I'm going through now OR wait till the November cycle. Both options blow.
To top off my craptastic week in IVF world...I just got an email from the IVF coordinator that they are at their max number of patients for next cycle (1 of the RE's retired, so there is only 1 RE right now) and I can't get in...unless someone's cycle is cancelled and the timing works out. So basically, I have to wait for some poor woman to go through what I'm going through now OR wait till the November cycle. Both options blow.
Post by seeyalater52 on Sept 27, 2018 12:07:20 GMT -5
I think I'm going to throw up. My cd3 bloodwork expired at my 1-year anniversary of being in treatment at my clinic in August. I am just now hearing that I will need a new set of CD3 bloods drawn before they can request authorization for another FET cycle. I'm now on CD4, which means we JUST missed the window for this cycle.
I have a call in to see if doing it tomorrow on cd5 is too late. Anyone ever do theirs that late?
I'm SO UPSET. We were already sitting out this cycle for "insurance approval" which I now can't get. So now I am possibly going to lose an additional cycle AND even though I could technically get authorization to transfer in December instead of November the timing will be such that it will coincide with the lab closure between Christmas and New Year's. So I'm possibly delayed until January due to this error. I am livid and upset and just generally losing all of my shit waiting for them to call back. And I was not very nice to the finance person who called and told me this news.
Hoping this is a good sign. Had another monitoring today, trigger tonight and IUI#2 Saturday. 5 follicles total. 3 on the right are 22,19 and 18 and 2 on the left 14, and 11. I got lucky they didn't cancel the IUI because of risk of multiples. This cycle was letrozole (7.5), gonal f, menopur and ovidrel where as last cycle (negative) was letrozole (also 7.5) and ovidrel.
Last cycle I ended up going to CD18 until trigger with only 1 follicle at 22mm, this cycle I'm triggering at CD12 with more follicles.
If this doesn't work we're holding off until the new year for IVF because I'll need the tax refund to afford shared risk (I think it's 22k before meds).
Post by icedcoffee on Sept 27, 2018 14:25:32 GMT -5
seeyalater52, I am so sorry. I would be livid and angry. I would be calling everyone at the clinic and yelling. I hope they can come up with a better plan.
Post by seeyalater52 on Sept 27, 2018 14:39:06 GMT -5
Thank you pickel, icedcoffee and woowoo for the commiseration. This is one of those days when it feels like being your own IF advocate is a full time job. I somehow just managed to coordinate getting my clinic to agree to fax an emergency bloodwork order, finding a lab that accepts my insurance, leaving work in the middle of one of the most important assignments Iβve gotten all year (SJC hearing related), and then working out a disagreement between the lab and my insurer that almost resulted in me being billed hundreds of dollars for covered labs that have no co-payment or cost sharing. I need a drink. But it looks like I single-handedly preserves our ability to transfer again in November. So thereβs that.
seeyalater52, YAY for getting it worked out! I am so sorry you have to advocate so hard for yourself. It is exhausting on top of an already emotional and exhausting process.
seeyalater52 , YAY for getting it worked out! I am so sorry you have to advocate so hard for yourself. It is exhausting on top of an already emotional and exhausting process.
My thoughts exactly. I'm just catching up, but I'm so glad you got it sorted!
I think I'm going to throw up. My cd3 bloodwork expired at my 1-year anniversary of being in treatment at my clinic in August. I am just now hearing that I will need a new set of CD3 bloods drawn before they can request authorization for another FET cycle. I'm now on CD4, which means we JUST missed the window for this cycle.
I have a call in to see if doing it tomorrow on cd5 is too late. Anyone ever do theirs that late?
I'm SO UPSET. We were already sitting out this cycle for "insurance approval" which I now can't get. So now I am possibly going to lose an additional cycle AND even though I could technically get authorization to transfer in December instead of November the timing will be such that it will coincide with the lab closure between Christmas and New Year's. So I'm possibly delayed until January due to this error. I am livid and upset and just generally losing all of my shit waiting for them to call back. And I was not very nice to the finance person who called and told me this news.
W
Edit - never mind, I see you whipped them into shape. Sorry they put you through all that!
Post by pinkpeony08 on Sept 28, 2018 9:02:01 GMT -5
Update - I heard back from my OB. He explained is fine with me starting baby aspirin now. There is not good evidence for any of the interventions (progesterone + baby aspirin), but he totally understands that we need to do something different. Now just hoping the outcome is different.
seeyalater52 sounds like quite the whirlwind of a day...but glad it's all worked out and you're back on track!
Thank you so much. I'm so sorry for the timing issues you're having at your own clinic. All of this is so frustrating and stressful and I hate that at times it feels like the clinic staff and scheduling and other factors outside of our control contribute to making treatment even more emotionally and practically challenging than it is on its own. It isn't fair. Sending you hugs.
seeyalater52 sounds like quite the whirlwind of a day...but glad it's all worked out and you're back on track!
Thank you so much. I'm so sorry for the timing issues you're having at your own clinic. All of this is so frustrating and stressful and I hate that at times it feels like the clinic staff and scheduling and other factors outside of our control contribute to making treatment even more emotionally and practically challenging than it is on its own. It isn't fair. Sending you hugs.
Exactly...it feels almost as if you're being punished for doing what they tell you to do. I know logically that's not the case, but telling a woman who has been TTC for YEARS to wait one more month is the equivalent of pure agony. It's the risk I run with choosing a smaller clinic though and while I HATE waiting again, I am still happy with my RE and especially my IVF coordinator, who has been nothing short of a saint the last few weeks!